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Local Law Firms Home > Product Liability News > Product Liability Lawsuit Filed in Sushi Salmonella Case A product liability lawsuit has been filed against Cupertino, CA-based Moon Marine U.S.A. Corp., also known as MMI, for importing and distributing a product that is used to make Sushi which caused a multi-state Salmonella outbreak. The cause of the Salmonella is a product called the Nakaochi Scrape. This is a tuna backmeat scraped off the fish bones. It looks like a ground Yellowfin tuna and is injected into tuna sushi rolls. The company imports Nakaochi Scrape from India and sells it to wholesalers and distributors who pass it on to restaurants and other retailers. One particular lot a couple of months ago has been linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly and Salmonella Nchanga infections among 250 people in 24 states. The entire lot has since been recalled by MMI. Furthermore, MMI has also recalled its 22-pound boxes of tuna strips because of the possibility of Salmonella contamination. The plaintiffs are two Wisconsin women who eat separately at the same restaurant and contracted Salmonella poisoning. One of them is Amber Azzolina, age 33, who ate a spicy tuna roll. Within a couple of days, she was feeling abdominal pains and passing bloody stools. The other woman was Amy Karfonta, age 22 and also a Muskego, Wisconsin resident. She too eat a spicy tuna roll at the same restaurant and ended up with full body pain and bloody stools six days later. Both women required ER treatment. Amy Karfonta was scheduled to give a test for a job opening at the police department. She missed the chance because of her illness and does not know when she will get another chance. MMI cannot recall the entire lot of 60,000 pounds. Some distributors and wholesalers have broken it up into smaller lots and repackaged it for retail sales. Furthermore, it is a frozen product so it might be sitting on shelves without the MMI label on it for up to six months. Did you know? Victims injured by a product can file a lawsuit based on three legal aspects. The product liability lawsuit can be based on negligence, breach of warranty and/or strict liability. In the latter case, all the victim has to do is prove that a defective product caused the injury, regardless of the precautions taken or urged by the manufacturer. |