Marler Clark, a law firm specializing in food safety cases, said in a news release that it filed a lawsuit against Bedner Farm on behalf of a client in the Southern District of Mississippi Northern Division.
Marler Clark said its client purchased cucumbers from a grocery store in Pearl, Miss., and several days later, the client became ill and was hospitalized for nearly a week. Testing revealed a bloodborne salmonella infection.
The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have investigated a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo infections linked to cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers in Boynton Beach, Fla., and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Sales of Delray, Fla.
The FDA said Supreme Service Solutions recalled items from Bedner Growers that were distributed to Kroger and its affiliated retail stores in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Tennessee. Recalled cut produce was sold in clear plastic grab-and-go containers.
