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The children contracted salmonellosis after eating Veggie Booty
contamined with Salmonella. Joining the
Weinberg and Marler Clark law firms as co-counsel is Underberg & Kessler
based in Rochester, New York.
The Scheels are residents of Voorheesville, New
York.
The lawsuit was filed today in Albany County Supreme Court
against Robert’s American Gourmet Food, Inc., which distributes Veggie Booty.
Sydney and Cole Scheels, who tested positive for Salmonella Wandsworth, became ill after
eating Veggie Booty. Both had abdominal cramping and explosive and bloody diarrhea
as well as fever. Sydney lost about
10% of her body weight as a result of illness. Her tests continue to come back
positive for Salmonella.
For more information about the Veggie Booty outbreak, please
see the following news article: June 28, 2007: Veggie Booty Snack Food Recalled After 51
Reported Cases of Salmonella . For more information about Salmonella food poisoning, visit the blog www.salmonellalawsuit.com
and the following pages: “About Salmonella ” and “Common Symptoms and
Complications .”
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