Plant-based milk recall: Class-action lawsuits filed over Listeria outbreak
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Two class-action lawsuits have been filed against the manufacturers of two plant-based milks recalled across Canada over potential Listeria contamination.
Two class-action lawsuits have been filed against the manufacturers of plant-based milks recalled in Canada over potential Listeria contamination that has left two people dead.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued the nationwide recall on July 8 for 18 beverages under the Silk and Great Value brands, manufactured by Danone Inc. and Walmart Canada Corp.
The agency urged Canadians not to drink the recalled beverages with expiry dates up to and including Oct. 4 over a possible Listeria outbreak, a bacteria commonly found in soil that can cause symptoms like diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting.
In serious cases, it can even cause death – and two people in Ontario have died from the outbreak.
“Canadians should be able to trust that the food and beverages that they consume are safe and do not present a serious risk of harm to individuals,” said Saro Turner, partner at Slater Vecchio LLP, a Vancouver-based law firm that filed a class-action lawsuit.
“This lawsuit seeks to hold the companies that distributed these allegedly contaminated beverages accountable for their conduct in Canada, and to obtain compensation for individuals who got sick or suffered economic losses.”
Slater Vecchio LLP, which filed the class action in British Columbia Monday against Danone and Walmart Canada, is not the only law firm that has filed litigation.
Montreal-based law firm LPC Avocats filed in Quebec on July 18. The proposed class in both lawsuits is for anybody in Canada who purchases the products that were impacted by the recall.
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