A year ago, Brad Frey never would have imagined he’d be standing in front of officials from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and urging them to do more to prevent outbreaks of Listeria monocytogenes. Despite living in the middle of “crop country” outside Santa Cruz, CA, he had never heard of Listeria monocytogenes,…
First Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Listeria Outbreak Linked to Caramel Apples
The first wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in California against Safeway Inc. over those commercially produced and prepackaged caramel apples now the subject of a 10-state Listeria outbreak responsible for five deaths so far. 
The wrongful death action naming Safeway Inc. as the defendant was filed by James Raymond Frey on behalf of his…