On Wednesday, Portland content creator Luke Wesley Pearson filed a personal injury proceeding against Daily Harvest in a court in Oregon. The complaint states that Pearson was in good health and had no serious health problems before consuming the crumble.
"After consuming the daily harvest lentil crumble, the plaintiff became severely ill, required hospitalization, and endured surgical removal of the gallbladder," the complaint said. The proceedings also claimed that Daily Harvest did not do enough to warn people about the dangers of its products, "giving vague and inadequate warnings to customers and influential people."
Daily Harvest customer Carol Ann Lady also said she was hospitalized and removed her gallbladder after consuming the crushed material, after she said she was in the company. Is suing. Complaints indicate that she visited the emergency room twice in May after she consumed the product twice. She described her pain as "9 out of 10 or 10".
Lady was eventually diagnosed with liver and gallbladder dysfunction, and her doctor, according to her complaint, recommended a course of action to remove her gallbladder. Said. She had surgery on June 24 to remove her gallbladder, the court said.
In a statement Thursday, Daily Harvest said he would not comment on the proceedings in dispute, but emphasized the steps taken to address the "bad effects" on the collapse of French lentils and green onions.
"We contacted the consumer who received the product directly and instructed them to dispose of the product and not eat it. In parallel, in close cooperation with the FDA, the root cause We have launched an investigation to identify the company, a group of experts including several independent laboratories, microbiologists, toxin and pathogen experts, and allergists, "the company said in a statement. "So far, all pathogen and toxicology results have returned to negative, but we are continuing extensive testing to reach the root of this. Everyone affected is the answer. And we promise to get this right. ""
The FDA will soon respond to CNN Business's request for comment on Thursday. Did not respond to. Last week, authorities said they could not confirm or deny whether an investigation not yet posted on the website was underway. However, he added that if a specific consumer guidance could be created, the FDA and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would publish an outbreak advisory that would make the guidance publicly available.