Various news sources have reported that the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center has been inspected and allegedly found to not be up to federal hygiene standards. According to federal inspection reports, the Hospital’s operating rooms weren’t kept clean, which provides an unsafe environment to its patients who could be exposed to possible infections.
As stated in the news article, rooms were cluttered and filled with dust. The humidity level was wrong and the hospital staff wasn’t properly washing their hands according to the strong policy that rules health care providing facilities.
The reports show that a sanitary environment wasn’t kept and that the hospital struggles due the limits they face by working from an allegedly old facility. Los Angeles County has stated there’s another Hospital being built and that it will be fully completed in 2013. Until then, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center must work with what they have and fix the problems federal inspections have pointed out.
As a Los Angeles personal injury lawyer I urge you to keep up with the news regarding the sanitary conditions of facilities we depend on to take care of us in cases of emergencies. Making sure clients are safe in the facilities they are taken to recover is a major priority to any personal injury lawyer.
News from the National Food Safety and Inspection Service website state that a company from Burbank, California has allegedly issued a recall of 4,100 pounds of their ready-to-eat meals. The maker claims the products were prepared without the benefit of federal inspection.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that these food items may have been sold to various hospitals and airlines. Since the company can only operate under the FSIS inspection, whenever there aren’t any inspection personnel present, the manufacturing of meals cannot continue. Inspectors have noticed that there were meals produced when they weren’t present at the facility. According to the news there have been alleged reports of illness due to consumption of the items listed in their website.
The FSIS always perform rigid checks to make sure companies are notifying their consumers of their recalled products. A complete list of the products that have been recalled from this company can be found in our blog.
As a Los Angeles personal injury lawyer I believe it’s my duty to notify the readers of this blog whenever there’s a dangerous case of food recall. Remember that in the case of a health issue related to the intake of food that wasn’t proper for the consumption you’re entitled to ask the advice of a product liability lawyer.
A catering company based in Burbank, California, has issued a recall for their ready-to-eat meals because they were not federally inspected, according to recent news sources.
The company is called Judy’s Catering, LLC. The following products have been recalled:
- 7-in. by 4-in. aluminum containers of Emuna Foods “Chicken Rosemary w/ couscous & mixed vegetable”
- 7-in. by 4-in. aluminum containers of Hacor “Chicken Rosemary w/ couscous & mixed vegetable”
- 7-in. by 4-in. aluminum containers of Emuna Foods “Chicken Rosemary Kosher for Passover”
- 7-in. by 4-in. aluminum containers of Hacor “Chicken Rosemary Kosher for Passover”
- 7-in. by 4-in. aluminum containers of Emuna Foods “Y/C Chicken Rosemary w/ Mixed Vegetable & Roast Potato”
- 7-in. by 4-in. aluminum containers of Hacor “Y/C Chicken Rosemary w/ Mixed Vegetable & Roast Potato”
- 7-in. by 4-in. aluminum containers of Emuna Foods “Y/C Roast Beef w/ Mixed Vegetable & a Starch”
- 7-in. by 4-in. aluminum containers of Hacor “Y/C Roast Beef w/ Mixed Vegetable & a Starch”
- 7-in. by 4-in. aluminum containers of Emuna Foods “F/C Chicken Marsala w/ Mixed Vegetables & a Starch”
- 7-in. by 4-in. aluminum containers of Hacor “F/C Chicken Marsala w/ Mixed Vegetables & a Starch”
- 7-in. by 4-in. aluminum containers of Hacor “Chicken Cacciatore (Chicken Stew) w/ Mixed Vegetable & Roast Potato”
- 9-in. by 5-in. aluminum containers of Emuna Foods “Saffron Chicken”
- 9-in. by 5-in. aluminum containers of Emuna Foods “Saffron chicken kebob w/ mixed vegetables & rice”
- 9-in. by 5-in. aluminum containers of Emuna Foods “Meatloaf w/ rice & carrots”
- 9-in. by 5-in. aluminum containers of Emuna Foods “Roasted turkey w/ orzo pasta & green beans”
- 9-in. by 5-in. aluminum containers of Emuna Foods “Beef Goulash (Beef Stew) w/ Mixed Vegetable & a Starch”
The meals were sent to areas in Los Angeles County and may have been distributed to airlines and hospitals. No illnesses in relation to this recall have been reported thus far.
As a Los Angeles personal injury attorney, I know that federal regulations and inspections are in place for a reason. The product liability lawyer at our law firm hopes no one will be sickened by consuming these products.
