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When Monique rushed him to the emergency room at a San Bernardino hospital, he was suffering from incessant vomiting and bloody diarrhea. It took another hospital visit and a couple of days of investigation before Monique heard the two words guaranteed to strike terror in a parent's heart - E. coli infection.

San Bernardino County officials are now investigating Ramon's day care center, KinderCare in Colton, Califorrnia. Representatives of the California Department of Social Services have confirmed that a complaint has been filed against KinderCare although they refused to identify the complainant. KinderCare meanwhile has rejected any suggestion that Ramon contracted the deadly infection when he was at their premises. They insist that Ramon was the only toddler in their charge who contracted the infection. Health officials however have told KinderCare to warn other parents to look out for the warning signs of an E. coli infection - fever, stomach aches and diarrhea.

E. coli usually spreads through contaminated and improperly cooked meat, although vegetable too can provide a safe harbor for the virus. Over the summer, at least 40 people feel seriously ill after an outbreak of E. coli which was later traced to contaminated hamburger patties produced by the Topps Meat Company.

If you or your loved ones have suffered from food poisoning due to the negligent safety and health practices of another, you might not be aware that you may have legal recourse to protect your rights. Call the California personal injury lawyers at The Reeves Law Group for a free consultation.

As millions of Americans prepared to see summer through with family barbeques, Topps Meat Company, it is revealed, increased output of their frozen hamburger patties to meet increased demand from retail stores. This spike in production resulted in some serious lapses in health safety checks. Three batches of hamburger patties were discovered to be contaminated with e. coli bacteria with more than 40 people falling prey to the dreaded infection. While Topps itself is now out of business, the New York Times reports that federal health regulators now acknowledge there were serious flaws in the system.

This year alone there have been 16 meat recalls connected to e. coli contamination. In the Topps case, the company failed to mandate safety checks by suppliers and performed its own checks just 3 times a year. Additionally, Agriculture Department inspectors who were present at the inspections did not bother to cite the company.

The Agriculture Department, fighting allegations that it was a mute spectator to blatant violations of health safety checks by the meat industry, has now directed its officials to conduct a nationwide survey to determine the measures that meat processing plants had in place for preventing e coli contamination of their products. Critics of the Department are unimpressed, saying its approach to problems was "haphazard, catch as catch can."

E. Coli contamination of food products causes serious infection and illness, in some cases even leading to death. If you have suffered as a result of consuming a contaminated meat product, consult the experienced lawyers at The Reeves Law Group.