--- title: "Marie Callender's Cheesy Chicken and Rice Frozen Meals Cause Salmonella Illnesses nationwide" date: 2010-06-18T03:47:31-07:00 author: admin canonical_url: "https://marlerclark.com/marie-callenders-cheesy-chicken-and-rice-frozen-meals-cause-salmonella-illn" section: Litigation Landing Pages --- [Foodborne Illnesses](/foodborne-illnesses) / [Salmonella](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/salmonella) / # Marie Callender's Cheesy Chicken and Rice Frozen Meals Cause Salmonella Illnesses nationwide The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has linked an outbreak of [*Salmonella*](http://www.about-salmonella.com "Salmonella") Chester to frozen meals produced by ConAgra. The Iowa-based ConAgra Foods Packaged Foods is recalling Marie Callender's brand Cheesy Chicken and Rice frozen meals distributed nationally. [The recall](http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_036_2010_Release/index.asp "The recall") was issued after ConAgra was notified by the CDC that the frozen meals were linked to 37 *Salmonella* serotype Chester illnesses in 18 states. This number of ill in each state is reported as: AK (1), CA (5), CO (2), GA (7), IL (1), KY (1), MA (2), MN (2), MO (1), NC (1), OK (1), OR (2), SC (2), TN (1), TX (1), UT (2), VA (4), and WA (1)Marler Clark has filed two lawsuits against ConAgra on behalf of victims of the *Salmonella* outbreak. Both[Salmonella lawsuits](http://www.salmonellalitigation.com/salmonella_caseupdates/view/marie_callenders_salmonella_outbreak_2010/ " Salmonella lawsuits") were filed in Oregon, where the victims live. Both men fell ill after consuming the now-recalled product, and tested positive for the outbreak strain of *Salmonella* when they sought medical attention for their illnesses. [The CDC estimates](http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no5/mead.htm "The CDC estimates") that for every confirmed case of *Salmonella* infection, another 38.6 cases go unreported. Many people sickened in an outbreak are never aware that they have *Salmonella* and try to 'tough it out' at home; their cases are never counted. In order for a case to be confirmed, a sick person has to visit their health care practitioner and get a stool test. If the test is positive for *Salmonella*, then it is then sent on to the health department, which matches the test to the outbreak strain to see if it is part of the outbreak, or a separate case of *Salmonella.* Anyone who has consumed the product and is experiencing [symptoms of *Salmonella* infection ](http://www.about-salmonella.com/salmonella_symptoms_risks "symptoms of Salmonella infection")should seek medical care and ask for a stool test. The attorneys at Marler Clark, LLP have litigated against ConAgra in several different outbreaks in the last decade: ## [Pot Pies and Salmonella 2008](http://www.marlerclark.com/case_news/view/conagra-pot-pie-salmonella-outbreak-nationwide "Pot Pies and Salmonella 2008") Marler Clark filed six *Salmonella* lawsuits against against ConAgra, the company whose Banquet and store-brand frozen chicken and turkey pot pies were identified as the source of a nationwide *Salmonella* outbreak. This outbreak was very similar to the current Marie Callender's outbreak, and hundreds of people were sickened nationwide. ## [Ground Beef and E. coli O157:H7 2002](http://www.marlerclark.com/case_news/view/conagra-ground-beef-e-coli-outbreak-nationwide "Ground Beef and E. coli O157:H7 2002") In 2002, ConAgra ground beef caused a large *E. coli* O157:H7 outbreak. Marler Clark’s *E. coli* lawyers represented 33 victims. The law firm’s clients included six children who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and the family of an Ohio woman who died as a result of her *E. coli* infection. ## [Peanut Butter Salmonella 2007](http://www.marlerclark.com/case_news/view/conagra-peanut-butter-salmonella-outbreak-nationwide "Peanut Butter Salmonella 2007") In November 2006, public health officials at CDC and state health departments detected a substantial increase in the reported incidence of isolates of *Salmonella* serotype Tennessee. In a multistate case-control study conducted during February 5—13, 2007, illness was strongly associated with consumption of either of two brands (Peter Pan or Great Value). ### Salmonella outbreaks and recalls June 27, 2025 ###### [Citterio Salami outbreak lawsuits (2021)](https://marlerclark.com/news_events/citterio-salmami-outbreak-lawsuits-2021) … August 23, 2023 ###### [Listeria outbreak: Three die after drinking contaminated milkshakes](https://marlerclark.com/news_events/listeria-outbreak-three-die-after-drinking-contaminated-milkshakes) Three people have died, and three others are in hospital after drinking milkshakes contaminated with listeria bacteria in the US state of Washington, health officials … July 12, 2023 ###### [2011 Listeria outbreaks linked to cantaloupes: A history](https://marlerclark.com/news_events/2011-listeria-outbreak-linked-to-cantaloupes-a-history) A total of 148 persons infected with any of the five outbreak-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes were reported to the CDC from 28 states. 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