Campbell’s Soup -Albertson’s Botulism
A can of Swanson’s seasoned chicken broth purchased at an Albertson’s grocery store in Sparks, NV and added to a holiday meal put a Reno couple in the hospital. The roasted garlic seasoned chicken broth was added to mashed potatoes as described on the can’s packaging. After consuming the potatoes, both began to experience muscle weakness and trouble breathing, symptoms of botulism poisoning. Both were hospitalized, diagnosed, and given anti-toxin. Unable to breathe on their own, they were given tracheotomies and put on ventilators. One of them went into respiratory arrest that lead to hypoxic brain injury. The can of broth tested positive for botulism. Marler Clark filed suit on their behalf in November, 2008.