New Quaker class action alleges company sold salmonella-contaminated products

Quaker salmonella class action lawsuit overview: 

• Who: Plaintiff Raymond Kessler filed a class action lawsuit against The Quaker Oats Co. 
• Why: Kessler claims Quaker Oats failed to disclose to consumers that consuming its products allegedly could increase the risk of contracting salmonella. 
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in New York federal court. 

The Quaker Oats Co. improperly, deceptively and misleadingly labeled and marketed its products to consumers by allegedly failing to disclose that consuming them may increase the risk of contracting salmonella, a new class action lawsuit alleges. 

Plaintiff Raymond Kessler’s Quaker class action lawsuit claims the company failed to disclose that a number of its products allegedly either contain or are at risk of containing salmonella, an issue that led to a December recall that was expanded earlier this month. 

The Quaker salmonella recall involved a number of Quaker Oats granola products, including chewy granola bars and chewy granola breakfast cereals and snacks. 

Kessler’s class action lawsuit is only the latest to be filed against Quaker Oats in the wake of its salmonella recall. Another lawsuit from earlier in January claimed that the company failed to take necessary steps to ensure their products were safe from salmonella contamination. 

Consumers trusted Quaker Oats would sell products free of harmful substances, class action says

Kessler argues Quaker Oats deceived consumers who trusted the company to sell products “safe and free” from harmful substances, including salmonella. 

“Plaintiff and those similarly situated … certainly expect that the food products they purchase will not contain, or risk containing, any knowingly harmful substances that cause disease,” the Quaker Oats class action states. 

Kessler wants to represent a New York class of consumers who purchased any of the recalled Quaker Oats products in the state at any time during the applicable statute of limitations. 

Quaker Oats is accused of violating New York General Business Law. Kessler is demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory relief along with an award of monetary, treble and statutory damages for himself and all class members. 

A separate class action lawsuit was filed against Quaker Oats in October 2018 alleging the company sold products made from wheat allegedly contaminated with the harmful pesticide glyphosate. 

Have you purchased a Quaker Oats product in the state of New York that was part of the recent Quaker salmonella recall? Let us know in the comments.

The plaintiff is represented by Michael R. Reese of Reese LLP, Jason P. Sultzer and Daniel Markowitz of The Sultzer Law Group PC and Nick Suciu III of Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman PLLC. 

The Quaker salmonella class action lawsuit is Kessler, et al. v. The Quaker Oats Co., Case No. 7:24-cv-00526, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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