10 Million Cans of Slim-Fast Recalled Due to Possible Contamination

Unilever, the company responsible for manufacturing the diet drink Slim-Fast, announced that they are recalling 10 Million cans of ready to drink Slim-Fast due to possible contamination with the bacteria Bacillus cereus which can cause people to get sick. 

If you have ingested a recalled ready to drink Slim-Fast and experience diarrhea, nausea and/or vomitting you may have ingested one of the drinks that were affected by this recall.  Food poisoning due to the bacteria Bacillus cereus usually has an incubation period of 4 to 16 hours and then has symptoms of diahhrea, nausea and/or vomitting for 12 to 24 hours. 

Although, according to the spokeswoman of Unilever, complications and life threatening injuries due to this food contamination are rare there is still a possiblity of complications occuring.  If you suffered severe complications or life threatening or long term injuries associated with food poising by the contamination of ready to drink Slim-Fast that you have purchased you will want to look into finding out what your legal rights are.  The best way to do this is to contact a personal injury attorney in your area.  If you live in New York or New Jersey and have questions concerning how to start a lawsuit against a company for product liability contact Frank J. Dito Jr. Staten Island injury lawyer at 718.979.4300. 

Unilever is still not completely sure about specifically which cans may have the bacteria present in them so they are recalling all model numbers.  Consumers who have recently purchased the product should stop use of the product immediately and contact Unilever for a full refund of the recalled Slim-Fast drink.