In an emailed statement, an FDA spokesperson writes to ABC7 News: "And I haven't heard from them since," said Ready.ĭaily Harvest says everyone who has been affected deserves an answer, and the company is committed to making this right. "I just want to be healthy and to be able to live and enjoy my life again," said Ready.įacing tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills, she says she asked Daily Harvest for a refund for the approximately $10 dollar crumbles. Ready says she's focused on healing from her surgery. "I can't even stand to look at the packaging right now," said Mizwa. In its statement today, Daily Harvest's CEO writes the company is confident the issue is limited to the French Lentil + Leek Crumbles and does not impact any of the other 100+ menu items.
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"Daily Harvest told us to throw it all away if we were sick, I would think that they would want the sample of the product that we had to come back to them and be tested or sent to the FDA," said Orley. "They were trying to pass the buck and pass this off as ignorance or incompetence on behalf of the part of the consumer rather than immediately saying hey we might have a problem," said Mizwa. They didn't indicate the seriousness of the people that had been having issues," said Orley. "I didn't connect the dots because the term gastrointestinal is so general like were people just getting gas from this. Some customers are dissatisfied with how Daily Harvest initially handled consumer complaints writing in an email to customers on June 17, "A small number of customers have reported gastrointestinal discomfort." The email also stated "lentils must be thoroughly cooked" and advised customers to "dispose of" the product. So far testing has come back negative for food-borne pathogens, allergens and a wide range of toxins. In its latest statement issued Monday, the company's CEO says they've spent the past 10 days working to get to the root cause. By the next morning she says her pain was back. She went home and after a week of eating bland foods and ate the Daily Harvest crumbles a second time. Ready says she had a CT scan, ultrasound, blood tests and gave a urine sample but doctors couldn't find anything. "It was pretty sharp right away," said Ready. SAN FRANCISCO - Meal delivery service Daily Harvest has voluntarily recalled one of it's products and is facing a lawsuit after people reported getting sick, being hospitalized for liver dysfunction and even having their gallbladders removed in some cases.Ĭarol Ready was a loyal Daily Harvest customer but says after she ate the French Lentil + Leek Crumbles, she had abdominal and shoulder pain that ultimately landed her in the ER.
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Daily Harvest is responding after facing a lawsuit after people reported being sick and hospitalized from eating its "French Lentil + Leek Crumbles."