CAMDEN COUNTY, N.J. (WFSB) - A class action complaint was filed against the Guida Dairy Company.
The fallout continues following that incident in New Jersey where young children at a school there drank milk from Guida’s Dairy which is based here in Connecticut.
Now, the families of some of the children have filed a class action lawsuit against the company.
The family’s say this incident has caused them physical and emotional distress and the kids are still recovering. They say this should have never happened.
“Days later we were still experiencing these issues she.. is traumatic. She is saying no I don’t want to drink anything I don’t want to eat anything,” said Tiffanee Gould, a Camden County parent.
Samuel D. Jackson of the Lento Law Group, who is one of the lawyer for the parents stated, “No parent should ever have to doubt whether the food their young children are served at school is safe. The alleged wrongdoing by Guida-Seibert Dairy Company described in this complaint should be a wake-up call for all milk processors and food service companies serving schools that their negligence could injure young children and cause long-term negative health issues.”
For parents in the Camden County New Jersey School District, it’s an emotional toll that’s a lot harder to get over than spilled milk.
They say their kids are still recovering after drinking milk tainted with sanitizer.
The contamination impacted dozens of students at the early childhood development center nearly one week ago.
“It was just complete chaos and like Dominique said my son had this big black c on his hand and I’m like what does this mean,” said Gould.
The big C stood for Cooper Medical Center.
That’s where Tiffanee and Domonique’s children, only 4 and 5 years old, were taken after they claim Guida Seibert Dairy Company failed to prevent the milk from being free of foreign substances. The diluted sanitizer apparently was run through vendor machines prior to the milk pouring through them.
Thursday, the two along with their attorneys announced a class action lawsuit against the New Britain, Connecticut based company.
The suit also includes one other parent.
It alleges distress on both students and their guardians.
For example, one parent lost her job, because of having to care for her child since being out of school.
In a statement Guida Dairy said it was disposing of half pint sized 1% low fat milk cartons with a sell by date of April 11:
”Once we were made aware of this issue, we took immediate action and tested impacted product to verify there is no food safety risk associated with this product… this should’ve been monitored better and it wasn’t.”
The parents are seeking monetary compensation and an apology.
We should note that none of the contaminated milk was sold here in Connecticut
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