In re Townsend Farms Organic Anti-Oxidant Blend Products Liability Litigation

ORDER DENYING TRANSFER

JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman.

Before the Panel: Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, plaintiffs in all actions and three of four defendants (Townsend Farms, Inc., Purely Pomegranate, Inc., and Fallon Trading Co., Inc.) seek centralization of this litigation involving the contamination of a frozen berry and pomegranate seed mix with the Hepatitis A virus. The litigation encompasses the nine actions pending in nine districts, as listed on Schedule A.

Plaintiffs in all actions and defendant Fallon Trading initially took no position on selection of the transferee forum; plaintiffs…