Catalanello v. Cudahy Packing Co.

In an action by plaintiffs against defendant packer and defendant retailer to recover damages for injuries sustained from eating a processed salami which contained trichin®, a finding by the trial court that defendant packer improperly applied a recognized method for the destruction of trichin® in the curing of its product was not against the weight of evidence; nor was its finding that plaintiffs were free from contributory negligence. The violation by defendants of the duty imposed upon them by sections 199-a and 200 of the Agriculture and Markets Law not to process or sell an article of…