A South Florida couple has filed a lawsuit against Publix after claiming that frozen blueberries sold under the grocery chain’s GreenWise brand caused an E. coli infection that left both of them ill and sent one of them to the hospital for days.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, the lawsuit was filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court by food safety attorneys from Ron Simon & Associates and Elizabeth Zwibel Law on behalf of Oscar and Roberta Cash.
The complaint alleges the couple purchased GreenWise Organic IQF frozen blueberries from a Publix store in Jupiter, Florida, in May 2026 and consumed the product as part of their diet before both developed symptoms linked to E. coli infection…