Monogram Foods

There have been reports of at least one Monogram Foods employee diagnosed with Popcorn Lung Disease (Bronchiolitis Obliterans). The Lyon Firm is investigating this case and other occupational lung disease cases nationwide. Any food manufacturer that uses diacetyl could put employees at risk.

Monogram Foods is a food manufacturer focused on the co-manufacturing, private label, and foodservice channels throughout the United States. Founded in 2004, Monogram Foods manufactures top-quality and innovative food products.

Among their food products are a range of meat snacks, appetizers, assembled sandwiches, bacon, corn dogs, USDA baked goods, and other convenience food products.

Monogram Foods is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, has over 3,000 employees and operates ten manufacturing facilities in six states, including the following:

• MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
• BRISTOL, INDIANA
• CHANDLER, MINNESOTA
• DENISON, IOWA
• DICKSON, TENNESSEE
• HARLAN, IOWA
• MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS
• MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA
• PLOVER, WISCONSIN
• WILMINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS

The U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) warns food manufacturers that inhaling the fumes of flavoring chemicals like diacetyl in the workplace can cause severe lung disease for food workers in production and packaging areas. Cases of popcorn lung have been reported across the country. 

Food production plant workers around the country may have faced occupational toxins in processing and packaging areas. Plant workers may have been exposed to high dosages of diacetyl for long durations.

Depending on the specific artificial flavoring and the food production process, workers may have been exposed to hazardous flavorings like diacetyl in the form of vapors or fumes.

Studies have shown that exposure to diacetyl is linked to bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in food production plant workers. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the CDC have warned companies and workers about diacetyl because of the danger of developing serious respiratory diseases.

Joe Lyon is a highly-rated personal injury lawyer representing plaintiffs nationwide in a wide variety of consumer product liability and workplace injury claims. 

What is Popcorn Lung?

Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) is a form of chronic lung dysfunction in which the lungs deteriorate, and cause a myriad of life-threatening symptoms. The deterioration in pulmonary function is generally irreversible and progresses despite therapy. No effective treatment has yet been established.

First recognized in the 1980s, BOS remains a pervasive illness with devastating consequences. Some causes have been identified. The most common risk factors for bronchiolitis obliterans are working conditions that expose employees to dangerous chemicals.

Joe Lyon is a highly-rated workplace injury Attorney and Bronchiolitis Obliterans lawyer representing plaintiffs nationwide in a wide variety of civil litigation claims.