(In their latest statement, Daily Harvest said they “directly notified by email those consumers who were shipped the affected product.”) The company promoted the Walnut + Thyme Crumbles in a since-deleted Instagram post that also directed customers to a link in its bio, which led to a webpage explaining that the company was looking into the reports about the French Lentil + Leek Crumbles. Both also lost a week’s worth of income while they were ill and recovering at home.Īfter allegations started mid-last week, around Wednesday, June 15, Daily Harvest emailed some customers and press contacts on Friday, June 17-though both D’argenzio and Pearson say they weren’t included in that blast. Her husband, who also ate the lentils, “had very elevated liver enzymes, dark urine, and stomach pain,” she says. After trying her press samples back in May, she experienced “excruciating stomach pain, could not eat for days, and was bed ridden for about a week,” D’argenzio tells Bon Appétit. Jenna D’argenzio, a 32-year-old influencer and jewelry maker from Los Angeles, estimates her out-of-pocket medical expenses have totaled about $20,000 for illness that she alleges started after she ate the lentil crumbles. Pearson is still awaiting medical bills, but Bowersox expects any patients who underwent surgery-pending insurance arrangements-will owe tens of thousands of dollars. “Ultimately, there was never any evidence of this but out of precaution and with the information they had, they recommended taking my gallbladder out to alleviate symptoms.” Since the surgery, Pearson says he’s “not feeling 100%” yet and his doctors are monitoring his liver enzymes, which were still not within normal range this week.
“They believed I might have had a gallstone that blocked a duct, causing my liver enzymes to spike, and that I must have already passed it naturally,” he explains. (Enzyme levels beyond 400 can be indicative of hepatocellular disease, among other serious illnesses.)Īfter days of testing as well as the onset of jaundice, on June 12, surgeons removed Pearson’s gallbladder. He doesn’t drink alcohol, but Pearson’s liver enzymes were in the 400 to 700s range. “I noticed that I had very dark urine and the bottoms of my feet and hands were extremely itchy,” he says. So what’s next for both Daily Harvest and its affected customers? What should you do if you’ve experienced symptoms after eating the lentil crumbles, according to lawyers? Here’s everything you need to know about the situation. But irate commenters are unsatisfied with the response, calling for hospital bills to be reimbursed and claiming that the announcement has come too late to prevent widespread harm. The brand is also “working closely with the FDA and with multiple independent labs to investigate this,” according to their latest Instagram post. In a new statement made Thursday evening, Daily Harvest reported that approximately 28,000 units of the product had been distributed since April 28, and the company has since received approximately 470 reports of illness or adverse reactions. One lawyer representing customers told Bon Appétit he’s planning to file multiple lawsuits in the next week against the celebrity- and influencer-backed frozen food company. Daily Harvest is facing potential legal action after its now-recalled French Lentil + Leek Crumbles allegedly made droves of customers severely ill-some of whom claim to have had their gallbladder removed, incurred around $20,000 in medical expenses, and lost income while recovering at home.
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