Braintree Couple Suing Whole Foods For Son's Death

A Braintree couple is suing Whole Foods Market and Missouri-based Rain Crow Ranch after their son died from allegedly eating ground beef contaminated with a powerful strain of E. coli.

Melissa and Andrew Kaye tell the Boston Herald that they blame the grass-fed ground beef purchased at the supermarket’s South Weymouth location and produced by the ranch for the death of their son in July.

“This lawsuit is about bringing awareness to the issue of food safety and forcing change where it needs to be made,” Melissa Kaye told the Herald.

On Aug. 15, Whole Foods issued a recall of ground beef products due to possible E. coli contamination.

In a statement from a spokesman, the supermarket said “Whole Foods Market joins the community in expressing our deepest and most heartfelt condolences to Joshua Kaye’s family for their tragic loss. We cannot comment specifically on the facts of this pending litigation, but our thorough and ongoing investigation of the circumstances has not shown any clear link to our business. The safety of our customers is a top priority at Whole Foods Market, and always will be.”

Rain Crow Ranch said in a statement, “It is our understanding that testing conclusively establishes that the meat we provided was not contaminated with E. coli.”

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