California family finds live worms in fish bought from Costco

A doctor and his family are suing Costco Wholesale Corp. alleging that a halibut they bought from a San Dimas store in 2021 contained live worms that crawled in the product after it was cooked and eaten their 13th summer daughter, reports abc7.

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Dr. Waheed Berjis and his wife Nafiseh Berjis, and the couple's 10-year-old son and daughter, are plaintiffs in a Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit filed against the warehouse chain on March 1, accusing the chain of negligence, breach of warranty, and violation of the state's Unfair Competition Act.

The plaintiffs are seeking damages of at least $200.

The family bought a package of fresh Kirkland wild halibut fillets last March 18 from a Costco store on Lone Hill Avenue and cooked it the same day, according to the lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, after the parents ate some of the fish themselves, they shared it with their daughter.

“When their daughter started picking at the product with a fork, a lot of live worms crawled out of it,” the lawsuit says, which also says the couple’s son was also present.

“Plaintiffs understandably experienced great emotional distress and fear, and the underage children vowed never to eat seafood again,” the lawsuit says.

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The family believes that Costco knew about the tainted product and failed to warn consumers, and that Costco's food department employees, including those in charge, lack sufficient knowledge and training in food safety, according to the lawsuit.

Less than two weeks after the incident, lawyers for the family sent a letter to Costco explaining what was allegedly found in the halibut, but the company "failed to recover damages from the plaintiffs," according to the lawsuit.

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