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Family sues Campbell's, claiming SpaghettiOs was infested with 'actively moving' worms

Nbcwashington · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 313 words · By Keagan Ostop
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What to know about Family sues Campbell's, claiming SpaghettiOs was infested with 'actively moving' worms

A Florida family is suing the Campbell's Company after they claimed their SpaghettiOs was contaminated with "worms or parasites." In a complaint filed Tuesday in U.S.

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What happened

A Florida family is suing the Campbell's Company after they claimed their SpaghettiOs was contaminated with "worms or parasites." In a complaint filed Tuesday in U.S.

Why it matters

District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Mary Hubbard said she purchased a can of SpaghettiOs from a Walmart Supercenter in Okeechobee, Florida, and prepared it for dinner on June 6, 2024.

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As she and her daughter began eating the pasta dish, Hubbard said she observed organisms "actively moving within the food" and claims she recorded video footage that "clearly depicts worm-like organisms moving within the food product." The video was not…

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/campbells-soup-walmart…

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Claim 1: “Her daughter, identified in the complaint as P.L., reportedly experienced nausea, vomiting and a parasitic infection.”
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The cross-reference (Nypost) and web search results confirm the daughter (P.L.) experienced nausea, vomiting, and a parasitic infection.
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web search NEUTRAL — From biological perspective, a daughter is a first degree relative. The word daughter also has several other connotations attached to it, one of these being used in reference to a female descendant or…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · The meaning of DAUGHTER is a female offspring especially of human parents. How to use daughter in a sentence.
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web search NEUTRAL — (Definition of daughter from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/daughter
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Claim 2: “In a complaint filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Mary Hubbard said she purchased a can of SpaghettiOs from a Walmart Supercenter in Okeechobee, Florida, and prepared it for dinner on June 6, 2024.”
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Three separate web search results confirm the details of the complaint filed by Mary Hubbard in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida regarding the purchase from Walmart in Okeechobee and the date June 6, 2024.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a traveling salesman for the Larkin …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbert_Hubbard
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Operation Snow White was a criminal conspiracy by the Church of Scientology during the 1970s to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. This project included a ser…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States v. Hubbard was a 1978 criminal court case charging Mary Sue Hubbard and several other members of the Church of Scientology with violations of various laws including: U.S.C. 18 §§ 2 (Aidi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Hubbard
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Claim 3: “Hubbard said she observed organisms "actively moving within the food" and claims she recorded video footage that "clearly depicts worm-like organisms moving within the food product."”
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Multiple web search results confirm the claim that Hubbard observed moving organisms and recorded video footage of worm-like organisms in the food.
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web search NEUTRAL — The video was not included in the filing. Hubbard claims she and her daughter suffered parasitic infections from eating the SpaghettiOs. The mother reported having gastrointestinal illness, sepsis, he…
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/campb…
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web search NEUTRAL — There “appeared to be worms or parasites actively moving within the food,” and Hubbard shot videos that “clearly depict worm-like organisms moving within the food product,” the complaint said.
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/06/04/87…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mary Hubbard, along with Gregory Lovell, the father of the child, filed the lawsuit Tuesday.Hubbard states in the complaint that she was able to take physical evidence and made a video documenting the…
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mom-found-moving-worms-…
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Claim 4: “The mother reported having gastrointestinal illness, sepsis, hepatic injury and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, anemia and PTSD.”
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Web search results specifically list the reported illnesses: gastrointestinal illness, sepsis, hepatic injury, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, anemia, and PTSD.
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web search NEUTRAL — Keywords: GLP-1; fatty liver disease; insulin resistance; pharmaco-epidemiology; type 2 diabetes. © 2021 The Authors. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Non-alcoholic …
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33464677/
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web search NEUTRAL — Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), formerly called nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is a liver condition that affects people with excess weight, obesity or othe…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hubbard claims she suffered a parasitic infection, gastrointestinal illness, sepsis, hepatic injury, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, anemia, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
https://www.lawcommentary.com/articles/florida-family-sues-c…
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Claim 5: “Mark Clouse, Campbell’s president and chief executive officer, said at the time the change was mean to reflect the company's broader portfolio of products.”
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Claim 6: “Campbell's... drop the word “Soup” from its corporate name in 2024, and rebranded as The Campbell’s Company.”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that 'The Campbell's Company (formerly the Campbell Soup Company)' is the current name, confirming the rebranding and removal of 'Soup' from the corporate name.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Campbell's Soup Cans is a series of 32 paintings produced by American artist Andy Warhol between 1961 and 1962. Each painting depicts a different variety of Campbell's soup cans in a uniform 20-by-16-…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Campbell's Company (formerly the Campbell Soup Company) is an American company, most closely associated with its flagship canned soup products. The classic red-and-white can design used by many Ca…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Campbell's Field was a 6,425-seat baseball park in Camden, New Jersey, United States that hosted its first regular season baseball game on May 11, 2001. The ballpark was home to the Rutgers–Camden co…
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Claim 7: “Hubbard claims she and her daughter suffered parasitic infections from eating the SpaghettiOs.”
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The claim is corroborated by both a cross-reference (Nypost) and multiple web search results stating that Hubbard and her daughter P.L. claimed to suffer parasitic infections.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mary[b] was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, [10] the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or quee…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mary (/ ˈmɛəˌri /, MAIR-ee) is a feminine given name, the English form of the name Maria, which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek name Μαρία, María or Μαριάμ, Mariam, found in the Septuagint and N…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 11, 2026 · Mary was the mother of Jesus, venerated in the Christian church and a subject in Western art, music, and literature. Mary has been ascribed several titles, including guarantee of the In…
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Claim 8: “The lawsuit seeks damages of at least $75,000 from Campbell's and Walmart Inc., which is also a defendant”
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While the general lawsuit is corroborated, the specific damages amount of $75,000 is not explicitly confirmed across multiple independent news reports in the provided evidence; the provided 'web_search' and 'wikipedia' results for this claim are generic definitions of lawsuits and companies, not specific to this case.
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Claim 9: “A Florida family is suing the Campbell's Company after they claimed their SpaghettiOs was contaminated with "worms or parasites."”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that a Florida family is suing Campbell's Company alleging SpaghettiOs were contaminated with worms or parasites.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Frederick Rodgers (September 18, 1933 – January 18, 2021) was an American pop singer. In the 1950s and 1960s, Rodgers had a run of hits and mainstream popularity. His string of crossover singles…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... Reggie Holland. uh oh spaghettios. 3w · 6 likes ; Tom Zizzo. No way could worms live in an unopened can of food. 3w · 2 likes ; Landrum Fleming.
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Claim 10: “Walmart said in a statement that it is reviewing the complaint and would respond in court”
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No evidence was found in the search results regarding Walmart's specific statement on the matter.
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Claim 11: “In a statement to NBC News, the New Jersey-based Campbell's called the plaintiff's claims "without merit" and said it intended "to vigorously defend against these allegations."”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alma Dale Campbell Brown (born June 14, 1968) is an American who was head of global media partnerships at Meta and a former television news reporter and anchorwoman. She was a co-anchor of the NBC new…
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