The FDA has published the following warning: Consumers worldwide should not use any ByHeart brand infant formula as all ByHeart products are included in this recall. As we know, as of November 26, 2025, a total of 37 infants with suspected or confirmed infant botulism and confirmed exposure to ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula (various […]
I just received a copy of the State of California Report. Here is the summary: In November 2011, a cluster of five young children with Escherichia coli (E. coli) 0157:H7 infection with matching pulse-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns was identified. Illness onsets were from August 25 to October 25, 2011. All five children reported drinking […]
BPI (without asking) has put out a quote of mine (from a newspaper months ago on a diferent topic): “BPI has demonstrated a commitment to food safety. I see it as a big step in the right direction.” I admit, I said it. I said it, however, in the context of BPI’s move to test […]
To borrow a phase from a song from the 60’s – “when will they ever learn?” Download Complaint.
Someone from our “greatest generation” – a hero in war – killed by a cantaloupe. What a country he fought for. Rest in peace Mr. Schwarz – Section 51 Row 1 Grave 3. From one of his sons: Today Paul A Schwarz Jr would have turned 93! The last time I was there was on […]
The GAO – U.S. Government Accountability Office, an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress, released a report (http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-257) this week that calls into question what the USDA/FSIS is doing (not doing) presently to reduce the risk of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in cattle. The report suggested a number of pre-slaughter interventions that have […]
A total of 25 persons infected with the outbreak strain of STEC O26 have been reported from 8 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Iowa (5), Missouri (3), Kansas (2), Michigan (9), Arkansas (1), Ohio (3), and Wisconsin (1). Six ill persons have been hospitalized, and […]
The St. Joseph County Health Department is investigating the death of a South Bend Indiana man related to recently recalled shrimp from Martin’s Super Markets. On February 17, Memorial Hospital alerted the county health department it had a patient with Vibrio fulvialsis. Vibrio fulvialsis is found naturally in many seafoods including shrimp. The recalled product […]
By Blisstree’s Hanna Brooks Olsen: Based on the cases he’s tried and the amount of blogging he’s done on the subject, it’s amazing that Seattle-based food safety lawyer Bill Marler can eat anything he hasn’t grown or raised himself. But instead of being repulsed by the sheer volume of recalls and outbreaks, the prominent attorney, who […]
Over the weekend I penned for Food Safety News, “Excluding Consumers a Bad Idea.” It was based upon reports that the cantaloupe industry was planning a series of meeting across the United States to develop a “new cantaloupe guidance document.” The report also made it clear that the public was not welcome: The meetings are […]
Apparently today all charges were dismissed against Vernon Hershberger of Loganville, Wisconsin, who leases his cows to a “food buyers club,” and had been charged with operating a retail food establishment without a license, operating a dairy farm as a milk producer without a license, operating a dairy plant without a license and violating a […]
Seventy-four people (Marler Clark clients) have filed lawsuits claiming they got Shigella infection, also known as dysentery, from a suburban Subway sandwich outlet. In one of 41 complaints filed this week in DuPage County Court, Tania Lesus sued Neel Subway dba Subway Restaurant, its owner Dahyabhai Patel, and Subway’s parent company, Doctor’s Associates. Patel’s Subway […]
Appalling seems to be the right word. I was hopefully reading Joan Murphy’s article in Produce News Daily, “Dates set for industry meetings on new cantaloupe guidance document,” until I read the last line of the article: The meetings are open to growers, buyers, auditors, academic experts, as well as regulators from state agencies, the […]
Well, for Ground Beef and Pork Chops, not so much, but for Chicken Breasts and Ground Turkey, not so good. And, there is E. coli too, but they do not say what kind. The 2010 NARMS (National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System) Report (FULL REPORT PDF) fell into my inbox today. According to the Report, for […]
From the Pennsylvania Department of Health 80 total cases 70 in PA 5 in MD 2 in NJ 3 in WV
Michael Hauser died last week after a heroic struggle against Listeria. He left his loving wife and family. PDF Complaint.