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 […]
A Cook County Health Department spokeswoman says test results have confirmed that the number of people who contracted norovirus food poisoning connected to Bob Chinn’s Crab House in Wheeling has now risen to 146. Amy Poore, a Public Health spokeswoman, confirmed Wednesday evening that 146 people with the norovirus gastrointestinal illness “have been linked to […]
A few days ago I posted this: A few months ago I offered to give a book to each new person who subscribed to my blog up to 500 – I have 200 hardcover books left (now about 50). So, the next 200 new subscribers will get a free hardcover book. I then added: Just […]
I received this email this evening: Please view the video below. It is regarding food safety and Federal Register No. 2011-8408 Not Applying the Mark of Inspection Pending Certain Test Results. A group of 5th, 6th and 7th grade students made this video and would like your support in getting this procedural change made.
CDC Final Outbreak Report: A total of 190 illnesses due to Salmonella Heidelberg with the outbreak pattern were reported from 6 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state the product is distributed to is as follows: New York (109), New Jersey (62), Pennsylvania (10), Maryland (6), Ohio (2), and Minnesota (1). Collaborative […]
I was reading the “Staff Report on the Investigation of the Outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes in Cantaloupe at Jensen Farms” as it was released today. Frankly, it did not break any new ground on the cause of this devastating outbreak. The staff restated that FDA officials cited several deficiencies in Jensen Farms’ facility, which reflected […]
A few months ago I offered to give a book to each new person who subscribed to my blog up to 500 – I have 200 hardcover books left. So, the next 200 new subscribers will get a free hardcover book. Just subscribe here and email me your address at bmarler@marlerclark.com. I given the book […]
Usually it is best to be number 1, but considering that Marler Blog was 9th out of 100 in this years ABA Top Blawgs, I feel pretty damn good. So, I want to thank all the 340 voters – especially my mom who voted 339 times.
In recent months, a surge of papers have appeared in the literature describing findings from the deadly 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak in Germany linked to sprouts (2-10, 12-14). The speed at which this information is being published in the literature—much of it free to the public through open access journals—is a testament to the […]
I can hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth over such an un-American suggestion. Yet again the CDC is reporting on yet another “multiagency task force is being created in North Carolina to evaluate the preventive measures that were in place during the 2011 state fair and to identify additional interventions that could be applied […]
A total of 19 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 7 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: HI (1), KY (1), MA (1), ME (4), NH (6), NY (5), and VT (1). Among persons for whom information is available, illnesses began […]
I would argue there is no way to really value the loss at least in the human dimension. Today I was reading Robert Scharff’s article “Economic Burden from Health losses Due to Foodborne Illness in the United Sates” in this month’s Journal of Food Protection. Scharff’s coast analysis is based upon Centers for Disease Control […]
Smith’s grocery stores in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, and northern Nevada are pulling all Growers Express brand iceberg lettuce from its shelves after receiving a Class 1 recall last night. In addition, Kroger stores in North Carolina, Virginia, Eastern West Virginia, and Eastern Kentucky are also pulling the product. The iceberg lettuce is being recalled […]
Today I was poring over several state health department files from a 2009 lettuce E. coli outbreak (about a dozen sick – two with HUS) that that went unreported to the media, and not investigated by the FDA, when this photo landed in my inbox: Since I am not dead – yet, it did make […]
Later this week we will be filing suit against yet another raw milk producer. Here are some of the details from the complaint. From late-August through early-November 2011, contaminated raw milk produced by Cozy Valley caused at least three children to become infected by a genetically indistinguishable strain of E. coli O157:H7. The three children, […]
Michigan Department of Agriculture announced the recall of two cheese products of Green Cedar Dairy in Dearborn because of possible contamination with Listeria bacteria that has sickened two people. The recall covers packages saying All Natural Ackawi Cheese and All Natural Chives Cheese with a sell by date up to July 1, 2012. The agriculture […]