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 […]
For the last several years, I have been a prime sponsor of the China International Food Safety & Quality (CIFSQ) Conference + Expo. So, I have more than a passing interest in China’s food safety endeavors. I also find it fascinating how different countries deal with both civil and criminal liability. Recently, China jailed a […]
According to a complaint filed in Bernalillo County District Court (#D-202-CV-2011-12566), 63-year old Rene Gaxiola consumed cantaloupe that was produced by Jensen Farms in the weeks leading up to his illness. On September 7, 2011, Mr. Gaxiola began experiencing symptoms of Listeria illness such as fever, chills, cramps, and diarrhea. The same day his condition […]
Another E. coli lawsuit will be filed today against grocery chain Schnucks Supermarkets and Oklahoma-based romaine lettuce distributor Vaughan Foods. According to a complaint filed in St. Louis County Circuit Court, 61-year old Charles Meyer ate romaine lettuce from a Cool Valley, Missouri Schnucks location on several occasions prior to October 24, 2011 when he […]
I am so tired of the emails from people – mostly people linked to the food industry – who just say, “cook it” or “wash it” and all will be good. Say, how good is your eyesight? Definition of Infective dose – the amount that can sicken or kill you or your kid after ingestion. […]
It was great to see Jennifer Brown of the Denver Posts story this morning “Concerns grow over salmonella that survives antibiotics” about the growing trend of outbreak linked to antibiotic-resistant Salmonella. It’s worth a read: Public Health Fact: “… hundreds of people were sickened in 2011 because one of the four strains of antibiotic-resistant salmonella […]
You can still get the book at Amazon – “Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat.” Reviews: “A fast-paced narrative and a cautionary tale about how public health policy, corporate practices and public relations, and lawyers’ chutzpah and frenzy for fees can converge in a place […]
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Supervalu Inc., Walgreen Co., Kroger Co. and Safeway are pulling 12.5-ounce cans of Enfamil Newborn powdered infant formula with the lot number ZP1K7G after a Missouri newborn who consumed it apparently died of Cronobacter sakazakii. According to news reports, ten-day-old Avery Cornett died Sunday after getting sick several days earlier in Lebanon, […]
You might find this not surprising, but I read the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) weekly. In reading this week’s article “Food Safety Epidemiology Capacity in State Health Departments — United States, 2010,” I was struck by the thought that if I had to do it all over again, I would have taken […]
Maryn McKenna (a.k.a., Scary Disease Girl) ruined my visions of FDA sugar plumbs with her story this morning on Wired – “News: FDA Won’t Act Against Ag Antibiotic Use.” Here is the sad bottom-line: With no notice other than a holiday-eve posting in the Federal Register, the US Food and Drug Administration has reneged on […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday that Triple A Services Inc., a Chicago-area company, has agreed to stop making its ready-to-eat sandwiches and produce after FDA investigators repeatedly found unsanitary conditions and bacterial contamination in the facility. The government’s complaint, filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on December 22, 2011, describes Triple […]
As of this week, according to the CDC, a total of 16 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from Hawaii (1), Kentucky (1), Massachusetts (1), Maine (4), New Hampshire (4), New York (4), and Vermont (1). In response to those illnesses Hannaford, a Scarborough, Maine-based grocery chain, recalled […]
For those subscribers or avid readers (thanks mom) of my blog, or those that get an email or two, or three from me daily, this is why this all is important. A kid should not be born several weeks premature because her mom was eating cantaloupe. Thanks to MSNBC for the photos:
Are we seeing an emerging trend favoring secrecy? The 2006 E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to DOLE baby spinach was the known high-water mark for critical safety failures by Salinas, California’s leafy green growers and processors (1). Well over two hundred confirmed illnesses nationally, five deaths, and dozens of cases of kidney failure were the […]
My week started out with a phone call from the Schwarz’s family informing me of her husband’s and their father’s death. This morning some good news! MSNBC’s JoNel Aleccia reported on an early Christmas present in her story this morning “ Tiny Listeria Survivor Comes Home for Christmas:” Three months after she was born, Kendall […]
Patrons of a Goldsboro restaurant may have been exposed to hepatitis A. The health scare stems from a restaurant called Fruity Yogurt. The Wayne County Health Department says anyone who ate at the 317 Spence Ave. restaurant on Dec. 7 needs to get a free protective shot. The clinic begins Wednesday from 7 a.m. to […]