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 […]
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public not to consume the jalapeno peppers described below because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. The affected fresh jalapeno peppers, imported from the USA, were sold as follows: Unlabelled from bulk at Safeway stores and various independent grocery stores in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, […]
Toll now 16. A total of 16 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 (4), NY (4), and VT (1). Among persons for whom information is […]
Illnesses: 60 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from 10 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Arizona (1), Arkansas (2), Georgia (1), Illinois (9), Indiana (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky (1), Minnesota (3), Missouri (37), and Nebraska (1). Traceback to “Root Cause”: […]
I got a phone call from Paul Schwarz’s son this tonight. His father, Paul Sr. died this evening. He became yet another statistic in this cantaloupe listeria tragedy. Paul left behind his wife, children and grandchildren – all because he ate a cantaloupe. As I wrote before, on October 31, Alan Bavley of the Kansas […]
The CDC has reported a total of 43 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Enteritidis were reported from 5 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state with the outbreak strain was as follows: Maryland (1), New Jersey (2), New York (28), Pennsylvania (8), and Virginia (4). Laurie Neff purchased pine […]
Hannaford, a Scarborough, Maine-based grocery chain, last week recalled an undetermined amount of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella Typhimurium. This recall was initiated due to concerns about illnesses caused by an outbreak of salmonellosis that may be associated with use and consumption of fresh in-store ground beef […]
B&M, Inc. of Mount Vernon, Missouri is voluntarily recalling O Organics Organic Celery Seed sold in Safeway stores due to potential Salmonella contamination. The product is sold at all Safeway-owned stores, including Safeway, Carrs, Dominick’s, Genuardi’s, Pak ‘N Save, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb and Vons. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes […]
On the first day of Christmas my food maker gave to me: Listeria in a cantaloupe. On the second day of Christmas my food maker gave to me: Two pounds of Ground Turkey, and Listeria in a Cantaloupe. On the third day of Christmas my food maker gave to me: Three Tainted Papayas, Two pounds […]
According to a California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Press Release – Raw milk products produced by Organic Pastures of Fresno County, with the exception of raw colostrum, have been released from a statewide quarantine that began November 15. CDFA imposed the quarantine in response to notification from the California Department of Public Health […]
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc., a Dakota City, Neb. establishment, is recalling approximately 40,948 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The following products are subject to recall: • 10-pound chubs of “CHUCK FINE GROUND BEEF 80/20,” […]
Terry McSweeney of ABC Channel 7 broke a sad and potentially dangerous scandal. This week San Francisco’s district attorney Gascon announced a major bribery scandal accusing city food safety inspectors of selling passing grades to restaurants. Gascon said a restaurant manager told Public Health Department officials in 2008 about a couple of its inspectors who […]
Japan’s Heath Ministry says the detection of E. Coli in beef liver may result in the banning of raw liver from the country’s dining menus. The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will consider a ban on selling raw beef liver following food poisoning deaths from raw beef served at barbecue restaurants earlier this year, Kyodo […]
When The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report last week citing romaine lettuce as the source of a multi-state 60-person E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to Schnucks supermarkets, it indicated that the E. coli O157:H7 contamination most likely occurred before the lettuce reached Schnucks stores. While the CDC did not name […]
Hannaford, a Scarborough, Maine-based grocery chain, is recalling an undetermined amount of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella Typhimurium, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products subject to recall are any size package of the following: “73% Hannaford Regular Ground […]
On Tuesday, July 13, 2010, the Estes Park office of the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment (LCDHE) was contacted by several members of the Summer Residents Association (SRA) who had attended a July 12, 2010 group meal at Wild Basin Lodge in Allenspark, Colorado. The members called to inform the health department that […]