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 […]
According to the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, Federal health investigators from the CDC landed in St. Louis Friday to help determine the source and scope of the E. coli outbreak that has so far sickened 23 people across the region. Local hospitals started reporting E. coli infections on Monday in St. Louis and St. Louis, Jefferson, […]
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Today St. Louis Missouri Health officials continue to search for the source of a St. Louis-area E. coli outbreak that has now sickened 22 people. Nine people ranging in age from 4 to 94 have been hospitalized. KMOX Radio reports that the illnesses are not believed to be life-threatening. While in North Carolina officials are […]
Over the last month the focus in the outbreak world has been the devastation brought by Listeria – tainted cantaloupe and now Salmonella – tainted pine nuts. However, E. coli O157:H7 seems to have a hold on at least for states. Michigan – Health officials say E. coli bacteria have sickened two children and one […]
Turkish pine nuts sold in bulk bins at Wegmans grocery stores, and some Turkish pine nuts consumed as an ingredient in prepared foods, such as Caprese salad or asparagus with pine nuts, sold at Wegmans stores, have been linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis. According to the CDC, among 30 ill persons for whom […]
For more information about the risks of petting zoos, see Fair Safety Dot Com. In 2006 there were three E. coli cases linked to the State Fair. Officials believe it to be tied to a pita stand. In 2004, 108 cases of E. coli were reported, all linked to the petting zoo at the State […]
Church Brothers, LLC is voluntarily recalling 560 bags of clipped spinach as a precautionary measure after one bag tested positive for Salmonella during a random USDA Microbiological Data Program sampling. The recalled product was processed on October 6, 2011 and shipped in 2.5 pound bags to Super King Markets in Los Angeles, California. The bagged […]
At 133 sickened – with 28 deaths – the Jensen Farms Frontera Listeria Outbreak has moved nearly into first place in the United States’ most deadly foodborne illness outbreaks. The numbers of ill and dead are expected to increase in this recent Listeria Outbreak, that has impacted 26 states. Here is a list of the […]
The CDC reported today a total of 133 persons infected with any of the four outbreak-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes have been reported to CDC from 26 states. All illnesses started on or after July 31, 2011. The number of infected persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arkansas (1), California (2), […]
I know that sounds a tad harsh. I am sure the owners and employees of Jensen Farms, Frontera, Primus Labs and the various retailers (known and not yet known), are all nice people. Some have families and some even go to church, but the fact is their cantaloupe killed. And, to me it is pretty […]
Elizabeth Weise, USA TODA just posted a few moments ago “Listeria-linked farm had rated high in third-party audit.” The whole story is worth a read, but here are my favorite parts: Here are the FDA concerns about the Jensen Farms packing house from its inspections done on Sept. 22 and 23 (2011), followed by quotes […]
The FDA should just subcontract out its investigations to Phyllis Entis at eFoodAlert. Here is what she has compiled to date: Albertson’s:- Colorado stores. Aldi:- Aldi stores are located in 31 states, primarily from Kansas to the East Coast. Basila Produce:- A “macro-distributor” of Jensen’s cantaloupes based in Albuquerque, NM Carol’s Cuts LLC:- A Kansas […]
I had a chance to talk with Tim Linden of Produce News Daily about where this Cantaloupe mess is headed: Bill Marler, a prominent Seattle-based attorney known for his involvement in food-safety litigation, has filed seven lawsuits and currently represents at least two dozen individuals or families of people who have become sick or have […]
Don’t hold your breath on it. Jensen Farms received an FDA “Warning Letter” yesterday after its and Frontera’s cantaloupe had been linked to 123 illnesses with 25 deaths. Interesting, despite my post of late last night “It is PAST Time to prosecute those who poison“, I missed this line in the letter: the receipt of […]
Today, I spent the day talking to a father of a 38 year old, mother of two, who died, and the husband of a woman who died after nearly 50 years of marriage. The common denominator? They both ate Jensen Farms Frontera cantaloupe, audited by PrimusLabs and sold at grocery stores in the Denver area. […]