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 […]
On Friday the week before I spent part of a day with Shannon Dininny of AP on the one day that I had been in the office for sometime. Since Monday I have been to Toronto to give a speech on food safety, D.C. to push for House Hearings on the Listeria Outbreak and then […]
CDC reports a total of 109 persons infected with any of the four outbreak-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes have been reported to CDC from 23 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 (1), Colorado (32), Idaho […]
The following letter will be going out this week signed by nearly two dozen Marler Clark clients: October 6, 2011 The Honorable Fred Upton, Chairman House Energy and Commerce Committee 2125 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Cliff Stearns, Chairman Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations House Energy and Commerce […]
You knew it was just a matter of time before the death toll would start to count miscarriages too. JoNel Aleccia of MSNBC reports tonight that “Woman’s miscarriage blamed on listeria-tainted cantaloupe.” According to JoNel: A pregnant Iowa woman has suffered a miscarriage after contracting a listeria infection tied to tainted cantaloupe, underscoring the seriousness […]
Here is a copy of the complaint (Download PDF) we filed today on behalf of yet another victim of the Jensen Farms Frontera Listeria outbreak that has sickened at least 100 and killed at least 18.
The families of George Drinkwalter’s “Neb. family hopes changes follow listeria outbreak” and William Beach “Family of listeria victim, 87, shocked by news of cause”, honored their husbands and fathers by speaking out about their lives and their untimely deaths. Food producers and politicians – pay attention! Here are some exerpts: William Beach did what […]
I spent the day at Maple Leaf’s Food Safety Conference in Toronto (I’m now in D.C.) where the Listeria outbreak of 2008 is still raw, and with 23 deaths and 57 ill, there is little wonder. However, here is what they see from Canada: The CDC reports a total of 100 persons infected with any […]
AP’s Josh Funk wrote a powerful piece on a Marler Clark client and family struggling with the loss of a husband and father in “Neb. family hopes changes follow listeria outbreak.” The whole article is worth a read, but there are several poignant parts: The family of the 81-year-old Nebraska man who died last month […]
Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette sent a letter to Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns requesting an investigation and hearing on the recent outbreak of Listeria monoctyogenes in cantaloupe. The members are […]
At 84 sickened with 15 deaths the Jensen Farms Frontera Listeria Outbreak has moved into third 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. Jalisco’s Listeria Outbreak • January 1985 • Vehicle: cheese • Number ill: 142 • […]
A total of 129 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from in 34 states with illness onset dates between February 27 and September 13, 2011. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arkansas (1), Arizona (3), California (6), Colorado (4), Connecticut (1), […]
Since “organicfarmer” posted this comment on Food Safety News last week, I have not been able to shake it from my head: It’s really sad that farms and farmers are getting the brunt of this. I am sad these people died, but median age of 78…. give me a break. I my opinion there is […]
Four children from an Ohio family became ill between September 8th and 11th after eating ground beef, and one was hospitalized for about 10 days. These illnesses, tied to positive tests for E. coli O157;H7 in left-over meat, prompted 131,300 pounds of beef produced in the state of Kansas by Tyson Fresh Meats Inc., to […]
The CDC has totaled 84 persons infected with any of the four outbreak-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes from 19 states. The number of infected persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arkansas (1) California (1), Colorado (17), Illinois (1), Indiana (2), Kansas (5), Maryland (1), Missouri (3), Montana (1), Nebraska (6), New […]
Manning Beef, LLC, a Pico Rivera, Calif. establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 80,000 pounds of 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: • Combo bins of BroPack Inc Beef Manufacturing Trimmings “65/35, […]