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 […]
With Listeria laced cantaloupe sickening dozens and killing at least four in at least nine states (the CDC will increase these numbers in the next 24 hours), what is the problem with cantaloupes and what can a consumer do? Contaminated cantaloupes have been an issue over the last decade and before: Del Monte Fresh Produce […]
I am not the best at math, but the last several posts I have made about listeria cases in Colorado, Indiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia tells me that the CDC numbers of 22 ill with 2 deaths is behind the times. The Texas Department of State Health Services is now finally […]
Cantaloupe samples from the refrigerator of a Listeria patient’s home, as well as samples obtained from various retail outlets last week, have the same DNA fingerprints as the Listeria that has infected 12 Colorado residents. All of the Listeria-positive cantaloupe samples at this time appear to have been grown at Jensen Farms. A total of […]
In the past two weeks, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Office of Epidemiology has received three reports of listeriosis (two in Douglas County and one in Custer County). The age range is 46 to 85. Two are female. Of the two with known hospitalization history, both were hospitalized. PFGE (DNA fingerprinting) has […]
According to the New Mexico Department of Health, since mid-August there have been 10 patients with laboratory-confirmed Listeriosis in New Mxico. 4 of these people have died. To date, 5 of the 10 cases have been linked to the Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Outbreak by DNA fingerprinting. The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) has identified […]
The Oklahoma State Department of Health confirms that one person has died as a result of the listeria outbreak related to cantaloupe shipped from Jensen Farms in Rocky Ford, Colorado. In addition to six confirmed cases, four more are under investigation by the OSDH. All of the cases in Oklahoma involve people over the age […]
The City of Lubbock Texas has issued a health alert regarding a Cheddars restaurant employee having contacted Hepatitis A. If you ate at Cheddars during August 31st-to-September 8th the City of Lubbock will host an immunization clinic to offer free Hepatitis A vaccines at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, starting Friday September 15th through Monday, […]
The CDC as of yesterday has linked a total of 22 persons infected with the outbreak-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes from 7 states. All illnesses started on or after August 15, 2011. The number of infected persons identified in each state is as follows: Colorado (12), Indiana (1), Nebraska (1), New Mexico (4), Oklahoma (1), […]
Yesterday the CDC updated the count of illnesses related to Cargill Salmonella Heidelberg – tainted turkey to a total of 119 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg in 32 states between February 27 and August 29, 2011. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arkansas […]
Karen Herzog of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel jumps back into the E. coli (she has done I too many times before) fray as she reports that one person has died, and eight other have E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in Green County – some of the nine are in the same family. Three people have been […]
Beginning in July 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified a nationwide sustained increase in the number of Salmonella Enteritidis isolates with PFGE pattern JEGX01.0004 on PulseNet. As of December 2010, the CDC counted 3,578 illnesses, while noting that there might still be more as yet uncounted. CDC reports that during the […]
The CDC announced that as of this morning a total of 22 persons infected with the outbreak-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes have been reported from 7 states. All illnesses started on or after August 15, 2011. The number of infected persons identified in each state is as follows: Colorado (12), Indiana (1), Nebraska (1), New […]
On August 17, 2011, Charles and Tammy Palmer purchased a cantaloupe at the Wal-Mart store located on Razorback Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Over the next several days, Charles ate the cantaloupe, which came from Jensen Farms, Inc. Mr. Palmer fell ill on August 30, 2011. His condition quickly worsened, and by the morning of August […]
Jensen Farms, of Holly, CO is voluntarily recalling their shipments of Rocky Ford whole cantaloupe because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria. The company is working with the State of Colorado and the FDA to inform consumers of this recall. L. monocytogenes is a bacterium that can contaminate foods and cause a […]
The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) has identified nine cases of Listeria infection throughout the state with three of these cases resulting in death. Colorado has also had a significant increase in cases of Listeria. Their preliminary results have identified cantaloupe as the likely source of the Listeria outbreak. All 11 of Colorado’s confirmed […]