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 […]
9 Ill, including 6 hospitalized – The Michigan Departments of Community Health (MDCH) and Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) are issuing a public health alert regarding E. coli O157:H7:NM illnesses linked to the consumption of ground beef from McNees Meats and Wholesale LLC, a meat-processing and retail establishment in North Branch, Michigan A total of […]
Talk Turkey – “to discuss a problem in a serious way with a real intention to solve it”. In 2008 and 2009 I commissioned a 5,000-sample $500,000 baseline study of the prevalence of non-O157 Shiga-Toxin E. coli. I will spare you the outcome, but you can download the PowerPoint and sample results that I shared […]
The CDC reported moments ago that the number or ill has risen to a total of 111 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 31 states between February 27 and August 9, 2011. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arkansas (1), […]
According to Ohio press reports, J. B. Meats said Thursday that is recalling approximately 72,800 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The products subject to recall are 5 and 10 pound clear packages of ground beef and ground beef patties in various size packages that were processed on and […]
After yesterday’s announcement from the Oregon Department of Health that deer droppings were the culprit in the strawberry E. coli outbreak that has sickened 14 and killed one in Oregon, I got this email: Looks like Bambi could use a good Deer Lawyer (Clarence Deerow?) It got me thinking about the number of deer/elk related […]
Peanut Corporation of America in the News Again – New England Journal of Medicine reviews the tragedy The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published today on the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that occurred between September 1, 2008, and April 20, 2009. NEJM found that among 714 case patients identified in […]
Lynne Terry, the E. coli Lady of The Oregonian, today wrote that Oregon scientists confirmed today that deer droppings from Jaquith Strawberry Farm contained the same strain of E. coli that sickened people in Multnomah, Washington Clackamas, Yamhill and Clatsop counties. Lab testing confirmed deer as the source of the outbreak,” said William Keene, senior […]
Seriously, “Grilled Turkey Burgers with Tomato-Mango Chutney?” Did you miss that over 100 people in 31 States are sick and 1 person died from Salmonella Heildeberg and neary 36,000,000 pounds of turkey burger was recalled? As for cooking instructions: Combine the turkey, bread crumbs, mayonnaise, soy sauce, scallions, and cumin by hand in a large […]
18 Ill, including 1 death – Oregon Public Health officials have identified fresh strawberries from a Newberg farm with fields in Washington County as the source of a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 infections that sickened at least 18 people last month, including one person who died. The strawberries were produced in July by Jaquith […]
Last Friday night when I should have been doing many things other that blogging about food recalls, I penned “Another Friday Night FSIS Recall – this time E. coli in Beef.” Considering that I had apologized once before about the same topic – “I was wrong, FSIS gets bad news out nearly every day of […]
This month, the Cargill was forced to recall 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground turkey products potentially contaminated with a strain of Salmonella that caused one death in Sacramento County. The recall is one of the largest meat recalls in U.S. history. As of August 11, 107 have been infected by the strain […]
A total of 107 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 31 states linked to Cargill ground turkey. Ruby Lee was one of those. She lives in Oregon. Since 1993, Cargill has been the source of contaminated meat implicated in at least 10 major outbreaks, 10 deaths, three stillbirths […]
A few years ago I attended food safety conferences in London and then in Cardiff, Wales and gave a history lesson on E. coli Outbreaks in the United States. This weekend Cardiff, Wales health officials urged the public to remain vigilant as the number of E. coli O157:H7 cases rose to a possible nine, with […]
For years I have been warning food manufacturers and restaurants to voluntarily vaccinate their employees against Hepatitis A. Large, well-publicized Hepatitis A outbreaks have become increasingly common in the restaurant industry. As of last Friday afternoon, the Cumberland County North Carolina Health Department announced that it had administered an estimated 3,000 doses of Hepatitis A […]
Listeria monocytogenes was found in the imported avocado pulp used in various Layer Dip products made by Fresh Food Concepts, Inc. of Buena Park, California. Accordingly, the company is recalling its Layer Dip products containing guacamole because the avocado. The products affected by the recall were distributed to supermarkets and club stores throughout the U.S. […]