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 […]
Aliments Prince, S.E.C., an establishment from Ontario, Canada, is recalling approximately 380,000 pounds of diced bacon products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. Through routine testing on July 19, 2011, FSIS found a sample of cooked diced bacon imported from Aliments […]
Of course, we are focused a bit on Oregon and the Jaquith Strawberry Farm Strawberries 2011 outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 epidemiologically associated with eating fresh strawberries produced by Jaquith Strawberry Farm, in Oregon. Over a dozen are sickened and one has died. But, there have been many other berry outbreaks over the last decades. […]
From Slate: Investors and journalists have long complained that companies release bad news—a failed product trial, a recall, a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation—on Fridays, particularly after the market closes. The Friday release is a transparent attempt to evade fallout by burying bad news ahead of the weekend.” How true! On Friday, July 29 at […]
Well, Cargill blew me off when I offered last week to forego filing suit in return for Cargill to start testing for Salmonella and diverting contaminated product before it hits the market – “Marler Clark to Cargill: Start Testing and We Won’t Sue You.” So, I am finishing up one of many complaints we now […]
The CDC reported as of August 12, there are a total of 107 persons infected (with one death) 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), Arizona […]
UPDATE: “The restaurant staff worked with environmental health inspectors to train on how to take apart and disinfect their preparation equipment and the restaurant passed a new inpsection.” The Bellevue Patch reports that King County health inspectors closed Marinepolis Sushi Land in downtown Bellevue at 4 p.m. Thursday after two separate patients with Salmonella were […]
On August 11, the Michigan Departments of Community Health (MDCH) and Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) issued a public health alert regarding E. coli O157:NM gastrointestinal 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 five confirmed Shiga-toxin […]
Consumers advised to dispose of any strawberries they purchased prior to July 29 at any farmers market or road-side stand. According to the Daily Astorian, two additional cases of E. coli infection possibly linked to tainted strawberries have been discovered in Clatsop County. The Oregon Department of Health issued a warning Monday after 16 people […]
In early 2009, health departments in several states documents PFGE-matched cases of the rare strain of Salmonella Rissen. As investigations into the apparent outbreak got fully underway, Salmonella Rissen matching the outbreak-strain—that is, the strain isolated from the individuals infected—was isolated from ground white pepper found in three different restaurants in three of the affected […]
The CDC report this morning – A total of 107 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), Arizona (3), California (6), Colorado (2), Georgia […]
PBS Station KCTS in Seattle spent nearly 30 minutes exploring where we were and where we are. We also talk for a long while about the book, “Poisoned,” that chronicles the Jack in the Box outbreak. Watch the full episode. See more KCTS 9 Connects.
Olive Garden diners in North Carolina are flocking to get hepatitis A vaccines after a server at an Olive Garden in Fayetteville told her bosses she tested positive for the virus. Roughly 1,500 people who ate at the restaurant on one of the eight days in late July and early August when the server was […]
The Michigan Departments of Community Health (MDCH) and Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) are issuing a public health alert regarding E. coli O157:NM gastrointestinal illnesses linked to the consumption of ground beef from McNees Meats and Wholesale LLC, a meat-processing and retail establishment in North Branch, Mich. A total of five confirmed Shiga-toxin producing E. […]
1993 – Cargill supplied meat to Northwest Sizzler restaurants that was implicated in an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infection involving 39 confirmed and 54 probable cases. Public health investigators said the illnesses were the result of cross-contamination between raw Cargill Tri-tips and salad bar ingredients. 2000 – Cargill provided meat to Sizzler restaurants linked […]
According to the CDC latest report on August 4, a total of 78 persons infected with the outbreak strain of multi-drug resistant strain Salmonella Heidelberg were reported from 26 states between March 1 and August 3, 2011. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: AL (1), AZ (2), CA (6), […]