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 […]
A few days ago I posted – “The FDA and Revisionist History of its Position on non-O157 E. coli” about what seemed to be some juggling of words and sentences in a series of FDA Press Releases about the E. coli O104:H4 outbreak in Germany. This morning I got a response from the FDA clarifying […]
The European Union reports 50 European deaths, 4,236 Ill with 898 suffering from hemolytic uremic syndrome: The World Health Organization reports similar numbers of The European Union reports 50 European deaths, 4,136 Ill with 896 suffering from hemolytic uremic syndrome (a few days behind), but includes numbers from the United States: I spoke to Molly […]
I must admit, I am still feeling a bit depressed over the FDA’s revision to its website and the lack of any interest in it. Thankfully, I have many an internet friend who kindly thought sending me a story about one Mr. Jones who claims he found a grisly mouse in a bag of Dole […]
According to French news sources, four new patients, including a baby in a coma, were admitted between Monday and Tuesday at University Hospital of Lille, according to the Regional Agency health (ARS). The baby, aged 20 to 30 months, was admitted to the ICU of the hospital on a ventilator and dialysis, said the ARS […]
I am old enough to remember when Politburo members would disappear from photos, and I was bothered by the Europeans when I posted – “EFSA and ECDC Change Published Risk Assessment because “some key partners involved felt that it may unnecessarily harm the company to publish its name while the investigations (into E. coli O104:H4 […]
The European Union has banned imports of Egyptian fenugreek seeds after they were linked to E. coli O104:H4 outbreaks in Germany and France that has sickened over 4,200 and killed 50 throughout Europe and the Untied States. “The analysis of information from the French and German outbreaks leads to the conclusion that an imported lot […]
I was rereading the June 3, 2011 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) statement on the E. coli O104:H4 outbreak in Europe on my flight from Seattle to Boston today thinking about my upcoming meeting with a man who has spent over 30 days hospitalized from eating E. coli – tainted fenugreek sprouts. On June 3 […]
The European Food Safety Authority reports as of July 4 – 892 HUS cases, including 32 deaths, and 3,281 non-HUS cases, including 17 deaths, have so far been reported. The table below shows the distribution of reported cases per country. Since the last update, Germany reports no additional HUS case, 48 additional non-HUS STEC cases. […]
Non-O157 E. colis – What us worry in the United States? Hell, let’s stop testing produce! According to French news reports (via Google translator), a 78-year-old Bordeaux woman, unrelated to the group of Bordeaux E. coli O104:H4 cases, died Friday at the University Hospital of Bordeaux after being infected with E. coli O145. At least […]
Moyie Springs, Idaho-Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC announced a voluntary recall of Alfalfa Sprouts and Spicy Sprouts because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled sprouts have been linked to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections. As of June 27, 2011, a total of 21 individuals, including three hospitalizations, infected with outbreak […]
John Stucke of the The Spokesman-Review reported a few moments ago that at least five kitchen workers at Camp Lutherhaven have been sickened by E. coli O26 according to Idaho Panhandle Health officials. Three more staffers are ill, but lab tests haven’t linked it to the bacterial infection. No one has been hospitalized and the […]
A few days ago I posted – again – about the ongoing tragedy in Europe and the Untied States on the most deadly, and one of the largest, E. coli outbreaks in history. Although European officials (mostly German) originally pointed to Spanish cucumbers as the source (and also urged everyone to not eat tomatoes or […]
On June 27, 2011 the CDC reported a total of 21 persons with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Enteritidis from 5 states: Idaho (3), Montana (7), North Dakota (1), New Jersey (1) and Washington (9). The CDC further said that investigative efforts of local, state, and federal public health and regulatory agencies have linked this […]
Mac McLean appears to be single-handedly covering a growing, deadly, and as yet unexplained, E. coli outbreak (of multiple strains) in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. According to Mac, “with three new cases reported this week, the total number of E. coli cases affecting residents of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia now stands at 21.” […]
The World Health Organization reported another death today in Germany and confirmed a death in the United Sates (CDC had previously suggested an Arizona death). The death toll now from the E. coli outbreak centered in Germany has risen to 50. In addition, the Institut de veille sanitaire, France, published new figures for the continuing […]