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 […]
I can hear the gnashing of teeth and the wails of injustice for the “Teat Party” (combination of hippies and the tea party) activist once they see the article in the Racine, Wisconsin Journal Times possibly linking raw milk consumption to school kids becoming ill. According to the Journal Times: At least 16 people have […]
Think about it. According to German news, the death toll hit 37 on Tuesday after a 2 year old boy from Celle in northern Germany died from kidney failure caused by the infection. He was the first child to die. Until Tuesday, the youngest victim had been 20. Over at Bloomberg it was announced that […]
RKI in Germany reports 2453 cases of E. coli O104:H4 infection with 782 cases of HUS and 36 deaths (2 year old died today according to press reports) for a total in Germany of 3235 cases. The earliest onset of illness on May 1 and the latest on June 9. Other European countries report the […]
According to Dan Flynn at Food Safety News, Tennessee is being assisted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in investigating a total of 11 cases of E. coli infection that involve E. coli O103, E. coli O169 and E. coli O157:H7. Virginia has seen two E. coli O157:H7 cases, including the death […]
As of today, new numbers in E. coli O104:H4 outbreak – Robert Koch Institute and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control – E. coli in Germany – 3228 Ill, 781 with HUS and 35 Dead. 102 Ill, 39 HUS in 14 other countries (including U.S.) and 1 death in Sweden. Today the German […]
In 2010 “Team Diarrhea’s” funding was jeopardized by funding cuts. Now the Minnesota Government may just shut them down instead of raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires to support foodborne illness investigations. This is what landed in the mail boxes of Minnesota’s public servants last week: Cutting staff and funding for this group, not only […]
Reuters a few days ago reported that German authorities had linked the E. coli O104:H4 outbreak that has killed 35, sickened over 3,255 – 812 with acute kidney failure – some with brain complications – to contaminated bean sprouts grown on a local organic farm. At least one German official sees that the sprouter is […]
With over 3,100 ill in over a dozen European countries and the United States and 33 dead, this E. coli O104:H4 outbreak should be a sobering reminder of the power of bacteria and the need to deal with effectively with them as the public health threat that they are. But, that discussion will continue to […]
I am off this morning to speak Monday at the annual Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) Conference in Pittsburgh. My Speech is entitled: “Consumers, Canaries in the Coal Mine.” Consumers place great trust in our food supply. Since foodborne pathogens are generally odorless and tasteless, consumers cannot fully evaluate the quality of the […]
Amarillo, Texas health officials said this week that they were investigating seven confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 infection, all involving children. Thursday, the Tulsa, Oklahoma Health Department announced it was investigating four cases of E. coli illness also associated with local children. Tulsa officials said two cases have been laboratory-confirmed, with two additional cases […]
E. coli (possibly an outbreak, possibly not) in northeastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia has sickened 13 people and resulted in the death of a young child, Tennessee public health officials said on Friday. Virginia has two confirmed cases of the E. coli O157:H7 with the one death. Northeastern Tennessee has 11 laboratory-confirmed cases of E. […]
Earlier this year, the CDC found that from November 1, 2010, through February 9, 2011, 140 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella serotype I 4,[5],12:i:-, whose illnesses began since November 1, were reported from 26 states and the District of Columbia. Results of the investigation indicated a link to eating Tiny Greens Alfalfa […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday added a case to the count – from 4 to 5. Unlike the previous four, the new case was not someone who had been to Germany in May — it was a family member who apparently was infected from close contact with the ill traveler. […]
With well over 40 outbreaks linked to sprouts over the last few decades, it should come as no surprise that the 31 dead, 3,086 ill (789 with HUS) in Europe and the United States have been linked to German grown, locally-consumed, organic sprouts. In fact (via my friend at efoodalert), the Chemical and Veterinary Investigation […]
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control reports that Since 2 May 2011, 795 cases of HUS and 2287 non-HUS STEC cases have been reported from European Union Member States, including 759 HUS cases and 2229 non-HUS STEC cases in Germany. There are reports of 4 illnesses in U.S. (3 with HUS). 22 of […]