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 […]
AP reports a few moments ago that local German organic vegetable sprouts have been linked epidemiologically to the E. coli O104:H4 outbreak that has killed 30 people and sickened nearly 3,000 – nearly 750 with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. Reinhard Burger, president of the Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s national disease control center, said the pattern of […]
On Friday, June 10, every member of Congress will receive a copy of the newly released book Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak that Changed the Way Americans Eat. The books are supplied courtesy of food safety attorney Bill Marler, who hopes to spur lawmakers to fund The Food Modernization Act […]
The CDC is collaborating with public health and agriculture officials in many states and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) to investigate a multistate outbreak of human Salmonella serotype Altona infections. As of June 8, 2011, a total of 39 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Altona have […]
These are not just numbers. These are 30 mom’s and dad’s, sister’s and brother’s. Over the years I have seen kids die and families suffer while they watched helplessly as their child or parent died from E. coli caused Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. I posted this video several months ago – “Mr. President, Senators, Congress Members […]
According to reporter, Mac Mclean, a confirmed case of E. coli reported by the Sullivan County Regional Health Department on Wednesday is the latest in a possible outbreak of bacterial infections that have so far sickened 11 Northeast Tennessee residents this month and killed a young girl from Southwest Virginia. According to the Washington County, […]
Given that I have spent nearly 20 years taking some $600,000,000 from food companies – the very, very vast majority major corporations – for victims – mainly children, when I saw the below fall into my inbox this morning, I thought it came from a titan of some multinational, behemoth, mass-produced food corporation (you know […]
The numbers are staggering. Thirteen countries impacted this morning – so far. At least 2,871 Ill from E. coli O104:H4 of whom 755 have suffered Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS). There are now 28 dead. These numbers are slowing, but continue to rise. I find it amusing that farmers throughout Europe are standing in queue – […]
Today the Sullivan County Health Department confirmed a new case of E. coli raising the total number of cases to 11 among the 8 Northeast Tennessee counties. There are also three more possible cases the Northeast Tennessee Health Office is waiting on test results for. These cases are in addition to the two severe infections […]
The total sickened in the German E. coli O104:H4 outbreak as of a few moments ago stood at 26 dead with 674 with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and 1755 ill (total 2455). Illnesses have surfaced in another dozen countries in Europe and the United States in people who had recently visited Germany. It is likely […]
I wrote (download letter) to FSIS today in response to the recent German E. coli O104:H4 (a enterohemorrhagic Shiga Toxin-producing Serotypes of Escherichia coli) outbreak that has to date sickened some 2,500, hospitalized 650 with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and killed 24 (six U.S. citizens are ill). This tragic outbreak falls on the heels of an […]
First the Germans fingered cucumbers and then it was sprouts as the cause of the world’s most deadly E. coli outbreak, and they still may well be, along with tomatoes and lettuce – all the ingredients of a salad. Right now we do not know the actual vector for the E. coli O104:H4 outbreak that […]
The death toll from the E. coli outbreak in Europe rose to 24 from 22 on Tuesday, and the number of sick people in Germany increased to 2,325 as a World Health Organization expert warned time is running out on finding the source of the problem. The Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s national disease control centre, […]
On Friday every member of Congress will receive a copy of the newly released book Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak that Changed the Way Americans Eat. The books are supplied courtesy of food safety attorney Bill Marler, who hopes to spur lawmakers to fund The Food Modernization Act and improve U.S. food […]
On May 23 I was doing research on the internet about non-O157 E. coli and stumbled across an online article in Hamburg Germany – “Scientists hunt source of life-threatening bug.” Who would know at the time that as of late yesterday the number of dead would hit 22 and the number of ill would be […]
Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis — United States, 1998-1999 From early August 1998 through January 6, 1999, at least 50 illnesses caused by a rare strain of the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, serotype 4b, have been reported to CDC by 11 states. Six adults have died and two pregnant women have had spontaneous abortions. Reported illness onset […]