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 […]
OK, help me out here. I travel a lot. I spend too much time in airports and hotels. However, in the past few months I have been mistaken for Newt Gringrich (now Presidential candidate and three time groom) and Robin Williams (Mrs. Doubtfire and Mork and Mindy fame). Please, say it is not so. The […]
From Ron Paul’s website: Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce legislation that allows the shipment and distribution of unpasteurized milk and milk products for human consumption across state lines. This legislation removes an unconstitutional restraint on farmers who wish to sell or otherwise distribute, and people who wish to consume, unpasteurized milk and milk products. […]
Rose & Shore Meat Co., a Vernon, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 15,900 pounds of ready-to-eat deli meat products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products subject to recall include: • 40 to 50 pound boxes containing packages of “OLYMPIC […]
I thought Connie Mears did a great job of telling the personal back story on the back of the Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak. Hopefully, my kids will feel the same. Before Jack-in-the-Box introduced its quirky ball-headed mascot, its marketing strategy pivoted on one slogan: “And make it snappy, Jack!” If America […]
The American Meat Institute (AMI) reported today that new federal data show that E. coli O157:H7 is found in less than one quarter of one percent of ground beef samples, a 72 percent decline since 2000 in ground beef samples testing positive for the pathogen. The data are from Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) […]
The Kane County Health Department and the Illinois Department of Public Health, along with other local health departments, continue to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium in northeast Illinois. Currently, 13 people have been confirmed as having the infection with the same PFGE, or genetic, code. Of the 13, seven are from Kane County, four […]
I generally deal with things people consume and then get sick, but I do find it perplexing that this outbreak has been going on for years and has been traced to an unnamed California frog breeder. • As of May 9, 2011, a total of 222 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium […]
The Kane County Health Department, and the Illinois Department of Public Health Laboratories and other local Health Departments, have reported a recent increase in Salmonella ser. Typhimurium in Northeastern Illinois. In approximately the past two weeks, 10 cases of Salmonella ser. Typhimurium with a matching PFGE, or genetic, pattern have been reported In […]
On Friday, March 25 the Rhode Island Department of Health issued a recall of all baked goods from DeFusco’s Bakery in Johnston. Cases of Illness between March 14 – April 7, 2011 (Last Report) • 79 Cases Total • 30 Hospitalizations • 48 Lab-confirmed Salmonella • 2 Salmonella-associated Deaths We have been informed that DeFusco’s […]
On November 4, 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an alert to consumers and health professionals about an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in five states: Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada. The alert was based on epidemiological evidence linking at least 25 E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in those states […]
In cooperation with the Mann’s Packing expanded voluntary recall of veggie platters, including the Eating Right Veggie Party Platter, Safeway Inc. is also recalling the Eating Right Veggie Party Platter sold at all Safeway and Safeway-owned stores. This recalled product was packaged by Mann’s Packing using grape tomatoes sourced from grower Six L’s that were […]
I attended the Future of Food Conference in Washington D.C. this last week and was amazed by the speakers that author, Eric Schlosser, and the Washington Post put together. From Lucas Benitez, Co-Founder, Coalition of Immokalee Workers to Michael R. Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Wendell Berry, Author, […]
Today Japanese police raided a low-price Korean-style barbecue restaurant chain to investigate the deaths of four people from food poisoning after they ate raw beef at its outlets. Police officers searched the head office of the chain’s operator Yakiniku-zakaya Ebisu barbecue chain and its supplier, Food Forus Co in Kanazawa in central Japan. Ninety diners […]
Really? I had to learn it from a GAO Report that “[a]s of February 2011, officials for USDA’s meat and poultry regulatory program said that the department had developed standardized tests to detect all six strains.” Perhaps Secretary Vilsack was just too shy yesterday to tell me. The last I heard (a few months ago) […]
When I was a kid, I used to make fried bologna sandwiches because I liked them, now at 54 (my birthday was a few days ago) it looks like I need to fry it because I have to. I spoke with Beth Weise from USA Today about listeria a few days ago and according to […]