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 […]
In late 2010, the CDC reported that thirty-eight persons infected with E. coli O157:H7 were reported from five states. The number of ill persons identified in each state was as follows: AZ (19), CA (3), CO (11), NM (3) and NV (2). There have been 15 reported hospitalizations, 1 case of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), […]
It seems a nearly everyday occurrence that the raw milk lobby tries to change some state law related to raw milk production and consumption. The new bill in Washington (a state that already allows for certified raw milk dairies to sell raw milk products on farm and retail) would be “AN ACT Relating to direct […]
A class action lawsuit was filed a few days against Taco Bell. The claim is that its claims that its products contain “seasoned ground beef” or “seasoned beef” are “false and misleading” because the beef is in fact “taco meat filling.” According to Beth Weise of U.S.A. Today, “Taco beef filling” and “ground beef” are […]
In a state that is becoming famous for the “Raw Milk Poster Boy,” the Senate is considering a bill, H.F. 255 that would now permit direct farm-to-consumer sales of raw milk, including sales at farmers markets and at private homes. Current law allows sales of the product only at the farm, which produced the milk. […]
New research from the University of Illinois reveals Listeria monocytogenes has the potential to invade the heart and lead to serious and difficult to treat heart infections, according to a new study published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology. The findings suggest approximately 10 percent of serious Listeria infections involve a cardiac infection, with more […]
In the middle of a late January D.C. snowstorm, Senators and Congress Members who were instrumental in pushing the Food Safety Modernization Act onto President Obama’s desk, honored victims, many my clients, of food poisoning events over the last two decades. I was glad to be there.
According to the website Gawker, Congressman Dennis Kucinich is suing Restaurant Associates and three other companies involved in running and supplying the Longworth cafeteria after Kucinich bought a sandwich in April 2008 and bit into it only to find an unpitted olive that cracked a tooth. Kucinich and I go way back. He was elected […]
With the time difference, traveling East always presents a problem waking up in time for early meetings. So, when I was walking into the Pew Charitable Trusts and Center for Science in the Public Interest conference, Dr. Hagen had already given her speck on STECs. Fortunately, FSIS put up her speech. Here is the STEC […]
I waited for the call after Christmas to come to the signing ceremony after the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act, but it did not come. Frankly, it still seems odd that the President would miss an opportunity to showcase the first major piece of food safety legislation in over 50 years. This is […]
In a few moments I have the opportunity to speak at the PEW Charitable Trust and Center for Science in the Public Interest Conference on “managing the risk of foodborne hazard: STECs and antibiotic-resistance pathogens.” Here is some of the data that I will present based on retail ground beef studies that we have ben […]
The Chart (you can download with links) says it all. Seriously, let’s think twice about expanding raw milk availability until, or if, the raw milk proponents take the real risks of raw milk seriously.
Sitting on a plane heading to the Nation’s Capitol for the State of the Union, I was happy to see the CDC weighing in on the raw milk debate. See, Food Safety and Raw Milk. The CDC broke down the website into easy to read and understand sections: Raw Milk Questions and Answers Trying to […]
It appears that Texas will be considering HB 75 and SB 237 which would both allow the sale of raw milk person to person, at farmers markets, at farm stands, and at flea markets. More visitors to Real Raw Milk Facts from Wisconsin, New Jersey and now Texas.
According to Visalia reporter Melina Morales, Bravo Farms is “now pasteurizing” some or all of its cheeses after it was linked to over 30 E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in the Western United States. According to Ms. Morales: Bravo Farms has begun pasteurizing its cheese because of the contamination incident. When it used raw milk, cheese […]
It does seem that raw milk legislation is on the move. Whether they all pass is another thing. Download Bill No. 743. Losses for the raw milk movement have been in California and Wyoming so far this year. The new battle lines are in Wisconsin and New Jersey.