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 […]
Raw milk-based cheeses must be aged for a minimum of 60 days. The requirement appears at Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 58.439. Recent recalls and outbreaks, along with a host of other recent raw milk-based cheese contamination events, makes you wonder whether 60 days is really enough aging time to make […]
I am finally sitting on a plane (an hour and a half late) heading home to Seattle from Atlanta nearly two weeks after leaving Seattle for Los Angeles and from there to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to Shanghai, China and then to Savannah, Georgia. Tired is not quite the right word I feel and I’m not sure […]
It has been a busy year for E. coli, Listeria, Salmonella and Campylobacter in milk and cheese (mostly raw) and it is not over yet – recalls, outbreaks or the year. You can download the entire chart with links.
In the news much have been the apparent failures of private outside food safety auditors to find problems that seem more than apparent after the foodborne illness outbreak happens – the Peanut Corporation of American and the Wright County Egg Outbreaks are just two of the most recent examples. Auditor liability tends to vary greatly […]
MAJOR ARTICLE – Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 Associated with Raw Milk, Connecticut, 2008 Alice Guh,1,2 Quyen Phan,2 Randall Nelson,2 Katherine Purviance,2 Elaine Milardo,4 Stacey Kinney,2 Patricia Mshar,2 Wayne Kasacek,3 and Matthew Cartter2 1Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; 2Connecticut Department of Public Health and 3Connecticut Department of Agriculture, Hartford, […]
We have been doing a series of videos to help explain why and how we do what we do. Here is the next installment:
River Ranch Fresh Foods of Salinas, Calif., issued a voluntary recall of romaine lettuce heads Nov. 4 as a precaution against salmonella contamination. The bulk-packed, 24-count cartons bore the lot code 13816291, according to a news release by the California Department of Public Health. The heads were distributed to 36 restaurant and foodservice clients in […]
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has requested the recall of a batch of smoked salmon from a Fairbanks producer after it found a shipment contaminated with Listeria. The department has targeted half-pound bags of Santas Smokehouse Cajun-Style Smoked Keta Salmon sold between Aug. 27 and Nov. 6. The department found the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes […]
* Mauri Gorgonzola cheese with sell-by dates of 01/13/11 and 01/14/11 is being recalled because of a positive test for E. coli O157:H7. DPI Specialty Foods of Tualatin, Ore., cut, packaged and distributed the cheese to Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco) stores in Colorado. * Consumers who have any of this cheese should not eat it. […]
An E. coli lawsuit was filed today against Baugher’s Orchard and Farm, the Westminster, Maryland farm that recalled its unpasteurized apple cider products after they were identified by Maryland public health authorities as the source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak among at least 7 state residents. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Baltimore […]
On a day the China Daily ran a story touting a new openess to the public about foodborne illnesses, I am sitting in the magnificent Shanghai Airport about to leave on a flight to the US East Coast in a few hours – yes, it is Thursday here. This is my fourth trip to China […]
From our Complaint filed in Arizona moments ago – On or about October 17 or 18, 2010, Shannon Miller consumed a sample of Bravo Farms’ Dutch Style Gouda Cheese at the Costco Warehouse located at 1703 West Bethany Home Road in Phoenix, Arizona. The sample was contaminated by E. coli O157:H7 bacteria, a potentially lethal […]
The number of ill are keeping just ahead of the lawsuits we are filing. The numbers have increased in Arizona, California and Colorado. The CDC reports that thirty-three persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from five states. The number of ill persons identified in each state with this […]
With E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks linked to Bravo Raw Milk Gouda Cheese and Baugher’s Apple Cider, I thought it might be helpful to explain an E. coli O157:H7 infections and its complication, Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome or HUS:
A shipment of fresh cilantro, produced and distributed by EpicVeg Inc., which is based in Lompoc, California, is causing a wave of product recalls. The shipment may be contaminated with Salmonella. No illnesses have been reported Among EpicVeg Inc.’s customers is Field Fresh Foods, a produce supplier that in turn supplies Orval Kent, a maker […]