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 […]
P.J. Huffstutter of the Los Angeles Times reported this morning the “Eggs from Ohio farm recalled from 8 states over Salmonella.” Cal-Maine Foods Inc., the nation’s leading egg seller and distributor, said Monday that it was recalling 288,000 eggs [due to Salmonella enteritidis] that the Jackson, Mississippi, firm had bought from Ohio Fresh Eggs. The […]
Maricopa County, Arizona resident Annette Sutfin filed an E. coli lawsuit today against Bravo Farms Cheese, LLC, the cheese manufacturer that produced and distributed Gouda cheese that has been identified as the source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak among Costco Wholesale customers in the southwestern United States. According to the complaint filed in Federal […]
I had a long walk through the streets of Shanghai this morning and kept thinking about how I get dozens of comments when I take on raw dairy poisoning people, but seldom get a word when I take on big ag for being responsible for the same – go figure. Although some of the commentators […]
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to investigate a multistate outbreak of human infections due to E. coli O157:H7. This is a […]
After a bit of a delay from Arkansas to Detroit and Detroit to Shanghai, I landed safely at my hotel, where after a long walk, I am working in my room (with a view) on my speech on food safety to the students at East China University on Monday and then the China Food Safety […]
APPA Fine Foods, a Corona, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 7,325 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken pasta salad products because they contain cilantro that may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The following products are subject to this recall: • 12 oz. packages of “Spicy […]
I am having a hard time keeping up on the outbreaks and recalls related to raw milk products. Estrella in the last week and Bravo Farms this week. I certainly need to update our table of outbreaks and recalls related to both raw and pasteurized milk products, but I am about to board a plane […]
According to the FDA and CDC, as of Thursday, November 4, 2010, 25 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from five states since mid-October. The number of ill persons identified in each state with this strain is as follows: AZ (11), CA (1), CO (8), NM (3) and […]
Maryland public health officials said a Westminster company has voluntarily recalled call of its apple cider because of its potential to contain the E. coli bacteria. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said Thursday that it was investigating a cluster of seven E. coli infections; three people have been hospitalized. Officials said the […]
FDA, CDC, and Costco warn consumers to avoid Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese * Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese, (Costco item 40654) offered for sale and in cheese sampling events at Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco) locations is preliminarily linked with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections. * As of Thursday, November 4, […]
FDA, CDC, and Costco is warning consumers to avoid Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese due to possible E. coli contamination. According to breaking press reports, Arizona has confirmed 11 E. coli cases likely tied to cheese sold or tasted at Costco stores in October. Overall, more than two dozen cases of E. coli in […]
For a Company that sells (or used to sell) vegetables to our kids and grandparents, the below is not a good FDA 483 Inspection Report. This of course also follows positive Listeria tests within the plant and the linking of SanGar celery to nearly a dozen illnesses and as many as five deaths. Observation 1. […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in processed celery at the SanGar Fresh Cut Produce facility in San Antonio. The results matched the initial testing done by Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), which had closed down the facility on Oct. 20 after the Listeria bacteria was […]
The Stanford raw milk lactose intolerance study was touted (and funded) by raw milk proponents in the belief that it would prove a benefit of raw milk over pasteurized milk. However, that was before the study’s results: These results, collected under standardized and controlled conditions, do not support the widespread anecdotal claims by proponents that […]
Lisa Lupo of QA Magazine gives the lowdown on the “loathsome cockroach.” • According to a University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) publication, “Cockroaches have been found to be the cause of Salmonella food poisoning that can be life-threatening.” Noting that other pathogenic bacteria, including Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and coliforms, have been found in cockroaches, UNL explains, “This […]