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 […]
Summary 10 raw dairy outbreaks with 105 illnesses 1 pasteurized dairy outbreak with 23 illnesses 1 queso fresco Mexican-style cheese outbreak with 5 illnesses 3 sporadic illnesses from illegal Mexican-style cheese Recalls 5 raw dairy recalls (3 raw milk, 2 raw cheese) 3 queso fresco cheese recalls Click to download table with citations.
The firestorm of comments on my blog that have surrounded the recall, quarantine and destruction of cheese at Estrella and Morningland got me thinking once again of the 2006 E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to Organic Pastures in California. I have posted about that outbreak often (some would argue too often): Organic Pastures Dairy E. […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is issuing a public health alert for an undetermined amount of various meat and poultry products produced without the benefit of Federal inspection by N.Y. Gourmet Salads Inc., a Brooklyn, NY establishment. The public health alert is initiated based on evidence collected during an ongoing […]
Announced through a press release, Attorney General Chris Koster has asked the Howell County Circuit Court to require Morningland Dairy, located in Mountain View, to destroy contaminated cheese products that were produced at the facility between January 1 and August 26, 2010. Morningland Dairy makes cheese products and sells them nationwide. The state of California […]
I always enjoy teaching at law school when I can. Next week I get to spend a few days with some graduate students at the University of Arkansas School of Law.
KOSHER FIRST LLC. 502 FLUSHING AVE. is recalling TUV TAAM SALADS NOVA LOX SALAD due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The problem was discovered after routine sampling by New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Food Inspectors and subsequent analysis of the product by Food Laboratory personnel found the product to be positive for Listeria […]
In a blow to Republic Underwriters and Southern Insurance Companies (and to insurers everywhere), the Federal Magistrate in Oklahoma sided with the 341 victims of the largest E. coli O111 outbreak in United States history. The court ruled that the 341 victims may share in the insurance proceeds of $4,000,000 as opposed to the $3,000,000 […]
Boy, have I heard it from the raw milik, locavore, anti-government folks over the last few days. I now agree with them. Big agribusiness and small local farmers should be treated the same. Any company with several months of Listeria problems and an inspection report like this, should be shut down. Observation 1. Failure to […]
Autentico Foods, a Hawaiian Gardens, Calif., firm, is recalling approximately 54,000 pounds of ready-to-eat pork products that were not produced in accordance with its food safety plan for its Listeria prerequisite program, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Oct. 27. The recall involves pork products that bear the establishment number “EST 31810″ […]
Minnesota state health officials reported today that routine disease surveillance has detected additional illnesses linked to consumption of raw dairy products from the Hartmann dairy farm in Sibley County. According to epidemiologists with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), the illnesses include three people infected with a bacterium called Campylobacter jejuni, and four people infected […]
Valley Farm Meats, also known as Strasburg Provision, has expanded a voluntary recall of ready-to-eat meat items, bringing the total recall to 3,600 pounds of product that may be contaminated. The recalled products include: trail style bologna, smoked snack sticks, smoked ham varieties, smoked pork loin, smoked bacon varieties, wieners, cooked pulled chicken, cooked pulled […]
We filed another lawsuit today against Wright County Egg in Federal Court in Iowa. This time on behalf of J.T. On or about July 7, 2010, the minor plaintiff, J.T., began to suffer from severe fevers, including abdominal cramps, nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. J.T. continued to be ill with gastrointestinal symptoms for several days thereafter. […]
The Greene County Daily World reports that Bailey and Abby Stahl, the 13-month-old twin daughters of Chris and Nicole Stahl of rural Bloomfield, have been patients at Riley Children’s Hospital for about two weeks. The twins suffer from hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a disease that destroys red blood cells. It is the most common cause […]
Yesterday I hammered away on what seems to me to be Estrella Family Creamery’s inconsistent position between fetal death by abortion and the possibility of fetal death by Listeria. Some of the commentators see that as being unfair given that there are no reported fetal or other deaths linked to Estrella cheeses. True enough, but […]
A few facts first: Listeria can cause fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Healthy individuals may experience only short-term symptoms but those with weakened immune systems, including young children and frail or elderly people, are particularly at risk. Listeria infections can result in miscarriages or stillbirths among pregnant women. 100 to 1,000 Listeria cells […]