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 […]
And, the guy who took the fifth gets to keep shipping eggs? The FDA is releasing a letter sent to Hillandale Farms of Hampton, Iowa, dated October 15, 2010. Hillandale Farms is one of two companies that recalled eggs in August 2010. This letter authorizes Hillandale Farms to ship eggs to the table market from […]
Quality Egg still does not seem to get it. According to Bloomberg News, Quality Egg LLC, the producer tied to a salmonella recall, may face U.S. enforcement action unless it fixes health violations at its facilities, regulators said. Conditions that may cause salmonella weren’t addressed when regulators inspected Galt, Iowa-based Quality Egg’s facilities Aug. 12 […]
I am heading to Wisconsin via Minnesota in the morning and it got me thinking just how much of my law practice (specifically E. coli and Salmonella cases) over the years has centered on these two states in the upper midwest. E. coli AFG / Supervalu E. coli Outbreak – Minnesota Cargill E. coli Outbreak […]
Food Safety News and the Foodborne Illness Outbreak Database turned a year old a few weeks ago. Like most of the things I do in life, both of them began out of an attempt to do good deeds that fortuitously also became good marketing. What do I mean by that? Let me give you a […]
I spoke with Dave Thompson of the Lynchburg News and Advance about our decision to donate $25,000 to Heritage High for Science Scholarships. Here is his story: One of the legal firms that filed suit on behalf of victims in the Peanut Corp. of America salmonella case has donated $25,000 for scholarships to Heritage High […]
So, said the headline in my favorite online magazine – Cattlenetworks yesterday. What the American Meat Institute thinks you need to know: On August 18, AMI sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Vilsack outlining a path FSIS should take to address nSTECs prior to making a regulatory decision. 1. FSIS should have a transparent public […]
The six chickens (all do have names) have been in the Coop de Ville (I stopped counting when the capital costs exceeded $5,000) for over a week and they (no roosters) seem to be adjusting well despite being fenced in with wired that goes underground over a foot (coyote and racoon prevention) and with a […]
KFVS TV 12 reports that more than a year after being stricken by a Salmonella infection, a Mississippi County man is taking encouraging steps toward his recovery. Stidham spends an hour a day, three to four times a week, trying to regain what a Salmonella infection took away. He communicates with a nod or a […]
I usually sneak in and out of towns as I give food safety speeches. Apparently, however, River Falls had a slow news day when they reported on the Symposiun – Current Concepts In Foodborne Pathogens and Rapid and Automated Methods in Food Microbiology. They also noted (ABA, please take note): Keynote speaker for a Tuesday […]
One of the first Salmonella outbreaks that I was involved with was the Schwan’s Salmonella outbreak when I was appointed as a guardian for a young woman who lost her kidneys in 1994 after consuming ice cream. Salmonella is one of the most common enteric (intestinal) infections in the United States. Salmonellosis (the disease caused by Salmonella) […]
E. coli O157:H7 was identified for the first time at the CDC in 1975, but it was not until seven years later, in 1982, that E. coli O157:H7 was conclusively determined to be a cause of enteric disease. Following outbreaks of foodborne illness that involved several cases of bloody diarrhea, E. coli O157:H7 was firmly […]
We have been working over the last several months updating and expanding our about websites. Here is the content for our most recent work What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)? Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of a spectrum of common functional gastrointestinal disorders. Symptoms of IBS can include constipation, diarrhea, alternating diarrhea and constipation, […]
If anyone had a doubt at how deadly and dangerous certain non-E. coli O157:H7’s can be, read on: Emily W. Piercefield, MD, DVM, MS, MPH; Kristy K. Bradley, DVM, MPH; Rebecca L. Coffman, RN, MPH; Sue M. Mallonee, RN, MPH Arch Intern Med. 2010;170(18):1656-1663. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2010.346 Background: In August 2008, the largest known US serotype 1 […]
As those who follow my blog (and can stand the too frequent updates) know, the CDC estimates that “non-O157 STECs (like O26, O45, 0103, O111, O121, and O145) cause 36,700 illnesses, 1,100 hospitalizations and 30 deaths in America each year.” And, with the outbreak of E. coli O26 in Cargill hamburger that was announced a few […]