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 […]
Or, is this a way to get me more clients? The researchers in the Ag Department at The Ohio State University posted a press release last week – “Volunteers Needed for Milk Study in Columbus, Wooster.” Apparently, the researchers believe that “[m]ore people are choosing to drink raw milk these days, and Ohio State University […]
Although we may not have every foodborne or food poisoning outbreak that has happened listed, we do have those (since 1984) that produced a report or press release from a local, state or federal health department. We continue to ask for things we missed or comments of any kind.
I am not sure who coined the phrase originally, but a friend of mine says it is on a sign that hangs over the entrance of the pool where his daughter swam during high school. I thought of it again while I was visiting Linda and Richard Rivera in San Francisco, where Linda remains in […]
In September 2008 236 people who ate raw Mahogany clams at Hinderwadel’s Grove between September 4 and September 16 developed a gastrointestinal illness. Lab results from the Onondaga County Health Department provided “overwhelming evidence” the clams caused the illnesses. The clams were contaminated with Campylobacter, a bacteria that causes diarrhea, and Vibrio, a bacterium that […]
Montalvan’s Sales, Inc. of Ontario, CA has voluntarily recalled “La Nuestra” brand frozen Mamey Ice Cream due to a potential health risk from Salmonella Typhi. Typhoid fever is a life-threatening illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi. Salmonella Typhi lives only in humans. Infection results from eating food or drink beverages that have been handled […]
D & M Smoked Fish, Inc., which does business as Haifa Smoked Fish, announced this week that the company was recalling specific lots of its Haifa Smoked Fish brand products due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled products, which were sold in vacuum-packed plastic packaging, were sold between Aug. 10, 2010 and Sept. […]
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today alerted consumers that Hamilton Corner Meat Market Inc., located at 1 Hamilton Place, New York, New York, is recalling all packages of in-store ground beef, in-store sliced deli turkey and in-store sliced deli ham sold on September 29, 2010, due to the presence of E. coli O157:H7. […]
The Onondaga County Health Department says 60 people have become ill by Campylobacter because of raw clams served at an event at Hinerwadel’s Grove in North Syracuse. The Health Department says so far, all of the illnesses have been linked to a clambake September 15th for the CNY Builders Exchange. Approximately 3,800 members attended that […]
Several weeks ago when the producer of the Colbert Show was searching for information on raw milk, he stumbled on to several of my blog posts and www.realrawmilkfacts.com. I urged that he take a hard look at some of the videos and to contact David Gumpert at the Complete Patient as well as a few […]
After my stint as the “Toxic Avenger” in this month’s Wired Magazine, I thought the techies were done with me – apparently, they have a lot of interest in all types of bugs – Re: C diff: What’s really interesting, though, is that microbiologists aren’t the only ones noticing this accumulation of evidence. C. diff […]
Well the coop got painted yesterday afternoon. Frankly, after $5,000 in cost I am going to stop counting. The eggs I am sure will be the best. Friday I will be meeting with the lab who will start testing my chickens for Salmonella and Campylobacter. And, the chickens have been let out of the coop […]
In between a deposition and a phone conference with a judge, I had time to finish up my PowerPoint for my upcoming speech in China. The last slide is a video that is getting Chinese subtitles. Actually, this would have been a good speech to give at February’s ABA Food Conference in Atlanta that is […]
Lynchburg, Virginia Heritage High School will be the recipient of a $25,000 donation for science scholarships from food safety law firm Marler Clark. The Seattle-based law firm works nationwide on behalf of victims of foodborne illness, and represented many in the 2008-2009 outbreak of Salmonella in peanut products produced by the Peanut Corporation of America […]
From the 3rd Australian Food Safety Conference in Melbourne: Bill Marler, a US lawyer who acts for victims of food poisoning listed the revolting conditions in one of the two US factory farms that have recently poisoned 1,600 people with Salmonella. They included chicken manure so deep that rats built burrows in it. Half a […]
Lien Hoang of the Roseville Press Tribune got to cover the wedding from hell. Seven people were hospitalized last Saturday night after food served at a wedding poisoned at least 30 guests, according to the Roseville Fire Department. Firefighters responded around 8:45 p.m. to a Roseville church where guests were experiencing symptoms that included nausea, […]