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 […]
Wednesday, October 27 to Thursday, October 28, 2010 Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States Alan Maxwell and I are co-chairing this year’s conference – again. This time, in addition to our two man show: There is a star-studded group of speakers:
After nearly 18 years doing foodborne illnesses cases, I have been frustrated by the lack of any prosecutions against many of these corporations who poison and kill us. When will a prosecutor step-up? It really is left to the blunt instrument of civil litigation, and punitive damages in particular, to “punish” these bad actors in […]
My chicken coop for my six chickens is a bit over budget. With the purchase of the chickens, food, etc., and the coop, this is pressing on $5,000. I am beginning to question the price per egg, and I have not yet tested the chickens and the eggs for Salmonella.
I spent most of the week in the “other Washington.” It all does make you wonder, as one Congressman quipped some time ago: “Who needs Al-Qaeda when you have got E. coli?” What would happen if we stopped the petty bickering and actually did something about food safety like: Growers: 1. Develop and implement Hazard […]
Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 10:00 a.m. 2322 Rayburn House Office Building WRITTEN TESTIMONY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE Chairman and members of the committee, my name is William Marler. I am a trial lawyer. My law firm Marler Clark, located in Seattle, Washington, specializes in representing victims of foodborne illness. Unfortunately, for my […]
I must admit that I have never voted for a Republican since I was frist able to vote in 1976. Watching Senator Coburn on CSpan last night confirmed for me that I need to stop voting Democratic (and raising and donating money) because the Republicans really care about me and my bank account. Thank you […]
This may well pop up in a few ads in D.C. this next week.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved legislation fast-tracked by chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., to strengthen criminal penalties for food safety violators, in addition to a list of seven federal judicial nominees, some of whom have faced long delays in the Senate. Committee members unanimously cleared S. 3767, the Food Safety Accountability Act, which […]
Right up until the time of her death, June Dunning remained an active, self-aware, and outgoing woman. Her health had always been good. For the last seven years of her life, she lived in Hagerstown, Maryland with her daughter and son-in-law. On August 28, 2006, June consumed a small amount of Dole baby spinach from […]
Abott Laboratories Incl. is voluntarily recalling one of its baby powder products. It is the Similac baby formula. According to the company, Similac baby formula may contain beetle larvae and some tiny insect parts in certain lot numbers because in one of their manufacturing facilities, beetles were found. The batch of products suspected to be […]
The egg hearing today was disturbing on many levels. The petty bickering between the Democrats and Republicans, although expected, was childlike. The anti-chicken protesters were entertaining, but besides the point. Probably the most disturbing were the faux apologies by the mass egg producers who tried to portray themselves as poor farmers that simply grew too […]
Good Morning. Thank you Chairman Stupak, Ranking Member Burgess, Chairman Waxman, and Committee members. I am honored to be here today to speak to you about my experience with the Salmonella poisoning that I got from the recent Wright Co. and Hillandale Farms Egg Recall. My name is Sarah Lewis, I am 30 years old […]
Phil Brasher, Dean of Ag writers and Willy Neuman of the New York Times could not have written stories as well timed as the ones that dropped into my inbox just as I was landing in D.C. from Seattle, via Wichita and Atlanta to attend tomorrow afternoons hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee […]
Please note the additional witnesses. WASHINGTON, DC — The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing entitled “The Outbreak of Salmonella in Eggs” on Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at 12:00 noon in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will examine the recent Salmonella outbreak associated with eggs produced by […]
What follows are just three of the personal stories associated with non-O157 STEC outbreaks. These stories are presented to give a small insight into the significant harm that results when the STEC already present in the national food supply causes illness. Shiloh Johnson, E. coli O111, 2008 Shiloh Johnson was one of hundreds of persons […]