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 […]
Wright County Egg in Galt, Iowa Thursday expanded its recall to include 380 million chicken eggs that could be contaminated with salmonella bacteria, in one of the largest such recalls in recent history. It’s “one of the largest eggs recall in recent history,” said Food and Drug Administration Division (FDA) of Public Health and Biostatistics […]
Someone emailed me this photo. Seems to sum up my week. Recall information:
From the CDC Post of moments ago: In May 2010, CDC identified a nationwide increase in the number of Salmonella Enteritidis isolates with PFGE pattern JEGXX01.0004 uploaded to PulseNet, the national subtyping network made up of state and local public health laboratories and federal food regulatory laboratories that performs molecular surveillance of foodborne infections. This […]
U.S. Marshals, acting under a court order sought by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, today seized packaged food products from a rodent-infested warehouse in Athens, Ga. A variety of products, including crackers, cookies and potato chips, were intended for sale to jails and prisons throughout the southeastern United States. The U.S. District Court for […]
I just could not stay awake late enough to watch Colbert have fun with Pat Boyle the other night. To me it looks like Pat “meat” his match. Interestingly, the President just made a “recess appointment” of the person who will be part of making the adulterant decision: Elisabeth Hagen, Nominee for Under Secretary for […]
AP reports a moment ago that “[h}undreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in three states and possibly more, and health officials on Wednesday dramatically expanded a recall to 380 million eggs.” Goodness! Earlier today I was reading Philip Brasher’s Blog (yes, in part because he mentioned me and […]
Oregon Public Health officials have recalled Umpqua Dairy brand Milk, half and half, cream and buttermilk as well as Umpqua Dairy brand gallon orange juice and fruit drinks. Umpqua Dairy Products Co., are sold in Oregon, southwest Washington and northern California. All Umpqua Dairy products are pasteurized. Recent testing at the Roseburg Dairy, however, identified […]
California has been at 266, Minnesota at 7, Nevada at 30 and according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin State health officials today confirmed a Salmonella outbreak that sickened 21 diners at a Kenosha restaurant in June to the nationwide recall of 228 million eggs (now increased to 380 million eggs) by an Iowa producer. […]
In the middle of yet another nationwide recall of food (228,000,000 eggs to be exact) and an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis linked to those eggs that appears to have begun in the Spring and announced in August, I had memory of House Bill 2749 (passed Jul7 2009), Sec., 121 and Senate Bill 501 (to be […]
According to press reports, contaminated pickles have been linked by the Cook County Illinois Department of Public Health to an outbreak of Salmonella poisoning (no serotype announced). According to public health officials, six confirmed cases of Salmonella have been linked to pickles purchased from the Assi Market in the Chicago suburb of Niles. Five people […]
Like many other parts of the country, Las Vegas and Clark County have been hit hard over the last months. Just a few weeks ago it was four people in Clark County who became ill with Salmonella typhi, the bacterium that causes typhoid fever. Those four were part of a two-state outbreak (five ill in […]
Wright County Egg Recall Tied to Salmonella Illnesses Nationwide An outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) at a restaurant in Kenosha, Wisconsin has been linked to the recall of 280,000,000 eggs and nearly 300 illnesses in the rapidly widening nationwide outbreak tied to Wright County Egg company. A lawsuit originally filed against the restaurant was filed […]
AP reported a few moments ago that California Health officials report that Salmonella Enteritidis (SE)-tainted eggs have sickened at least 266 Californians with salmonella, despite a multi-state recall. Seven cases of salmonella were linked to the same recall in Minnesota. The FDA announced that since May 2010, CDC has identified a nationwide, four-fold increase in […]
In the last three months we have been tracking more than a few Salmonella outbreaks, like S. Typhi in mamey pulp, S. Hartford and S. Baildon at Taco Bell, S, Arizonae in rattlesnake cakes, and on and on. We have also seen more than a few S. Enteritidis cases, but as it is one of […]
On July 9, 2009, FDA published in the Federal Register a final rule that established a regulation part 118 (21 CFR part 118) entitled “Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During Production, Transportation, and Storage.” The egg rule in part 118 requires shell egg producers to implement measures to prevent Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) from […]