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 […]
After nearly 3,000 blog post and over 2,500,000 visitors (most since the Fall of 2006), I decided a redesign of the blog was in order. Although we are still working out a few “bugs,” the look you see here is the near final product. Hopefully, you will find the resources helpful and the commentary, well, […]
AOL reporter Andrew Schneider reported a few moments ago in – “Attorney: Vegetables Likely Culprit in Outbreak Linked to Taco Bell:” An attorney for a nationally known food safety law firm said Saturday that the salmonella outbreak linked to Taco Bells in 21 states is likely the result of vegetables being brought into the stores. […]
Botulism is a rare, life-threatening paralytic illness caused by neurotoxins produced by an anaerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium, Clostridium botulinum. Unlike Clostridium perfringens, which requires the ingestion of large numbers of viable cells to cause symptoms, the symptoms of botulism are caused by the ingestion of highly toxic, soluble exotoxins produced by C. botulinum while growing […]
Whenever there is a food recall Public Radio reporter John Sepulvado is not far behind. I had a chance to talk to him this afternoon after he sent me a tweet. 1 million pounds of beef packaged in Modesto has been recalled due to possible E. coli contamination. Yet, over the past four years, meat […]
Customers of two Grand Lake Colorado restaurants are being urged to get either immune globulin (IG) or hepatitis A shots following the discovery that a worker employed at both eateries has a case of hepatitis A. The two restaurants were identified as Sagebrush BBQ & Grill and Max & T’s Bar and Grill by the […]
Yesterday morning I had the opportunity to speak at the National Meat Association annual “meating.” For the most part my speech was positive. From a spike in outbreaks, illnesses and recalls in 2007, the numbers have dropped – well, until this morning when 1,000,000 pounds of meat were recalled due to illnesses in California. Before […]
Valley Meat Company, a Modesto, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately one million pounds of frozen ground beef patties and bulk ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced this morning. The products subject to recall bear the establishment number “EST. […]
Yesterday afternoon I asked, “Will the CDC name Taco Bell as the “Mexican-style fast food restaurant chain” associated with some Salmonella Hartford and Baildon illnesses?” I asked that because we have been tracking several of the cases over the last several weeks. However, one confirmed case became ill only two weeks ago. And, today we […]
OK, I finally gave in to the social media thing. I have been tweeting for several months now, but my three daughters kept bugging me about joining Facebook. So, here it goes. I have set up both a personal page (so I can find you and you can find me) and a “fan” page. Rather […]
In a not-so-well published press release, DuPont and the USDA have agreed to collaborate on the development of a new test for detecting hard-to-identify (allegedly) strains of toxin-producing E. coli that are not currently regulated and have been causing increased instances of food contamination and illness. In the release FSIS admits that “in recent years, […]
The CDC is collaborating with public health officials in multiple states, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA/FSIS) to investigate two multistate outbreaks of Salmonella infections, each involving a different Salmonella serotype: Hartford and Baildon. Both of these Salmonella serotypes are rare, and […]
A few weeks ago I spoke to the CMAJ for the story that they published this morning – "Report calls for overhaul of US food safety system:" … A 500-page report by a committee of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council recommends, among other things, that the US Food and Drug Administration […]
It has been a bit of a quiet summer when it comes to food poisoning outbreaks – that is a good thing – but not so in Colorado. Just a few moments ago, the Colorado Health Department announced that more than two-dozen people who ate at The Fort in Morrison last month got sick. Officials […]
The International Association of Food Protection (IAFP) Conference has its share of food safety rock stars, none less bright that Food Safety News Editor in "Chef," Dan Flynn. Dan came down from the Denver Bureau where he covered a candid talk about the dangers of wheat flour. He published the story this morning over at […]
Had a nice chat this AM with Mr. Hirsch with Crop to Cuisine – Yes, it was about raw milk. Click on Sound Bites August 2, 2010.