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 […]
AP reported today that the state of Washington revoked the license of a Southwest Washington in-home day care where Four-year-old Ronan Wilson contracted a fatal case of E. coli. Dianne and Larry Fletch had operated the Hazel Dell day care for more than 20 years. Their license had been suspended in April while the state […]
l will be heading to New Mexico on Monday to the NEHA Conference after a short stop in Las Vegas to attend the high school graduation of the twins son’s of Linda Rivera. Linda is still in Rehab after being hit by E. coli O157:H7 in April of 2009. Here is the outline of my […]
Strike One – Subway Hepatitis A Outbreak – Washington Strike Two – Subway Restaurant Shigella Outbreak – Chicago Strike Three – The Illinois Department of Public Health and local health departments throughout the state are investigating the cause of Salmonella illnesses among customers who ate at certain Subway restaurants in Illinois. To date, 34 cases […]
The State of Minnesota just published this press release on the ongoing E. coli O157:H7 outbreak: Laboratory testing conducted by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) this week provided additional evidence that the Hartmann dairy farm, of rural Gibbon, was the source of a strain of E. coli […]
I must admit that I tire of the moans from raw milk advocates that Big Dairy and Big Government is out to get them. I shake my head at the unfounded belief that grass fed cows will never produce a pathogen that can sicken a child. I cringe at the anti-science blather protesting that all […]
AMI: We share Sen. Gillibrand’s desire to eradicate pathogenic bacteria, but we don’t believe that an act of Congress can make these bacteria disappear. We also are puzzled by the fact that this bill is being introduced at a time when the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is tracking an outbreak of E. coli O145 […]
The office is closed for Memorial Day, but I am here working on my speech (title above) to be given at the NEHA conference next week. I am supposed to cover: What’s behind the shiny abattoir walls of contemporary slaughterhouses? After all the regulation, safety protocols, worker initiatives, and animal rights action, we still have millions […]
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." In speaking about the recent E. coli O145 outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, Patricia M. Griffin, chief of CDC’s Enteric Diseases Epidemiology branch, said it is likely that E. […]
I love Economists. Actually, one of my three BA’s was in Economics. When you look at the cost of just two bugs that the Economic Research Service (ERS) looked at, you have to wonder why we do not demand more from the corporations who feed us and the government that is supposed to regulate them? The […]
With raw milk in the news nearly everyday, I thought supporting a website that offered unbiased facts on the pros and cons of consuming raw milk products would be useful in the raw milk debate. More than anything, I wanted to be able to have a place where parents could “find out the answers to […]
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand last week introduced new legislation to require the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to regulate the six currently unregulated strains of E. coli proven to cause food-borne illnesses. In addition to the most common form of E. coli that is already regulated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has […]
There seems to be no middle ground in the debate over raw milk. On the one side, you have farmers happy to sell a product for $10 to $18 a gallon, and consumers who believe that they are purchasing a product that is not only more healthful but will also cure everything from allergies to […]
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David Dinsmore of the Town Talk of Alexandria and Pineville Louisiana continues to report on the tragedy surrounding an outbreak of illnesses that sickened more than 40 people and killed three patients at Central Louisiana State Hospital. Mr. Dinsmore reports that test results found the third most common cause of food poisoning — clostridium perfringens […]
I have decided this week that the Tea Party movement is right – business and government in the U.S.A. are a bunch of damn socialists – at least they are when poisoning consumers and investigating outbreaks. First, full disclosure. When I am not channeling Rupert Murdoch in my role as publisher at Food Safety News, […]