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’s Scott Bauer and I caught up with each other this morning shortly after Governor Jim Doyle vetoed a bill that would have allowed limited sales of raw milk in Wisconsin, saying he was protecting citizens’ health and safety. He also expressed concerns about how a possible outbreak of disease from drinking the unpasteurized milk […]
The Utah County Health Department (UCHD) is continuing to work with the City of Saratoga Springs, the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, the Utah Department of Health, and other public and private organizations to determine the cause of this campylobacter outbreak. Since May 11th, 15 lab confirmed cases of campylobacter have been reported to the […]
According to a Utah Public Health Press Release, officials are investigating two separate clusters of illness linked to the consumption of raw milk. To date, the first cluster includes nine reported cases of Campylobacter infection among residents in Weber, Davis and Cache Counties. The second cluster includes six reported cases of Salmonella infection in residents […]
I personally do not think BPA should be in cans nor in containers. But, I also think that its ban should not be in S. 510 – "The Food Safety Modernization Act." If it is worth it, stand it alone. But, in and of itself, it should not stand in the way of the first […]
What we know to date: There are 23 confirmed and 7 probable E. coli O145 cases related to eating romaine lettuce in Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Tennessee manufactured by Freshway Foods and grown by “the Yuma farm.” Investigators in New York obtained an E. coli O145 isolate from an unopened bag of romaine lettuce […]
According to an FSIS announcement, Montclair Meat Co., Inc., a Montclair, Calif., establishment is recalling approximately 53,000 pounds of 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 today. The products subject to recall include: * Various pound packages of "MONTCLAIR […]
According to the Deseret News, six people, ages 2 to 56, were diagnosed with Salmonella Newport in April, according to Utah County Health Department spokesman Lance Madigan. Four of the cases were in Utah County, with one each in Salt Lake and Wasatch counties. When investigators went through their where-have-you-been, what-have-you-eaten studies, they found all […]
The CDC reports this week that a total of 23 confirmed and 7 probable E. coli O145 cases related to this outbreak have been reported from 4 states since March 1, 2010. The number of ill persons identified in each state with this strain is: MI (10 confirmed and 3 probable), NY (4 confirmed and […]
It was a fascinating few hours at a meeting with a delegation from China as they listened to former FSIS head, Tom Billy, CSPI Food Safety Director, Caroline Smith DeWaal and yours truly, talk candidly about the state of affairs of food safety in the United States. I spoke primarily about how the civil justice […]
Rumor has it that Governor Jim Doyle told an online agriculture news site he has not made up his mind one way or another on the raw milk bill the Wisconsin legislature passed. The Governor reportedly told Wisconsin Ag Connection a final decision will be made next week. This statement came just one day after […]
I had a chance tonight after landing in Washington D. C., to chat with Dr. Sanjay Gupta about the status of the “leafy green’s industry.” So far in the recent E. coli O145 outbreak there are 23 confirmed illnesses in four states. However, the Romaine Lettuce has been recalled in 23 states. Here is the […]
Joint Press Release Stephanie Smith and Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation announce jointly that they have settled the lawsuit filed by Ms. Smith in December 2009. Ms. Smith, a twenty-two year old former dance instructor from Cold Spring, Minnesota, sued for the severe injuries she suffered as a result of an E. coli O157:H7 infection in […]
In what seems like a near daily article on raw milk, I gave Georgina Gustin of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (my dad was a paper boy for them during the depression) a few choice words: Bill Marler, an attorney who specializes in food-borne illness cases, recently represented two Missouri residents who were sickened by raw […]
From a USDA /FSIS press release: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced new performance standards to reduce Salmonella and Campylobacter in young chickens (broilers) and turkeys, fulfilling another key recommendation of the President’s Food Safety Working Group. USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) also released a compliance guide to help the poultry industry address […]
Suzanne Jacobs of the Michigan Daily wrote in her front page story this a.m., “E. coli outbreak at ‘U’ caused by non-USDA regulated strain,” about the failure of most labs, business and health departments to test for pathogenic E. coli other than E. coli O157:H7. I had a long talk with AP on why I […]