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 […]
A table of 34 previous outbreaks involving E. coli and Salmonella and leafy greens, like lettuce and spinach, courtesy of our friends at Barf Blog: E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks associated with lettuce or spinach, specifically the "pre-washed" and "ready-to-eat" varieties sold under various brand and trade names, are clearly by no means a new phenomenon. […]
It must be the heat – will be over 100 today.
I was reading the Town Talk of Pineville and Alexandria (I visited there once and used to have some friends there), Louisiana this evening and read that State officials are suspecting food poisoning as the cause of the deaths of three patients at Central State Hospital. A total of 40 patients of the behavioral […]
In my work there are cases that haunt you. Some are the cases you work on for years, but cannot figure out the legal source of the poison that killed someone’s child. Then there are other cases, like the senseless death of Abby nearly a year ago, and her grandfather’s death just last Saturday, that […]
BJ’s Wholesale Club agreed to pay $11 million Jane Lerner – White Plains Journal – April 17, 2004 BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. and a meat supplier last week agreed to pay $11 million to the family of a New York girl who became ill with E. coli O157:H7 after eating contaminated hamburgers. Attorneys for K. […]
I was reading the Saratogian and the Poughkeepsie Journal this morning and was struck by the fact that once again consumers of food – this time kids – inform us by getting sick of yet another foodborne illness outbreak – this time E. coli O145 tainted romaine lettuce – Again, AFTER they get sick. Great […]
I was talking with William Newman from the New York Times as he was writing his story on “Tainted Lettuce Linked to Illness in Three States,” when he asked about prior E. coli O145 outbreaks. I was able to pull out of my hat: “William Marler, a lawyer specializing in such cases, said that while […]
Although Yuma has not been linked to an "leafy green" E. coli outbreak in the past – O157:H7 or otherwise – like O145, it is not like Yuma is risk free – it has more than a few cattle feedlots and is a major flyway for migrating birds. It also has the "All American Canal." […]
Our discussion with the FSIS on our Petition for an Interpretive Rule Declaring all enterohemorrhagic Shiga Toxin-producing Serotypes of Escherichia coli (E. coli), Including Non-O157 Serotypes, to be Adulterants Within the Meaning of 21 U.S.C. § 601(m)(1) is ongoing. Here is the most recent installment:
Here is a copy of the letter sent to parents: May 6, 2010 Dear Parents/Guardians: I am writing to inform you that over the past few weeks a small number of students reported symptoms of diarrheal illness. The students received immediate treatment at local health care providers. There have not been any further […]
Petition Submitted by Marler Clark LLP, PS Outbreak, Inc. (Oct 5, 2009, PDF Only) Citizens petition submitted to FSIS for an interpretive rule declaring all Enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) Shiga Toxin-producing serotypes of Escherichia coli (E. coli), including non-0157 serotypes, to be adulterants within the meaning of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA). * FSIS Progress Response […]
According to the CDC as a few moments ago, local and state public health officials in Michigan, New York, and Ohio are investigating human illnesses caused by E. coli O145. CDC is supporting these investigations and facilitating regular communication and information sharing between the states and with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As […]
Heather May of the Salt Lake Tribune posted a few moments ago "Public health officials investigating salmonella cases:" Public health and agriculture officials are investigating six cases of salmonella they believe were caused by drinking unpasteurized milk. Milk samples are being tested for the bacteria at the state’s public health lab, with results due next […]
The Outbreak Freshway Foods and the Food and Drug Administration announced mid-morning a recall of Romaine Lettuce after illnesses were reported in Michigan, Ohio and New York – primarily impacting students at University of Michigan, The Ohio State university and Daemen University. The Food and Drug Administration reported the E. coli O145 illnesses included 12 […]
Over the last few weeks as Ohio, Michigan and New York health officials (along with the CDC) have tracked the source of the ongoing E. coli O145 outbreak to lettuce that has sickened over 50 people near college campuses at The Ohio State in Columbus, University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Daemen College in […]