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 […]
Like my Santa’s Naughty and Nice List, I asked the folks at Food Safety News to wade through the top food safety stories from 2009. They will go up just after Christmas. Here was my Top 10 (err, 9) from 2008: 1. Melamine in Chinese food products – where to start? With the kids, of […]
Well, it is that time of the year again, but this year I turned over the responsibility of putting together Santa’s list to my friends over at Food Safety News. Apparently, the list became so long that it is being divided into two lists – one naughty and one nice. The naughty one will run […]
According to an FSIS release, Harrington and Sons, a Williston, Vt., establishment, is recalling approximately 68 pounds of fresh 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: [View Label] * 10-pound cryovaced packages […]
Given my past Salmonella lawsuits against ConAgra in 2007 and Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) in 2009 for poisoning about 700 each – with PCA killing at least nine, it might come as somewhat of a surprise that I would receive today two cans of peanuts from Virginia. Interestingly, the cans came in an unmarked […]
It is pretty rare that we are able to get the whole Marler Clark and Food Safety News staff together in one city, much less one room. Today, in Seattle we were able to pull most people together at one Seattle high-class restaurant – some 26 people coming in from as far away from Washington […]
I had a great time chatting with Shari for her post today – "Simple Good and Tasty – Bill Marler: Taking on E. coli, Big Ag, Raw Milk, Conspiracy Theorists, and the USDA – Continued." I wish we all had more opportunity to talk about the issues of food safety and sustainability. I encourage you […]
Seems like everyone is dumping on Tiger – for good reason I might add. I, however, am not a golfer and frankly do not care much about golfers. So, trying to get into the act myself, I have been attempting to make Tiger relevant (somewhat) to what I do daily or is that Daly? So, […]
I had a great time chatting with Shari Danielson of the blog, Simple Good and Tasty, for what is going to be a two-part expose into the inner workings of the mind of trial lawyer/wannabe politician/food safety advocate/blogger – “A Conversation with Bill Marler: Taking on E. coli, Big Ag, Raw Milk, Conspiracy Theorists, and […]
The Outbreak On May 12, 2008 the Lawrence County Health Department (LCHD) was notified of a case of HUS in a child with a history of bloody diarrhea. The health care provider reported that the child had consumed unpasteurized goat’s milk obtained from a local store, the Herb Depot, in Barry County, Missouri. The milk […]
Well, it is that time of the year. Here is one perspective: I suppose I need to do a recap of 2009 and a look forward into 2010. I will focus on the food safety side of the equation. Any ideas?
Folks, don’t know if you all where aware that Doug Powell (father of the food safety internet) has canned Bites. I find this unacceptable. Although Doug is a bit prickly, Bites and his multiple emails a day of food safety, is a useful tool for all those interested in Food Safety. Doug’s reasoning for canning […]
I just got the below email tonight. I deleted identifying information to protect the dairyman’s identification. I’ve been following your blog ever since our unfortunate involvement in the raw milk business in 2006. I’ve found it to be an excellent information source. We’ve talked in the past, as you might recall. We no longer are […]
In perhaps what seems a bit like trying to pound a square peg into a round hole (or would that be a round peg into a square hole if Mark were the peg) with a sledge hammer, the US Government in a Civil Action against Organic Pastures and Mark McAfee has asked for a permanent […]
Several weeks ago I served on the USDA/FSIS Petition Number 09-03: 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). To date, there has only been a response that the Petition was received. USDA/FSIS, […]
This morning I was reading Jerry Large’s column this morning “Hungry for food that’s safe to swallow,” and was struck by how often I hear the same level of frustration at the safety of our food supply and what our government is or is not doing to help. I also keep hearing from folks, like […]