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 […]
"There’s plenty of people in the meat industry who, if they looked in the rearview mirror and saw they accidentally ran over Bill Marler, they’d put the car in reverse and make sure," said David Theno, a food-safety expert hired to revamp Jack in the Box after the outbreak. Theno, it should be noted, considers […]
Here in Seattle we are down to one major daily, and every once in awhile they step up and do an interesting article or two. In the Pacific Northwest weekend magazine published by the Times is an article, "The Green Issue: Our Food, Ourselves," which I can not seem to find online. There are a […]
On September 15, 2008, Ingham County Health Department (ICHD) was notified that nine students of Michigan State University (MSU) were seen in the emergency department over the weekend with gastrointestinal symptoms of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and bloody diarrhea. Lab cultures had confirmed that at least two of them were positive for E. coli O157:H7. The […]
Colorado health officials said yesterday that a Denver-area E. coli outbreak in January and February was likely caused by exposure to animals at the National Western Stock Show in Denver. The report Friday from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said the outbreak probably originated in a "Feed the Animals" exhibit in the […]
A confidential settlement was reached yesterday in the following 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 […]
A state report has indicated the city of Alamosa ignored a recommendation to have a deteriorating drinking water tank inspected years before the 2008 outbreak that sickened hundreds. The final Department of Public Health and Environment Report on the outbreak was released Wednesday along with an Executive Summary and Appendix. The report found animal waste […]
I am the Luncheon Speaker Friday (I always find it odd when I am asked to speak over a meal). Here is the outline of Speech at The Government Accountability Project (GAP) – videos can be found on right. The Government Accountability Project (GAP) is a 32-year-old nonprofit public interest group that promotes government and […]
It has been a busy few days. I spent all day and evening Wednesday trying to resolve a number of E. coli O157:H7 cases involving the Barbecue Pit and Nebraska Beef in South Georgia – made some progress, but not there yet on all the cases. This morning was the deadline given to the insurers […]
The E. coli Outbreak at the Barbecue Pit The E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that is the subject of this claim is but one part of a big, multistate outbreak that seriously injured dozens of innocent victims. The source of the E. coli O157:H7 that infected all these victims was adulterated meat manufactured and sold by […]
For those avid blog readers who wondered what happened to me last week, I was doing more than hiking the Great Wall.
WHO was a presence at the recent China Food Safety Conference. Here is too hoping more governments – FDA and USDA – spend a bit more time thinking about food safety as a global issue. Millions of adults die every year from bugs and toxins in what they eat, according to new WHO data that […]
I’m still dealing with a bit of jet lag from my trip to China. I woke up too early this morning (about 1 AM), and just woke up from a nap in my office chair to yet another move by the Obama administration that shows that "real change" in Washington is hard to come by […]
Several weeks ago I filed with the USDA a Petition for an Interpretive Rule Declaring all enterohemorrhagic Shiga Toxin-producing Serotypes of Escherichia coli, Including Non-O157 Serotypes, to be Adulterants Within the Meaning of 21 U.S.C. § 601(m)(1). The Petition can be found here. I just received notice that the USDA received it. Now, let’s see […]
Perhaps not quite on par with the Great Wall or the Forbidden City, yet meeting the about 150 law students was pretty exciting – even for my 10-year-old daughter, Sydney (she took the photo). Think of China Agricultural University as a Davis/WSU/Cornell with a Law School. I had been invited to speak by Dean Yu […]