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 […]
Despite postponing the Conference from late September until this week for the 60th anniversary of the Revolution, CIFSQ once again put on a quality Conference with several hundred in attendance for dozens of countries. Food Safety News – www.foodsafetynews.com was a presence – sponsoring the speaker’s dinner the first night of the Conference. Please check […]
Part 1 and Part 2 of this series examined the historical context of the debate surrounding dairy product food safety, and the mechanisms by which pasteurized or raw dairy products may become contaminated with foodborne pathogens. Part 3 compared foodborne illnesses and disease outbreaks linked to raw and pasteurized dairy products. In this section, the […]
I am in Beijing at yet another food safety conference. It is odd really that at each of these conferences – regardless the continent – all tend to talk about the victims of food safety failures in the abstract. Mari’s story is jarringly real. Click on the below and read the three part story of […]
I am heading to a food safety conference here in Beijing sponsored by the Chinese Government. However, we still had time to keep on top the food safety situation in the United States. The parents of Andrea Munro, 12, of Marshfield, say their daughter became infected with E. coli after eating Fairbank Farm’s beef on […]
ABC News Reports the growing E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak is spreading West after killing two and sickening dozens in the Northeast. Now – Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont according to the CDC.
The CDC now says that two deaths and 26 other illnesses may be linked to contaminated ground beef recalled by Fairbank Farms. Lola Scott Russell, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says one of the deaths involved a New York adult with several underlying health conditions. The other is a death […]
On October 26, South Shore Meats in Brockton recalled more than 1,000 pounds of hamburger and steak after 20 Rhode Island students and adults became sick after eating E. coli O157:H7 contaminated meat at Camp Bournedale in Plymouth. A sixth-grade class from Lincoln, Rhode Island and adult chaperones spent several days at an environmental education […]
Sydney and I are packing today for the long flight between Seattle and Beijing. Although we plan a bit of Daddy/Daughter sightseeing, this food safety conference is important. "The Chinese government attaches great importance to food safety because it is not only in the interest of the Chinese but also people in the world," Premier […]
New Hampshire health officials are advising residents to take part in a beef recall after one person has died and two others became ill after eating contaminated ground beef. "E. coli is a bacteria that produces a toxin that is potentially deadly to people," said Dr. Jose Montero, Director of Public Health at DHHS, a […]
NY Firm Recalls 546,000 pounds tied to E. coli Illnesses – 45,000,000 pounds recalled in last two years. The first lawsuit stemming from the E. coli outbreak in Massachusetts and likely Rhode Island will be filed Monday in the Trial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Superior Court, against Crocetti-Oakdale Packing, doing business as South […]
Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-059-2009 HEALTH RISK: HIGH Fairbank Farms, an Ashville, NY, establishment, is recalling approximately 545,699 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. FSIS became aware of the problem during the course […]
The Beef Industry and the USDA really need to get their shit together. This it truly stupid. It is beyond words. According to a recent press release: “The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture today suspended their respective licenses and thereby ceased operations at the Bushways Slaughterhouse facility in […]
On January 29, 2009, the Untied States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implicated Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) of Blakely Georgia as the source of a massive Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that sickened at least 700 sent about a dozen to early graves. Investigation into the outbreak revealed knowledge of product contamination at the highest levels […]
At midnight Crocetti’s Oakdale Packing Co., doing business as, South Shore Meats, Inc., a Brockton, Massachusetts establishment, "voluntarily" recalled approximately 1,039 pounds of fresh ground beef patties derived from bench trim as well as mechanically tenderized beef cuts that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection […]
Crocetti’s Oakdale Packing Co., doing business as, South Shore Meats, Inc., a Brockton, Mass., establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 1,039 pounds of fresh ground beef patties derived from bench trim as well as mechanically tenderized beef cuts that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service […]