I asked our AI friends – What are the pros and cons of replacing FDA Commissioner Makary with me – here is the response? This is a very timely question — Makary resigned as FDA Commissioner today, May 12, 2026, amid reports of internal tensions and policy clashes, with the vaping dispute reportedly being a […]
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 […]
Just a few weeks ago, the New York Times reported “2 Executed in China for Selling Tainted Milk:” China executed two milk producers on Tuesday for selling more than three million pounds of contaminated milk products in connection with a food-safety scandal that killed six infants, shocking the country last year. More than 300,000 children […]
More than 50% of food manufacturers don’t know that they are supposed to provide the FDA with updated contact information in the case of emergencies, such as Salmonella or other forms of food contamination, See it here in the federal report to be released yesterday by the Health and Human Services Inspector General’s office. The […]
We have had the E. coli guide for awhile and are in the process of finalizing the Salmonella guide. Any suggestions? Click on picture to download:
I know my friends over at Weston Price Association and the Complete Patient think I spend all my time beating up on raw milk (hmm, did they notice what I did to Cargill last week?). What really gets to me about the "raw milkies," is their religious passion for their personal freedom trumping the fact […]
On September 18, 2006, the California Department of Health Services (CDHS) opened an investigation of a possible outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections after receiving reports of two patients who had been hospitalized with HUS. One was culture confirmed as infected with E. coli O157:H7. Interviews revealed that both patients had consumed unpasteurized cow milk […]
Coming up on about a year ago the CDC announced that Peanut Corporation of America was responsible for sickening over 700 and killing at least nine. In hearings before the United States House of Representatives, peanut butter with Salmonella positive test results where shown to be knowingly shipped by Stewart Parnell and others. Now the […]
Only in a law firm that represents victims of food poisoning would there be a Christmas Tree with stuffed Salmonella and E. coli as ornaments. Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season.
In 2008 we saw this shocking video of the use of "downer cows" in the food supply at a company that supplied the meat into the food supply broadly (143,000,000 pounds eventually recalled) and the school lunch program specifically. Now, more video today? This time it is "dower pigs." So, where the hell is this […]
Unilever United States, Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is conducting a nationwide voluntary recall of all Slim-Fast® ready-to-drink (RTD) products in cans, due to the possibility of contamination with Bacillus cereus, a micro-organism, which may cause diarrhea and possibly nausea and/or vomiting. The probability of serious adverse health consequences […]
The CDC is investigating a multistate outbreak of human Salmonella serotype Typhimurium infections due to contact with water frogs including African Dwarf Frogs. Water frogs commonly live in aquariums or fish tanks. Amphibians such as frogs and reptiles such as turtles, are recognized as a source of human Salmonella infections. In the course of routine […]
This morning’s papers across the United States are covered with paralyzed, former dancer, Stephanie Smith’s battle against food giant, Cargill. Cargill’s hamburger, sold at Wal-Mart, nearly killed Stephanie with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, and has left her, with brain damage, with failing kidneys, with no bowel or bladder control, and facing a life confined to a […]
Retail List – Safeway in cooperation with Beef Packers, Inc.’s (Cargill) recall of 22,000 pounds of fresh ground beef that may be linked to an outbreak of Salmonella, Safeway Inc. is recalling fresh ground beef products with "Sell By” dates of September 28 through October 11, 2009. The recall affects all stores in Arizona and […]