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 […]
The below GAO Report (click on image to download) that landed on my desk today points out the potential risks of imported foods and what our agencies, FSIS and FDA, can do lighten that risk. The reality, however, in my 17 years of food litigation experience has been that domestically produced food does a marvelous […]
According to OMB Watch: When Congress finalized on Thursday the Department of Agriculture’s FY 2010 budget, it fulfilled President Obama’s request to give a modest funding boost to the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS). Unfortunately, it appears the agency will be unable to close the gap in its inspection force responsible for policing the nation’s […]
Well, not really, it was just the tape of my reaction when Larry King butchered the word "E. coli." Click on the below image and watch the last part of the third monologue segment:
Contaminated Food Kills 5,700 Americans Each Year – Nation’s Food Safety Laws Have Not Been Overhauled In A Century U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the first New York senator to sit on the Senate Agriculture Committee in nearly 40 years, today announced a comprehensive plan to overhaul the nation’s food safety laws by improving inspection, recall […]
Larry King was a gracious host and I thought the discussion at beginning and with Mr. Boyle and Dr. Murano was useful. The meat/no meat discussion got everyone off topic on what should have been the focus – the safety of our food supply. Embedded video from CNN Video
Short Term 1. The President must appoint an Undersecretary for Food Safety now whose sole mission is safe food. The Undersecretary should, and needs to be the responsible person within the FSIS on this important issue, advocating and making decisions solely on behalf of public health. That person and staff should spend time with Stephanie […]
Alan Maxwell (my arch enemy) and I will be co-chairing this ACI Conference in a few weeks in Chicago. He and I put this Powerpoint together. My suggestion is that every company interested in safe food should attend. It has been a very busy year and I expect the same in 2010.
Chuck Jolley is a free lance writer, based in Kansas City, who covers a wide range of ag industry topics for Cattlenetwork.com and Agnetwork.com. I wanted to look into the food safety issue and Washington’s role in it from both sides of the table so I asked Richard Raymond and Bill Marler, two of the […]
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. This section compares foodborne illnesses and disease outbreaks linked to raw and pasteurized dairy products. Several sources were used […]
Tune in at 6:00 PM Pacific Time to find out.
The Michigan Department of Community Health and Department of Agriculture said 12 cases of Salmonella Typhimurium infections caused by eating raw alfalfa sprouts have been reported in Kent, Bay, Genesee, Macomb, Oakland, Washtenaw and Wayne Counties. One of the 12 cases was found in Kent County, said Health Department Spokesman James McCurtis Jr. "Eating raw […]
Listeria monocytogenes (Listeria) is a foodborne disease-causing bacteria; the disease is called listeriosis. Listeria can invade the body through a normal and intact gastrointestinal tract. Once in the body, Listeria can travel through the blood stream but the bacteria are often found inside cells. Listeria also produces toxins that damage cells. Listeria invades and grows […]
Or, what I would do if I changed jobs? The position, although still unfilled, of Undersecretary for Food Safety plainly exists for a reason. Its sole mission should be food safety and public safety. The Undersecretary for food safety should, and needs to, be the responsible person within the FSIS on this important issue, advocating […]
In the Minneapolis Star Tribune Newspaper: "In October 2007 when we learned there may be a problem, we immediately instituted a voluntary recall. A number of people were sickened, including Ms. Smith. Our hearts go out to Ms. Smith and her family, as well as the others whose lives have been so affected by O157:H7. […]
An 86 year old Wisconsin woman has reached a confidential out-of-court settlement with the fresh produce growers and processors who she says poisoned her three years ago with a bag of spinach contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. Jane Majeska of Fond du Lac sued Dole, National Selection Foods, Mission Organics and Pick ‘n Save on […]