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 […]
State health departments, CDC, and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. On October 31, 2009, FSIS issued a notice about a recall of approximately 545,699 pounds of ground beef products from Fairbank Farms that may be contaminated with E. […]
The big news in China after I got home from this year’s China Food Safety Conference is "Pair Executed Over China Tainted Baby Milk" that is running in paper’s around the world this morning (not actual photo): Two men have been executed for their part in China’s tainted milk scandal. Both men faced a firing […]
"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 […]