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 […]
In my ongoing effort to understand the risk to humans of non E. coli O157:H7, this weekend I read the manuscript “Molecular Analysis of Virulence Profiles and Shiga Toxin Genes in Food-Borne Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli” by Slanec, T., Fruth, A., Creuzburg, K., and H. Schmidt from the Department of Food Microbiology, Institute of Food […]
Kim Archer of the Tulsa World has done a great job of recalling the horrors of the United States’ largest E. coli O111 outbreak. • 341 were sickened • 70 people were hospitalized, including 22 children • 17 people received kidney dialysis, including eight children • 1 man died Excerpts from the Article about just […]
Law and Politics Magazine yearly picks lawyers who are voted in by other lawyers as "Super Lawyers." This year I actually made it on the cover when they did an issue of food poisoning litigation. Nice to have the recognition. Perhaps we need a magazine for "Super Clients," so we do not forget what being […]
Denis Stearns and I will be speaking next week at the FSIS District Managers’ Conference on "FSIS’ Actions in the Judicial Branch" – here is the PowerPoint:
I am in the process of reading S 510 – FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. Click below to download and read. This was introduced in March 2009 by Senator Durbin. The bill is presently in the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Adapted from AP: The first hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season has gathered strength with sustained hot air of up to 135 mph, the US National Hurricane Centre said. Hurricane Bill at this time posed no threat to food manufacturers in the Gulf of Mexico but authorities in Bermuda have warned restaurants to be prepared. […]
Three Family Members Sickened in Wisconsin, One Gravely. A Wisconsin family sickened in the JBS Swift Beef Company outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 will file suit against the company Wednesday. The lawsuit will be brought by the Seattle-based foodborne illness law firm Marler Clark in the Federal Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. This is the […]
I was reading recently an article in the European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases by R. J. Pomajz, M. Varman, A. Holst and A. Chen entitled, Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) incidence and etiologies at a regional Children’s Hospital in 2001–2006. Here is the abstract: Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a serious health concern […]
June Dunning, E. coli O146:H21, 2006, Death Right up until the time of her death, Ms. Dunning remained an active, self-aware and outgoing woman. Her health had always been good too. For the last seven years of her life, June lived in Hagerstown, Maryland with her daughter, and her son-in-law. On August 28, 2006, June […]
I must admit having the video of a former employee saying that she worked at McDonald’s while infectious with Hepatitis A, and that she told her manager that she had Hepatitis A after the employee was released from the hospital, is priceless. However, having the inspection reports from the Rock Island County Health Department for 2008-2009 […]
Bill Marler is a national expert on foodborne illness. He has been deeply involved in issues related to food companies whose contaminated products have caused serious injury and death. His advocacy for better food regulation and his work as a lawyer has led to invitations to address local, national, and international gatherings on food safety, […]
In early June 2009, public health investigators noticed an increase in isolates submitted by multiple state public health laboratories to PulseNet with a two-enzyme pattern combination of EXHX01.0224 and EXHA26.0536. This is a relatively common pattern combination, appearing at least 364 times in the PulseNet database since 2005. Newly submitted isolates were tested by MLVA […]
I blew it. I look at the FSIS site daily and I missed that they had posted the below list of retail outlets that received the Salmonella Newport Beef: I am sorry. The Sterling Pacific Meat products subject to recall include: Fatburger Brand: * 20-pound packages of "8 oz. PUCK (80/20) GROUND BEEF PATTIES." * […]
On August 6, 2009 Beef Packers, Inc., of Fresno, California recalled approximately 825,769 pounds of ground beef products linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis (disease that can be caused by antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Newport). This was announced on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) website. Today is August 13 – seven […]