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 number of ill has risen to 20 and more can be expected. Questions are still being raised as to when McDonalds and Rock Island County Department of Health knew when McDonalds had its first Hepatitis A ill employee. I have been flooded with emails from local residents worried about their kids. See below: Customer 1: […]
Sweet Superior Fruit LTD. Co. of McAllen, Texas, is recalling 104 crates of fresh cilantro (coriander) because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonellaoften […]
Thank goodness for what is left of a free press. If not for the Quad-City Times and KWQC, the folks of Rock Island County would not know the following: From KWQC – Hepatitis A Outbreak Latest Rock Island County now has 14 with Hepatitis A. That brings the total number to 20 cases, with 11 […]
Media reports, press releases and comments from the Rock Island County Health Department, Illinois Department of Health and the McDonald’s in Milan at 400 W. 1st St. on U.S. 67 franchise owner are a bit light, but we know that at least 19 patrons of the restaurant are ill with Hepatitis A – 11 have […]
I was “struck” how easy it is to spend a few moments on Google to see what a problem McDonalds seems to have with Hepatitis A infected employees. I really do not get it? Why risk it? The Hepatitis A vaccine is a 2 dose series with the 2 doses given at least 6 months […]
As of Thursday afternoon, there are 19 confirmed Hepatitis A cases. 13 are in Rock Island County, and six more are being reported in Henry, Mercer, Warren and Woodford Counties. John David at WQAD has reported: that “Lunch customers coming to the Milan McDonalds on Thursday found the doors locked. Drive-up customers were being turned […]
This is the third time that I have helped with the conference. Click below to download brochure Marler Blog readers are entitled to a $500 discount off of the standard price (for a price of $1695) when they reference discount code “Marler” As an immediate byproduct of the outbreaks there has been a wave of […]
Lauren Beth Rudolph died on December 28, 1992 in her mother’s arms due to complications of an E. coli O157:H7 infection – Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. She was only 6 years, 10 months, and 10 days old when she died. Her death, the deaths of three other children, and the sicknesses of 600 others, were eventually […]
Nearly two weeks ago, the CDC and FSIS reported that 23 persons infected with a strain of E. coli O157:H7 with a particular "DNA fingerprint" have been reported from 9 states. Of these, 17 have been confirmed by an advanced DNA test as having the outbreak strain; confirmatory tests are pending on others. The number […]
According to the FDA, as of July 10, the CDC reports that 76 persons from 31 states have been infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli 0157:H7. Thirty-five persons have been hospitalized, 11 with a severe complication called Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) is a severe, life-threatening complication that occurs in about […]
I am honored to be a speaker again this year and to lend my support to what is truly becoming one of the world best food safety conferences. From the Conference Website: When it comes to protecting food, good governance is good for business. For anyone committed to enhancing food safety, the 3rd annual China […]
In fact, IMHO, all pathogens on meat should be considered an adulterant – but that is just me. Denis Stearns, one of my law partners, reminded me that in 2002 we asked FSIS to consider that E. coli O157:H7 on ALL BEEF should be considered adulterated. Click Below:
I had a long talk with Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle Washington Bureau Reporter about her article, “Crops, ponds destroyed in quest for food safety” that appeared this morning. It is a good opening discussion of the balance that we somehow have to forge between food safety, consumer convenience, industrialized agriculture and the environment. The […]
While public health investigators shake their collective heads, the cause of the E coli O157:H7 outbreak due to raw cookie dough that has now affected over 70 persons goes unrecognized. FDA has reportedly ruled out sabotage, extensive tests of ingredients did not reveal the agent, and several days of investigation reportedly turned up only minor […]