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 […]
I have been asked that questions several dozen times in the last 48 hours as this outbreak has mushroomed to nearly 70 in some 28 states with at least 25 hospitalized and 7 with HUS. So, how did this nasty bug get into such an "All-American" product? Here is the list of ingredients: E. coli […]
The average E. coli O157:H7 victim without hospitalization will spend at least $1,000 in medical expenses and loose a week’s wages. For those hospitalized, medical bills can run from $10,000 to $100,000 in a very short time period. Those families whose children develop HUS, bills can push well into $1M depending on the severity of […]
Two long days after word first surfaced about a multi-state outbreak of E. coli tied to raw cookie dough, the CDC has issued information detailing the illnesses. The outbreak appears to have begun March 1, 2009 and is still ongoing four months later The CDC reports: CDC is collaborating with public health officials in many […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning consumers not to eat any varieties of prepackaged Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough due to the risk of contamination with E. coli O157:H7. The FDA advises that if consumers have any prepackaged, refrigerated Nestle Toll House cookie dough […]
Click on below image to download complete list of recalled items due to E. coli O157:H7 contamination:
Tip ‘o the hat to Nestlé USA’s Baking Division for Initiating Voluntary Recall. From a Press Release: (SOLON, Ohio) – June 19th, 2009 – Nestlé USA’s Baking Division is initiating a voluntary recall of Nestlé® TOLL HOUSE® refrigerated cookie dough products. Nestlé is taking this action out of an abundance of caution after being notified […]
An outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that has sickened 66 people in 28 states points to the need for better funding for health surveillance, said food safety advocate and foodborne illness litigator William Marler. News of the E. coli outbreak was issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), which said in […]
DENVER–The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is urging Coloradans not to eat raw Nestle Toll House cookie dough because of possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7. Colorado state health officials, the CDC and several other state health departments are investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections. To date, 66 cases from 28 […]
Over the last few weeks we have been investigating E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in several states. All seemed unconnected. However, common food items were uncooked Nestles Toll House Cookie Dough, Strawberries, Fruit Roll-ups and Ground Beef. The vast majority reported eating Toll House Cookies. We now have reports that federal, state and local health officials […]
The Blount Daily Times reports on yet another death caused by E. coli O157:H7 and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) – this time it is eight-year-old Joseph Coning. I received an email tonight from his devastated family. Just a few weeks ago, seven-year-old Abby Fenstermaker died of E. coli O157:H7 and HUS in Ohio. I will […]
I was reviewing the 300 plus claims amounting to over $300,000,000 that companies and individuals have filed against the Peanut Corporation of America and found a claim for $601,506.96 by Stewart Parnell – No, really, the Stewart Parnell – the guy who took the 5th in front of Congress. I need to stop being amazed by […]
I have been invited back to Bejing for the China International Food Safety and Quality Conference.
Marler Clark is in the process of updating www.fsis-pfge.org through 2009. We have taken the initiative to publish this information in the hopes that it will provide assistance to government agencies – Federal, State and Local – as well as individuals, in ascertaining the source of E. coli O157:H7 infections. More broadly, Marler Clark hopes […]
Valley Meats LLC, a Coal Valley, Illinois grinding plant recalled approximately 95,898 pounds of ground beef that might have been contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced in late May. However, the problem was discovered through an epidemiological investigation of illnesses, NOT before the meat […]
Oldest daughter was taking the SAT’s, middle daughter we dropped at softball practice, so the youngest one and I went to the Farmer’s Market – a big deal on the Island on a Saturday. We picked up some fresh strawberries (ours at home are not ripe), a couple more pepper plants and a bag of […]