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 do not want to be accused of speaking ill of American Industry while being on foreign soil, but in reading the New York Times and today’s story titled “Increasingly, Food Companies Cannot Guarantee Safety” by Michael Moss, it makes it clear that the U.S. food industry cannot get off its “blame the consumer” soap […]
Bruce Clark, my law partner and Patti Waller, my Epidemiologist, were in Argentina this week. The conference topics were: – STEC/VTEC epidemiology from around the world – Reservoirs. Sources and routes of transmission – Pathogenesis. Host response to STEC/VTEC infections. Animal models of HUS – Virulence factors. Genomics – Clinical and diagnostic aspects of STEC/VTEC […]
One of the "good news, bad news" of sleeping few hours at odd times is that jet lag has very little impact on you. It is 11:36 PM here in "jolly olde England" and 3:26 PM in Seattle, Folks at the office are about to head to the Starbucks (they are on every block here in […]
I had dinner tonight with Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior and a dozen others, including my 14 year old daughter Olivia, in one of the House of Lords dining chambers. The whole place reminded me a bit of Hogwarts out of Harry Potter. The food below was adequate, not fancy, but likely safe, as most […]
I am going to take a side trip to Paris for a couple of days after the Food Safety Conference here in London and the news that French supermarket giant Carrefour has been accused of violating a number of regulations related to the labeling and food safety of meat products caught my eye. Carrefour has […]
Poor Bill Baldwin of Forbes – his Editorial “Needed: Tort Lawyers” in this week’s Forbes – has been printed and reprinted on other lawyer blogs and websites to tout their bona fides as food lawyers. Funny thing, all of them missed this part of Mr. Baldwin’s editorial: Meet William Marler, a 52-year-old Seattle attorney whose […]
Over the years we have heard of too many food "gross-out" stories to recall them all. Honestly, we have taken on none of them as clients. I posted several of my favorites over at www.foodpoisonblog.com. However, this one is by far my favorite (click below to download):
Off to London Sunday and plan to revisit the site of what many consider to be the birth of Epidemiology – SOHO, the Broad Street Pump and the works of Dr. John Snow, who in 1854 determined that the cholera outbreak sweeping the area was related to the water coming from the Broad Street Pump. […]
A few days after the President and Vice President ordered and ate burgers in Arlington Virginia, the First Lady and her staff ate burgers at Good Stuff Eatery, 303 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20003. Unlike with the President’s burger binge, the First Lady’s was not caught on video nor was the “doneness” of her […]
The recall of Salmonella-tainted peanuts and peanut products processed and produced by the Peanut Corporation of America has caused one of the largest food recalls in US history; almost 4000 products made by hundreds of companies have been withdrawn, and the number is still growing. The 700 culture-confirmed cases of Salmonella indicate a much higher […]
I am heading to London Sunday for a series of lectures on food safety and just in time the EU put out its report on foodborne diseases for 2007. Full report – Here. In total, 5,609 food-borne outbreaks were reported by MSs in 2007 that is a slight decrease of 2.2% compared to 2006. Together […]
From the MMWR Today – Since February 1, a total of 228 cases have been reported from 13 states: Nebraska (110 cases), Iowa (35), South Dakota (35), Michigan (18), Kansas (eight), Pennsylvania (seven), Minnesota (five), Ohio (three), Illinois (two), West Virginia (two), Florida (one), North Carolina (one), and Utah (one) (Figure 2). Patients range in […]
As much as any other victim of the 2006 Dole Spinach Outbreak, Suzanne Bandy’s case is about the staggering contrast between past and present. When asked for her thoughts, Suzanne wrote of her first 57 years: “very simply, my life embodied the American Dream.” Suzanne’s former life is, however, gone for good. Now, she states, […]
So, what is the big deal? President Obama ordered a medium-well burger for himself and the VP, and ordered medium burgers for the press – in a restaurant with a spotty food safety record that does not use, or may not even have, a thermometer. Forgoing the phrase “teachable moment” for a bit, I would […]
OK, I promise to stop blogging about the "obamaburger heard around the world." So, why did Obama order his and Joe’s burgers medium well (arguably cooked) and ordered the press’s medium (clearly undercooked)? Also, can anyone find a thermometer?