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 2007 Public health officials from several states collaborated to determine the source of the outbreak, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officially announced that a Salmonella serotype I 4,5,12:i:-* outbreak had been traced to the consumption of ConAgra pot pies on October 9th. At the time, ConAgra did not initiate a […]
It is sunny and nearly 70 here in Seattle – Shhh, don’t tell anyone. I was heading to the ferry to go home and decided to finish up some emails. Here is one I just got from someone that I kindly declined to help: I have in my posession a plastic bag of salt that […]
I was reading the CDC’s MMWR article – “Outbreak of Shiga Toxin–Producing Escherichia coli O157 Infection Associated with a Day Camp Petting Zoo — Pinellas County, Florida, May–June 2007” and it struck me how humans seem nearly incapable of learning for the past. We have been tracking this ongoing problem for years now and built […]
Wisconsin officials are recommending residents throw away bags of spinach distributed by a Milwaukee food processor after some tested positive for salmonella. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says consumers should discard 10-ounce bags of Kleen-Pak curly-leaf fresh spinach with use-by dates of April 29, April 30 and May 1. It says […]
Ruby would have liked to have been there too. Her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren stood up for Ruby by suing the companies whose E. coli O157:H7 product took her life long before her time. This is yet another video of another victim of the “safest food supply in the world.”
NEHA is having its Annual Education Conference in Atlanta June 21 through 24. Click below for brochure: I will be speaking at some point, so making your way to Atlanta is worth it. A bit about NEHA: NEHA’s Origin The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) had its origins in the state of California where it […]
New Hampshire state health officials say a mixer used to make pudding was the source of salmonella that sickened children at a camp in Madison this month. The Stone Environmental Camp voluntarily closed last week, and is looking forward to reopening, now that the source has been identified. Health investigators determined that pudding served to […]
For those who have forgotten, after Stewart Parnell, former President of the Peanut Corporation of America, was booted as a Board member of the Peanut Standards Board, a vacancy arose. My suggestion for a replacement – ME! More information below: Organization: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Summary: The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of […]
We will be filing yet another lawsuit stemming from a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella-tainted sprouts was filed today in the Tenth District Court for Sarpy County, Nebraska. Bellevue resident Daniel Krim, one of 121 people sickened in the February-March 2009 outbreak. The lawsuit was filed against CW sprouts, the Nebraska firm whose Sunsprout brand of […]
Many of our past and present clients are in Washington DC today lobbying on behalf of all of us to get congress to pass meaningful food safety legislation. Lindsey and Michael Jennings (MI) – Lindsey became ill in 2008 in the Aunt Mids E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak linked to lettuce grown in California. Peter and […]
CDC is collaborating with public health officials in many states and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of human infections due to Salmonella serotype Saintpaul. Since mid-March, 35 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Saintpaul have been reported from 7 states. The number of ill persons […]
In 1993, Jack in the Box suffered a major foodborne illness outbreak involving E. coli O157:H7 bacteria. Four children died of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), hundreds were hospitalized and 600 others were reported sick after eating undercooked patties contaminated with fecal material containing the bacteria at locations in California, Washington, Idaho and Nevada. Brianne Kiner […]
The campaign for Student Body President is in full swing at Bainbridge Island High School. If elected, Morgan will be one of the first female presidents. I’ll post on the election outcome.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today not to eat raw alfalfa sprouts, saying they may be contaminated with Salmonella. The contamination appears to be in seeds so washing the sprouts may not help, the FDA said in a statement. "Other types of sprouts have not […]
Ben Chapman, over at Bites, published a very complete list of Sprout Outbreaks Since 1990. Since 1990, raw or slightly cooked sprouts have caused an estimated 2,166 illnesses, through 33 outbreaks (actually – 37 outbreaks, 2,273 illnesses). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration estimates that sprout-link outbreaks account for 40 per cent of all food-borne […]