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 […]
As of June 4, a total of 162 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Africana have been reported from 25 states and the District of Columbia. Illnesses started on dates ranging from March 11, 2024, to May 16, 2024. Of 127 people with information available, 54 have been hospitalized and 0 deaths have […]
The FDA and CDC are investigating a new outbreak of infections caused by Salmonella Braenderup. The outbreak may be related to an ongoing outbreak of Salmonella Africana infections. Both could be related to fresh cucumbers. As of the posting of the new outbreak on June 5, 158 confirmed patients are infected with Salmonella Braenderup, according […]
Fresh Start Produce Sales, Inc. has recalled cucumbers grown in Florida and distributed to retail distribution centers, wholesalers, and food service distributors in AL, FL, GA, IL, MD, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, and WV from May 17th through May 21st, 2024. This product should no longer be available for sale to consumers in […]
Largest Ever Monetary Criminal Penalty in Food Safety Matter Family Dollar Stores LLC pleaded guilty today to holding food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics under insanitary conditions, related to a rodent infestation at the company’s West Memphis, Arkansas, distribution center. A criminal information unsealed today in federal court in Little Rock, Arkansas, charged Family Dollar […]
As Annette Martin prepared a salad with Romaine lettuce, she had no way of knowing that it had been contaminated with E. coli. She, like most other Americans, trusted that the country’s food safety system would keep her safe. But within days of eating that salad, Martin was deathly ill. The Arizona-grown lettuce sickened 210 […]
Over the last weeks the FDA has been posting increasing numbers of illnesses linked to an unknown food product. As of last count there were at least 141 sickened, but that number is likely larger according to the NCBI database (see below). Today a multistage recall of cucumbers was initiated. Fresh Start Produce Sales Inc. […]
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The FDA, and likely other states and the CDC are continuing to investigate both a Listeria outbreak that has sickened 2 and a Salmonella Africana outbreak that has now sickened 141.
11 more, up to 135 in NCBI minimum = 0 SNPs, maximum = 6 SNPs, average = 1 SNPs Target creation date range : 2024-04-15 to 2024-05-24 Again, this is a relatively rare Salmonella, there are only 5 clusters in NCBI. And, the FDA traces back.
Salmonella Africana is a relatively rare strain, there are only 5 clusters in NCBI A very tight sub-cluster in a larger cluster Entire Cluster 267 Isolates (all clinical) Distance between isolates : minimum = 0 SNPs, maximum = 53 SNPs, average = 20 SNPs WGS date range : 2018-03-22 t A very tight sub-cluster in […]
Well, I have been off my blog for a few days after a nasty tumble gardening, a high tech surgery and a few days in the hospital, and now back on my butt – where most bloggers are.
We still have a long way to go to make our food supply safer. This is what I spent my Saturday on. Gibson Farms Walnut E. coli Outbreak: The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, are investigating illnesses in a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to organic walnuts from Gibson Farms, Inc. of […]
CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigated a multistate outbreak of Salmonella (Sundsvall and Oranienburg) infections. Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback data showed that cantaloupes were contaminated with Salmonella made people sick. A total of 407 people infected with one of the outbreak strains of Salmonella were reported from 44 states. […]
Constituent Update May 15, 2024 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted on its website its determination that tara flour in human food does not meet the Generally Recognized As Safe (or GRAS) standard and is an unapproved food additive. The FDA’s assessment of the ingredient is detailed in a memo added to the agency’s public inventory. Increased […]
The CDC and FDA have reported that as of April 30, 2024, 12 people infected with E. coli have been reported from Washington and California. Two patients have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a serious condition that can cause kidney failure. The FDA determined that Gibson Farms, Inc of Hollister, California was the supplier of […]