This is simply unacceptable. This botulism outbreak, frankly any outbreak that sickens babies, should never have happened. We can do more to protect the most vulnerable. The stork in “operation stork speed” clearly flew into a brick wall and crash landed. This child’s parents bought ByHeart Infant Formula at a Walmart. ByHeart utilized powdered organic […]
Citing an existing health hazard, President Obama announced during his Saturday radio address, the creation of a special interagency panel on food safety, arguing that the status quo was "unacceptable." The Food Safety Working Group, chaired by the secretaries of health and human services and agriculture, will coordinate US government activities aimed at upgrading and […]
A bit of press coverage: Salmonella Cases: Half Still Come from Crackers
It is excellent that our Federal Government is doing such a great job of organizing the Peanut Corporation of America’s documents pursuant to a search warrant. I especially like that they saved the "Black trash bag containing shredded documents near the back door." Next time it would be nice if the Federal Government would have […]
Lately my blog seems to have turned into an “all Salmonella – all Peanuts – all the time.” In any event, there is other news, and perhaps it is good news – at least in the fight against E. coli O157:H7. A few days ago, Epitopix received a USDA conditional license for America’s first E. […]
I talked to San Francisco Chronicle reporter George Raine (who has been covering food business litigation since at least the Odwalla E. coli outbreak in 1996 when I first met him), about the perceived “setback for organic almond growers and handlers in California’s Central Valley, [when] a federal judge this week dismissed a lawsuit protesting […]
FDA PRESS RELEASE SunSprout Enterprises, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, is initiating a voluntary recall of Alfalfa Sprouts, Onion Sprouts, and Gourmet Sprouts based on communications it has had with Nebraska State officials regarding several cases of Salmonella St. Paul reported in Nebraska and Iowa. The sprouts were distributed to food distributors located in Iowa and Nebraska who further […]
So, we do not forget what we are really talking about, see the attached "E. coli Movie" – here is the script. FSIS released "[t]his notice announces that inspection program personnel (IPP) may receive FSIS Form 10,210-3, Requested Sample Programs, for E. coli O157:H7 sampling and testing of raw ground beef products (MT43) at the […]
According to press reports today, although today’s hearing concerns bankruptcy matters (court documents filed March 6 show Peanut Corp. has almost $11.4 million in assets and $4.8 million in debt. It has nearly 500 creditors), attorneys representing people with salmonella injury and death claims against the peanut processor showed up as well. Attorney Bruce Clark, […]
I travel a lot, so I bought one of those electronic books so I can download books and newspapers whenever I want. I just finished reading “Our Pigs, Our Food, Our Health,” an Op-ed by Nicholas D. Kristof of The New York Times. I have now lost my appetite. His Op-ed is the story of […]
Had a very nice chat today with the folks at Food Democracy Now – Check them out:
From the Saint Cloud Times – Stephanie Smith of Cold Spring was a 20-year-old dance instructor when she contracted E. coli after eating a hamburger at a family barbecue in 2007. She also developed HUS and spent nine months in the hospital, including two months in a medically induced coma to prevent seizures. Smith returned […]
In reading Justice Alito’s dissent in Wyeth v. Levine, the recent Supreme Court opinion holding that FDA-approval does not provide a complete defense to state law failure-to-warn claim, I was reminded of the horrifying torture scene in the 1976 thriller, Marathon Man. In this scene, Laurence Olivier, playing a Nazi war criminal, who also happens […]
Manufacturers, such as Kellogg, can also be held accountable under the law, Marler said. "One thing that’s great about the American justice system is that it’s a great way of focusing a company’s attention on the problem it created," Marler said. See full article, "Washington man files suit vs. Kellogg, claiming salmonella poisoning."
CDC now reports 683 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 46 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (2), Arizona (13), Arkansas (6), California (76), Colorado (17), Connecticut (11), Florida (1), Georgia (6), Hawaii (6), Idaho (17), Illinois (11), Indiana (10), […]