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 […]
The White House is pledging stricter oversight of food safety in response to a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 500 people in the United States and Canada and killed at least eight. Press secretary Robert Gibbs said Friday that President Barack Obama plans to announce a new Food and Drug Administration commissioner and […]
Peanut Product Recall Took Company Approval The F.D.A. can seize a product that it suspects is contaminated, and it can ask a federal judge for authority to recall products if a maker refuses to do so. The agency can also announce that it suspects problems with a product before the company agrees to a recall. […]
We all remember that on June 1, 2007, the CDC reported that a total of 628 persons had been infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella serotype Tennessee in 47 states since August 1, 2006. Rumor has it that that number was actually in excess of 700 – perhaps 714? Those illnesses were eventually linked […]
I received a lot of email and calls from folks today wanting to get some understanding of what might be facing The Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). Here are my thoughts: The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act was passed by Congress in 1938 in reaction to the growing public safety demands. The primary goal […]
CDC reported today that 529 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (2), Arizona (11), Arkansas (5), California (68), Colorado (13), Connecticut (9), Georgia (6), Hawaii (3), Idaho (13), Illinois (6), Indiana (6), Iowa […]
The FDA, OCI and DOJ are now investigating Peanut Corporation of America according to the press conference happening right now. According to the CDC 529 people have been confirmed as ill and linked to this Salmonella outbreak.
And people say investigative journalism is a lost art. Hat tip to Sharon Theimer and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar of AP for uncovering that “weeks before the earliest signs of a national Salmonella outbreak that now has been traced to peanuts from a Georgia processing plant, peanuts exported by [Peanut Corporation of America] were found to be […]
The New York Times story in the morning profiles Christopher Meunier, age 7, who is my client in the most recent Salmonella Peanut Butter Outbreak. He suffered a high fever, bloody diarrhea, vomiting and was hospitalized for six days because he ate peanut butter. Somewhere, the intrepid reporters of the New York Times found this […]
According to AP reports, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, will conduct hearings the week of February 11, 2009 into the cause of the Peanut Butter Outbreak that has sickened over 500 and killed eight. It is anticipated that Mr. Waxman will ask Salmonella victims to tell their stories, […]
The following Press Release was posted on the Peanut Corporation of America website. The first and last parts seem to set a tone of contrition, but parts (dealing with testing of the product and knowingly shipping it) seem quite defiant: “The goal of Peanut Corporation of America over the past 33 years has always been […]
A cyber-friend sent me this photo which reminds me of a poster I have seen a few times and a t-shirt my daughter wears daily. Perhaps I should sell these on line? I still have several boxes of barfblog wear. I can see these in employee bathrooms? Make sure you wash your hands.
Perhaps this time the public, the manufacturer’s of our food and our politicians will get off their… hands and do something about improving the safety of our food supply? People seem interested – for a moment. And, at least I get to comment.
One day after the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) initiated one of the largest food recall in American history, foodborne illness law firm Marler Clark filed a second lawsuit in the Salmonella outbreak linked to their products. The lawsuit was filed against PCA in the US District Court of California, Northern District, on behalf of […]
While the Washington Post pondered if I would actually move from Seattle to Washington DC, yet another food recall was happening in the other – actual states. Here is a "round-up" of a few choice quotes: Minneapolis Star-Tribune Bill Marler, a Seattle attorney who has been suing food makers for years on behalf of people […]