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 […]
Sixty-seven cases of Salmonella poisoning have been reported in Ohio, the most in any state during a nationwide outbreak linked to peanut butter products. The Ohio Department of Health announced Friday that four deaths (but that was a typo, there is "only" 1) have been reported among the 67 cases and 19 people have been […]
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It is likely that bird or rat feces in the Peanut Corporation of America peanut butter started all of this. There is the ever-expanding list of Salmonella free products. The FDA list of products containing tainted peanut butter continues to grow as does the list of the deaths. This morning Ohio reported four deaths (not […]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed Ron Hicks to lead the Office of Food Safety during the interim of the incoming administration. Mr. Hicks recently served as FSIS’ Chief Operating Officer. In this position, he monitored the daily operations of the Agency with a focus on the design, operations and improvement of FSIS’ management systems. […]
Deaths have now hit seven; hospitalizations 108, with nearly 500 total sickened. Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) has now laid off its employees; bankruptcy is in the offing because PCA only has $10,000,000 in insurance. Nearly 200 lines of peanut products have been recalled. Now, why is not preventative food safety a good idea?
The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arizona (10), Arkansas (4), California (62), Colorado (12), Connecticut (9), Georgia (6), Hawaii (3), Idaho (11), Illinois (6), Indiana (4), Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky (3), Maine (4), Maryland (8), Massachusetts (42), Michigan (25), Minnesota (35), Missouri (9), Mississippi (3), Nebraska […]
On February 14, 2007 the FDA announced a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella in ConAgra peanut butter produced at the Sylvester, Georgia plant. The CDC eventually reported that 714 people suffered culture-confirmed Salmonella Tennessee infection with a genetic pattern matching one of the three strains associated with the ConAgra outbreak. Seventy-three percent of cases are female, […]
Had the pleasure to join John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji and Nadia Zonis to talk about – "How to make our food safety system stronger" Salmonella-tainted peanut butter has sickened close to five hundred people in 43 states, and killed six. People started getting sick back in September, but the FDA has only recently pinpointed the […]
From AP. Stunning, just stunning. I can not keep up with the FDA recall list. Nancy Luna from the OC Register has created her own recall database. So far, the Food and Drug Administration has listed 181 products recalled nationwide because they contain peanuts or peanut paste linked to a salmonella outbreak traced to the […]
Reuters reported yesterday that a Chinese court sentenced two men to death for their role in the production and sale of melamine-tainted milk that killed at least six children and made nearly 300,000 ill. The former head of the dairy firm at the heart of the scandal, the now bankrupt Sanlu Group, got life […]
486 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 (1), Arizona (10), Arkansas (4), California (62), Colorado (12), Connecticut (9), Georgia (6), Hawaii (3), Idaho (11), Illinois (5), Indiana (4), Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky […]
OK, I must admit, I am a bit pissed that the Washington Post found out where I get all my ‘hot’ food topics – that "blog minx, Eddie Gehman Kohan," "Obamafoodorama" and the other "Haphazard Gourmet Girls." And, it has nothing to do with the fact that the ladies wrote about me in "The Best Hope […]
– "First suit tied to peanut butter-related salmonella outbreak is filed" – "Peanut Problems Compound" – "Peanut processor faces lawsuit in salmonella outbreak" – "Burlington Mom sues over salmonella" – "Vermont couple sues peanut butter product maker, says 7-year-old son sickened by salmonella" – "FDA confirms salmonella in Kellogg peanut butter snack" – "FDA says […]
I sometimes just have to look out the office window. The CDC reported today that 488 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 43 states and Canada. The FDA is adding more company press releases as the recall expands: * Trader Joe’s Announces Voluntary Recall of Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter […]
Sydney, Olivia and Morgan waiting in the DC cold for the 44th President.