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 yet another post on its website, King Nut Companies, a distributor of peanut butter manufactured for them by Peanut Corporation of America, today announced a recall of peanut butter distributed under the King Nut label. King Nut took this action as soon as it was informed that salmonella had been found in an open […]
From the Pages of Washington State University VetMed Department: Salmonella Typhimurium is more cosmopolitan, commonly infecting a wide range of animal species worldwide. Of the 19,483 salmonella isolates obtained from agricultural animals in the United States that were submitted to the USDA for typing during a recent year, 23% were Salmonella Typhimurium, the most common […]
Press Release For: Immediate Release Date: January 10, 2009 Subject: Salmonella found in King Nut Peanut Butter manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America (Solon, Ohio) King Nut Companies, a distributor of peanut butter produced by Peanut Corporation of America, announces today that Salmonella has been found in their 5 lb. tub of Peanut Butter. This […]
So, Minnesota’s "Team Diarrhea" announced yesterday that they figured out that is was 5lb buckets of King Nut Peanut Butter which was causing its 30 citizens to get sick with the exact same genetic Salmonella Typhimurium which is sickening the other 369 in the rest of the country. However, I see no mention below from […]
Officials from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today issued a product advisory after MDA’s preliminary laboratory testing indicated the presence of Salmonella bacteria in a 5-pound container of King Nut brand creamy peanut butter. Where were other State Health Departments and the CDC? So, why no recall? […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a breakdown on Friday of the number of cases in each of 42 states involved in a nationwide outbreak of salmonella poisoning that has stricken at least 399 people: California, 55, Ohio, 53, Massachusetts, 39, Minnesota, 30, Michigan 20, New Jersey 13, New York, 12, Pennsylvania […]
The source of the outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium that has sickened at least 400 and may have contributed to one death has been identified in Minnesota as King Nut peanut butter. Peanut butter tainted with the genetic fingerprint matching the outbreak was tested by the Minnesota Health Department. The product is suspected as the source […]
From "Team Diarrhea" about "King Nut:" Officials from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) today issued a product advisory after MDA’s preliminary laboratory testing indicated the presence of Salmonella bacteria in a 5-pound container of King Nut brand creamy peanut butter. The product is distributed in Minnesota to […]
From the pages of efoodalert – Based on information posted by the three states, and on media reports across the United States, the following 29 states have reported confirmed cases of Salmonella Typhimurium that are linked genetically to the national outbreak. Arkansas: 3 cases Arizona: 8 cases California: 53 cases in 10 counties; 15 or […]
Where is John Snow when you really need him? According to the CDC, as of Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 388 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 42 states. Among the 372 persons with dates available, illnesses began between September 3 and December 29, 2008, with most illnesses beginning […]
My 16-year-old daughter Morgan traveled to Thailand last summer and took several photos that she has now won awards for. Here are three of my favorites: And a local one:
We work so hard to bring forward legitimate case, and we have sued ConAgra more the a few times, however, the article by Adam Silverman of the Free Press he wrote this morning “Judge hears foul fowl case” made me cringe. The case of the allegedly foul fowl went before a federal judge Thursday in […]
The nationwide salmonella outbreak may have killed a person in Minnesota. A health department spokesman in Minnesota says an elderly woman had the infection when she died, but it’s not clear that salmonella was the cause. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the outbreak has struck 42 states and made nearly 400 […]
During Congressional testimony today, former Senator Tom Daschle said regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which regulates one out of every four products consumed by Americans, vowed that the FDA would make decisions based on science not politics under his leadership. The FDA has been battered by criticism that it did […]