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 […]
Late last summer, Rosemary Alvarez of Phoenix thought she had a brain tumor. But on the operating table her doctor discovered something even more unsightly — a parasitic worm eating her brain. When Alvarez awoke, she heard the good news that she was tumor-free and she would make a full recovery. But she also heard […]
Today, seventeen months after the first reported illness and thirteen months after the recall, the CDC finally issues its final report on the 2007 Salmonella serotype I 4,5,12:i:-* infections. The CDC report summarizes the results of the investigation, which determined that 401 cases of salmonellosis occurred in 41 states during 2007, with 32% of ill […]
Dawn Withers, a.k.a. “the lettuce lady,” reports tonight what has long been suspected and rumored; the Salinas Valley is again the likely source of yet another E. coli O157:H7 outbreak. The “Lettuce Lady” quotes Ken August from the California Department of Public Health that it is investigating whether a Salinas Valley farm is the source […]
The Capital Press reported today that the U.S. Justice Department filed suit (Here is Complaint) against McAfee in a U.S. district court Thursday, Nov. 20, claiming that he endangered public health by violating a federal law against interstate commerce in unpasteurized milk. "Raw milk and raw milk products contain a wide variety of harmful bacteria […]
I had a great meeting yesterday with ConAgra Foods. I met with a number of food safety employees and ConAgra’s Food Safety Board last time I visited Omaha a few months ago. According to its website and from what I can see, “ConAgra Foods has developed rigorous food-safety practices in all our facilities and manufacturing […]
According to press reports this morning, an Arizona researcher found 40 percent of meat products tested from three national chain stores were contaminated with bacteria normally associated with severe hospital infections. Federal health officials, however, say more study is needed to determine whether C. diff is transmitted through food. A potentially deadly intestinal germ increasingly […]
In April 2007, Rick Perlstein penned a piece entitled “E. Coli Conservatism.” His bottom line was the “Conservatism has been killing Americans. The recent food safety crisis is only one case study.” Perhaps he is in part right. However, whatever the political reasons for the “food safety crisis,” it has been long in coming and […]
I am still in Washington DC until Saturday morning. Had a series of great meetings today including one with FSIS staff where I presented our non-E. coli O157:H7 shiga-toxin E. coli test results which I hope to publish in the next few months. I got to keep the badge.
After two days of mediation in New York City, we were able to resolve several cases. However, a number were left unresolved. As readers recall, on August 31, 2007 a consumer complaint was filed with the USDA after a Florida resident fell ill after consuming a hamburger patty produced by Topps Meat Company (“Topps”) on […]
Myself, along with Charles Murray, Esq., represented Carl Ours, a man with the tragically bad luck to be one of the eight cases of botulism associated with contaminated Castleberry’s Austex Hot Dog Chili Sauce. As a result of the botulism, Carl spent almost a month in the hospital, with sixteen days of it on a […]
According to Canadian press reports, Romaine lettuce is the “prime suspect” in an E. coli outbreak in southwestern Ontario that has sickened at least 26 people, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Tuesday. The federal agency and health officials in the Niagara and Halton regions say preliminary tests suggest romaine lettuce is the likely source. […]
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E. coli outbreaks in Halton, Niagara and Waterloo that have sickened hundreds have been linked by DNA tests showing they share the same rare genetic makeup. Public health officials are also investigating whether E. coli cases at the University of Guelph have the same DNA fingerprint. Of the cases linked in Ontario, 13 have been […]
OK, I know the economy is bad – but bad enough to eat pet food? The CDC reported yesterday that as early as May 16, 2008, it reported on a 2006–2007 multistate outbreak of infection with Salmonella enterica serotype Schwarzengrund that was associated with dry dog food. At the time of that report, a total […]
Investigators from the Colorado Department of Health reported today that the outbreak of E. coli among eight children in the Evergreen area may be linked to elk droppings. Specimens obtained from elk droppings in the mountain region have tested positive for the same strain of E. coli O157:H7 bacteria that was identified in the children, […]