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 […]
American Conference Institute Thursday, December 4, 2008 to Friday, December 5, 2008 TBC, Phoenix, AZ, United States The CDC estimates put the number of food-borne illness cases annually in the US at a staggering 76 million every year, with 325,000 resulting hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths. And, as outbreaks aren’t typically the size of a church […]
Although the financial bailout may hit $1 trillion and the market is kissing 8,000, RBC Capital Markets quietly rolled out a $185 million loan yesterday that backs the leveraged buyout of Earthbound Farm, a San Juan Bautista, Calif.-based organic produce company, by private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg, according to sources. Terms of the buyout and […]
From CDC’s MMWR: On November 27, 2007, a local health officer in central Massachusetts contacted the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) to report listeriosis in a man aged 87 years. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) performed on the patient’s Listeria monocytogenes isolate produced a pattern indistinguishable from that of isolates from three other cases identified […]
The first lawsuit stemming from a recent lettuce-borne E. coli outbreak was filed today in the Circuit Court for Ingham County, Michigan against Aunt Mid’s Produce. The petition was filed on behalf of Michigan State University (MSU) student and East Lansing resident Samantha Steffen. In September 2008, at least 34 people were sickened by the […]
As the Boulder County Health Department continues to count the ill linked to Jimmy Johns, more recalls of E. coli-tainted meat where announced overnight. Possible Links? Colorado Firm Recalls Frozen Beef Products Due To Possible E. coli Colorado Foods Products, a Greenwood Village, Co., establishment, is recalling approximately 2,340 pounds of frozen beef trim that […]
News outlets report that the toll of Chinese children ill from toxic milk formula may have nearly doubled since the Health Ministry’s last public count. That number now may be over 94,000 children sickened. Beijing is now struggling with the political, business and moral fallout from the adulteration of milk with the industrial chemical melamine. […]
This Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwich shop on 13th Street has been closed while the Boulder Department of Health investigates an E. coli outbreak. The exact source of the outbreak is not yet known. Health investigators don’t know if it started with an employee or from food at the restaurant, or a combination of both. Boulder […]
I am sitting at the 3rd International Conference for Food Safety and Quality (I already did my Keynote speech) listening to a microbiologist explain some new bacterial test. It made me recall that I took a picture of the meal that someone I had dinner with last night: Yes, that is actually Steak Tartare. And, […]
Butte County health officials announced today that leftover frozen tainted tri-tip, that sickened at least 27 people, tested positive for E. coli O157:H7 bacteria. The bacteria in the meat perfectly matches (by PFGE genetic fingerprint) the bacteria found in stool samples taken from several people who became ill.
OK, perhaps, this is not what Mao was actually thinking when he said: "If we have shortcomings, we are not afraid to have them pointed out and criticized, because we serve the people. Anyone, no matter who, may point out our shortcomings. If he is right, we will correct them. I f what he proposes […]
We received several calls today from sorority sisters who have been sickened by E. coli O157:H7 at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Interestingly, the common denominator seems to be Jimmy John’s – just off campus. Coincidentally, the first inspection since 7/28/06 occurred on 9/28/08 and the report was mailed to Mr. Prescott (the owner) […]
I provided the 2008 HACCP Conference organizers with my presentation weeks ago, but since then we have seen, more raw milk, red meat and lettuce outbreaks. We have also seen the China Melamine disaster and an E. coli O111 outbreak that sickened over 300 in Oklahoma. It is hard to stay current.
I was reading “The Packer” this afternoon and was in part struck by the article touting Aunt Mid’s plans to begin production after being linked to illnesses in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Canada. However, I was stunned by Dominic Riggio, president of the Detroit-based company, refusal to accept that his company is responsible for nearly […]
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The government is urging consumers to thoroughly cook frozen chicken dinners after 32 people in 12 states were sickened with salmonella food poisoning. The health warning by the U.S. Department of Agriculture cited frozen dishes in which the chicken is raw, but breaded or pre-browned, giving the appearance of being cooked. They include Milford Valley […]