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 […]
A food borne illness outbreak in northeastern Oklahoma has sickened as many as 30 and taken one life. Although lab results are not in, signs point to the highly toxic E. coli O157:H7 bacteria as the culprit. Many of the ill have eaten at the same restaurants, and leads are being followed to determine the […]
The Oklahoma State Department of Health has issued a press release regarding the illnesses of nearly three dozen people, including one person who died over the weekend. The outbreak affected people from several communities, including Bixby, Pryor, Sand Springs, Locust Grove, Broken Arrow, Peggs, Tulsa, and McAlester. At least 14 people have been hospitalized, including […]
A spokesperson with St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa says doctors are treating 12 patients suspected of E. coli poisoning. The health department says between 10-20 people have been treated and released from other hosptitals in northeastern Oklahoma. The Health Department has not released the source of the illnesses, but readers of the Tulsa World and […]
One person died and 11 others are suffering from illnesses possibly related to E. coli, a St. Francis Hospital spokeswoman confirmed late Sunday. The 11 people with illnesses remained as St. Francis patients late Sunday, the spokeswoman said. Leslea Bennett-Webb, communications director for the Oklahoma Department of Health, confirmed at least 10 people were taken […]
An ambitious and well-meaning attempt to make California’s dairy products safer arrives this week in the California Assembly in the form of State Bill 201—but the country’s top food safety advocates are calling on California legislators to vote against it. The bill places regulations on producers of raw milk dairy products and lays groundwork intended […]
On August 10, 2008 the following appeared in the Washington Post: In August 2006, federal meat inspectors threatened to suspend operations at the packing house for not following requirements for controlling E. coli. The company corrected the problem a week later, USDA records show. That year, Minnesota health officials blamed Nebraska Beef for sickening 17 […]
What if the great 2008 Tomato, right Pepper, Salmonella Outbreak actually happened this way? At 10:00 PM last May 30th, on the same day New Mexico asked for help from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) with a growing outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul, a foreign […]
Nebraska Beef should be ashamed. On June 26, Evelyn was transferred to the Archbold Memorial Hospital Medical Intensive Care Unit in Thomasville, GA, where she continues to battle the complications of the E. coli O157:H7 infection.
Blog Release: A victim of the June 2008 lettuce E. coli outbreak in Thurston and Pierce counties filed suit today in the Superior Court of Washington, King County. Heather Whybrew of Federal Way, Washington was a student at Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland when she was infected with E. coli O157:H7. The lawsuit was filed […]
Garance Burke, the pied piper of pepper reporting, added fuel to the flames lapping at what is left of a once proud Federal Agency – the FDA. Her story of a few hours ago, “Mexican peppers posed problem long before outbreak,” is less shocking than pathetic. Here is the meat: Federal inspectors at U.S. border […]
Guest Blog by Denis W. Stearns: On October 3, 2002 I submitted a petition to the USDA in which I asked the agency to explicitly clarify whether a USDA policy that appeared to allow the deadly pathogen E. coli O157:H7 on so-called “intact meat” applied to meat sold to retail outlets like grocery stores and […]
Here are some links to stories on raw milk-related illnesses that we have, or have had, the honor to represent the ill person or persons (mainly kids), and the status of the cases. Dee Creek An outbreak of E. coli bacteria that has sickened 11 or more people, four critically with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, has […]
The salmonella outbreak seems to be finally winding down, but the FDA still can not yet say how the few tainted Mexican peppers they have found could explain such widespread illness. The outbreak is not considered over yet, Food and Drug Administration food safety chief Dr. David Acheson cautioned on Friday. The outbreak strain has […]
While young children struggle with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and others recover slowly for E. coli O157:H7 illnesses, PETA does something incredibly stupid; it writes a public letter extolling the virtues of eating vegan. Although hamburger (whether from grass or grain feed beef) of late should clearly be avoided, spinach, lettuce, sprouts and other vegetables and […]
A bit of art from my young friend Fredrick the Artist: I think this drawing/painting has something to do with the "End Time" – not to be confused with Bankruptcy. So, from Frederick’s Mom’s blog: … Frederick was incensed that not only would pathogens find its way into beef and deprive me of burgers, but that […]