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 […]
Consumers who purchased or were given “home-canned” soup or other canned products from the Schumacher’s Inn in Austin, Potter County, should not open the jars due to the risk of botulism contamination, Health Secretary Dr. Calvin B. Johnson said today. Consumers who obtained canned products from the restaurant should immediately contact the Pennsylvania Department of […]
MISSING MEAT Clarissa Kell-Holland of Land Line Magazine and I spoke today about the finding of the E. coli-tainted truck. As she reported, the refrigerated trailer reported stolen from the American Fresh Foods parking lot in Fort Worth, Texas, has been found in Dallas. However, more than 80 percent of the trailer’s 14,800 pounds of […]
For those with short memories, between January 1, 2007 and October 29, 2007, at least 272 isolates of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- with an indistinguishable genetic fingerprint have been collected from ill persons in 35 states. Ill persons whose Salmonella strain has this genetic fingerprint have been reported from Arizona (1 person), Arkansas (4), California (18), […]
According to Stephen Smith of the Boston Globe Staff in his article, “State test points to dairy as germ source:” Coffee-flavored milk taken from a cooler at a central Massachusetts dairy carried germs identical to bacteria that killed two elderly men and made two other people sick…. Genetic fingerprinting conducted at the state laboratory has […]
Winston Churchill once said, “There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.” Perhaps he was right, but at the turn of the 20th century, the process of pasteurizing milk was still in its infancy, and the safety of milk was a preeminent public health challenge. As people in the United […]
The Law Blog 2007 Year-End Quiz! 14. What does the wife of foodborne-illness lawyer Bill Marler have on her vanity license plate? a. RAWMEAT? b. SALMNLLA? c. ECOLI? d. HEPATITIS
John Lauritsen of WCCO TV reported: E. coli Victim Awake After 9 Weeks In Coma Stephanie Smith’s family is calling her recovery a miracle. The 20-year-old Cold Spring woman recently regained consciousness after spending more than nine weeks in a drug-induced coma. Stephanie Smith contracted the E. Coli bacteria after eating Sam’s Club hamburger in […]
KAKE TV announced that a concert is being held today to “lend a helping hand to her family.” Bill and Karen Anderson face hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills Aubrey incurred as a result of a battle against HUS and E. coli O157:H7. See video of concert here.
According to press reports this morning, the pasteurization process at Whittier Farms, the central Massachusetts dairy connected to a deadly outbreak of a bacterial illness, appears to be working properly. Dr. Alfred DeMaria, the state director of communicable disease control, said that could mean the listeria bacteria that sickened four people, killing 2 adults and […]
I love a lawsuit…… The AP reported yesterday, “Dairies sue to stop enforcement of raw milk standard." This one will be fun to watch. The raw milk folks (who sell their product for $10.00 per gallon – pasteurized milk sells for about $4.00) better watch what they are stepping into. You really have to wonder […]
$10,000 reward still offered for information leading to the arrest of the persons who stole the meat-filled trailer. Quote of the day: "The bottom line is, it’s never safe to buy meat on the street." Susan Tallant and the Fort Worth Star-Ledger is on the trail of the E. coli-tainted trailer stolen from American Fresh […]
Not much really to say other than thanks to my daughter Morgan for taking the pictures.
I am sure that American Fresh Foods in Fort Worth, Texas was thinking about doing this, but I thought I would make the offer. If American Fresh Foods wants to double the reward, that would be great. As you recall, last night American Fresh Foods and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for approximately 14,800 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, that were produced by Texas American Food Service Corporation, a Fort Worth, Texas, establishment doing business as American Fresh Foods. This public […]
According to the Milford Daily News, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) issued a warning today warning consumers not to drink any milk products from Whittier Farms in Shrewsbury because of listeria bacteria contamination, which has contributed to the death of two people. Four cases of listeriosis infection have been identified by DPH, according […]