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 […]
This year’s E. coli outbreak is larger than the one from the Clackamas County Fair in 2006, when the bacteria infected four people, sending one to the hospital, said William Keene, an epidemiologist for the Oregon Public Health Division. According to the Portland Oregonian, seven people who attended the Clackamas County Fair contracted E. coli […]
We have been contacted and retained by four families as of an hour ago. I thought it might be helpful to let my faithful blog readers know that this is not the first time Topps product has sickened people: www.ecoliblog.com The other interesting fact is that outbreaks and recalls of E. coli (after a several […]
Marler Clark attorney William Marler commented on the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announcement that Topps Meat Company of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was recalling 331,582 pounds of frozen ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The recall was prompted by a combined New York Department of Health and Centers for […]
I tried to take a day off and get in touch with my “inner outdoorsman” by hunting gators and ducks in Southwest Texas, but E. coli O157:H7 would not leave me alone. Twenty-one people in New York, Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania now have become ill after eating hamburgers contaminated with E. […]
OK, that may be on the minds of food manufacturers who poison customers and the insurance corporations who pay claims, but this Associated Press article demands closer reading: Scientists discover germs get stronger when they go into space It sounds like the plot for a scary B-movie: Germs go into space on a rocket and […]
I have spent the last two days in Houston at the top of the below tower (AIG Insurance Tower) meeting with lawyers in the Con Agra Peanut Butter Litigation. Frankly, there are so many lawyers involved, with so many different agendas, that people are losing sight of the fact that this was a major outbreak […]
The Effingham County Health Department is investigating several cases of E. coli. The health department says it has six confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7. They are all linked to eating at El Rancherito restaurant in Effingham at I-57 and I-70. The health department says the restaurant is cooperating and has been closed since Thursday. […]
A week ago I was climbing the Great Wall of China. I returned home last Sunday afternoon. Now see what happened: 260 Kindergarten Children Hospitalized In China, Food Poisoning Suspected Lanzhou, China (AHN) – Over 250 kindergarten children were briefly hospitalized in China’s northwestern province of Gansu on Thursday in what authorities suspect is a […]
Elizabeth Weise and Julie Schmit, of USA TODAY have written an amazing recap of the year that made everyone question the safety of spinach and other leafy greens. I would urge all to read it: Spinach recall: 5 faces. 5 agonizing deaths. 1 year later “Seattle-based Bill Marler, considered the nation’s pre-eminent E. coli lawyer, […]
The Associated Press reported that Botulism has killed a 52-year-old Sandoval County man, according to the state Health Department. State officials have not linked the man’s case to this summer’s recall of Castleberry’s Food Co. products, but they said the man had eaten some of the recalled goods in the past and had shopped at […]
WILLIAM D. MARLER GUEST COLUMNIST Tainted pet food. Toothpaste laced with antifreeze. Toys coated with lead paint. Judging by the news reports, one might conclude the Chinese economic boom is about to collapse of its own weight. Or, as Chi-Dooh Li concluded in Sunday’s Focus (“In trade, China’s moral compass is off course”), to veer […]
Source:ExecDigital September News 600 delegates attended the First China International Food Safety & Quality Conference and Expo and heard from International Association for Food Protection members. The First China International Food Safety & Quality Conference (CIFSQ), held at the Landmark Hotel and Towers in Beijing, China, is the first meeting for IAFP in the Asia-Pacific […]
Fresh Brands Distributing Inc. is recalling ground beef products sold by some of its Piggly Wiggly stores in Illinois after E. coli infections in two people may have been associated with beef bought in Wisconsin, the company said. Sheboygan-based Fresh Brands operates Piggly Wiggly stores throughout Wisconsin and in Antioch, Galena, Grayslake and Zion, Ill., […]
Watching the most recent version of Dole recalling leafy greens reminded me of something that Tom Ragan, Sentinel staff writer, wrote months ago – Leafy green growers, shippers face three strikes rule It’s three strikes or they’re out for growers, shippers or handlers who violate food safety standards designed to prevent future E. coli […]
According to a press released sent by Dole this evening, this product was sold in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada and in Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and neighboring states in the U.S, – whatever that means. Here is a report from the Associated Press of a […]