I asked our AI friends – What are the pros and cons of replacing FDA Commissioner Makary with me – here is the response? This is a very timely question — Makary resigned as FDA Commissioner today, May 12, 2026, amid reports of internal tensions and policy clashes, with the vaping dispute reportedly being a […]
WATE Channel 6 Knoxville Reports: 3 cases of children’s E. coli infections under investigation in Knoxville Three cases of E. coli infections in children are under investigation in the Knoxville area, according to the Knox County Department of Health. At least two of the children are still being treated at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital. And […]
ConAgra recalls all frozen pot pies All ConAgra’s pot pies are made at the Marshall plant, which began producing microwavable frozen pot pies in 2005. “We’re recalling all of them, all ever made at that plant,” said Childs. From a ConAgra Press Release: OMAHA, Neb.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 11, 2007–ConAgra Foods announced today that it is continuing […]
Speechwriter/Ghostwriter Jane Genova recently posted on her blog that she thinks Hillary Clinton will win the Whitehouse and when she does, I should be appointed Food Safety Czar: I have someone in mind for the job of food-safety czar. It’s Bill Marler of Marler Clark Law firm. Actually Hillary might already know Marler, a plaintiff […]
The Portland Oregonian reported: Minnesota couple first to sue ConAgra over tainted potpies Attorneys filed the first lawsuit this morning against ConAgra Foods Inc. over potpies tied to a multistate salmonella outbreak. The suit was filed in federal court in Minnesota by attorneys representing a couple whose 22-month-old daughter suffered a seizure, fever and severe […]
CNN Money Posted the AP story by Josh Funk from Omaha: A Minnesota couple sued ConAgra Foods Inc. (CAG) Thursday for selling the pot pies they believe made their young daughter ill with salmonella. The federal lawsuit Amy and Joshua Reinert filed is the first one related to this week’s announcement that ConAgra’s banquet and […]
Email I received this morning – says it all: I had no idea that Banquet had any association to the company w/ the peanut butter recall. I actually went to Wal-Mart yesterday to buy more pot pies. (There were non in the frezzer, and no sign to inform of the recall, I actually had more […]
CDC confirms Salmonella Pot Pie outbreak has been ongoing since January 2007 – a month before the Salmonella outbreak tied to ConAgra peanut butter was announced in February 2007. Investigation of Outbreak of Human Infections Caused by Salmonella I,4,[5],12:i:- CDC is collaborating with public health officials in multiple states across the United States and with […]
What a great way to make money. Produce a contaminated product, do not remove it from store shelves, but urge consumers to throw it away. So consumers buy it, throw it away, and they are still hungry – Brilliant. Despite warnings, ConAgra’s Salmonella Pot Pies are still on store shelves – And, why no recall? […]
Like Sherman’s march through the South in the Civil War, Cargill’s E. coli contaminated frozen meat patties have headed South as well. The News Observer reports that a 10-year-old in Durham County and a 14-year-old in Orange County were infected with E. coli that authorities believe came from ground beef patties that were recalled last […]
Emails and phone calls are coming in about Salmonella Pot Pies. Most people simply want to know what they should do – ConAgra says cook it or return it to the store, USDA says do not eat it, but keep it and Health Departments say to throw it away – what is a consumer to […]
Four of the eight people who have gotten sick with E. coli infections are from Wisconsin, and three of those are students at Marquette University. According to WTMJ News Radio, one person ended up hospitalized, two others were also diagnosed with E. coli bacterial infections.
From a Press Release this morning: SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 10, 2007–William Marler called on ConAgra this morning “to do the right thing for its customers and to immediately recall all of its Banquet Pot Pies without question and without hesitation.” According to a press release this morning, the CDC announced, “The outbreak appears to be ongoing.” […]
Investigation of Outbreak of Human Infections Caused by Salmonella I,4,[5],12:i CDC is collaborating with public health officials in multiple states across the United States and with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service to investigate an ongoing multi-state outbreak of Salmonella I,4,[5],12:i:- (pronounced “four five twelve eye minus”) infections in humans. An […]
Five cases of E. coli-related illness are being investigated in Wisconsin and one has been confirmed as identical to the strain that sickened consumers in Minnesota, launching Cargill Meat Solutions’ ground beef recall over the weekend. ??Three of the cases were reported in Milwaukee County and two in southeastern Wisconsin, Milwaukee Health Commission Communications Manager […]
This is silly – hundreds of people sickened in 35 States and Con Agra issues no recall, FSIS tells us to not eat them, but don’t throw them away either, Health Departments tell us to throw them away – and you still can buy them 2 for a $1.00 in Kansas: Photo Credit — Amy […]