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 […]
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 […]
According to reports from the Monterey County Herald, the Dole Recalled lettuce was from Salinas Valley. Two of the three lettuces in a Dole bagged salad mix recalled this week were grown in the Salinas Valley. Dole Fresh Vegetables president Eric Schwartz confirmed that the romaine and green leaf lettuce in its Hearts Delight salad […]
Well, I made it back from China this morning only to find the following alert in my email: OTTAWA, September 16, 2007 – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume Dole brand Hearts Delight lettuce salad (Ready to eat blend of romaine, green leaf & butter lettuce hearts) described […]
We love anniversaries (even ones we would rather forget) and the media loves to report them. Garance Burke of the Associated Press has launched, what will likely be several, articles on this outbreak which was officially announced September 14, 2006. Her full story can be found here. Her focus is on the failures of industry […]
The China International Food Safety and Quality Conference started off today in Beijing with a panel discussion from members of the Party, IAFP, WHO and the US Embassy. It was followed by opening remarks by Robert Brackett of the FDA, Frank Yiannas of Disney and yours truly: I also was able to have lunch with […]
Took a long walk through Hong Kong today prior to leaving for Beijing. I did get a bit hungry, but just could not bring myself to order the duck.
I am leaving for Beijing in a few hours, but had the time to try and keep the US Meat Industry honest. Meat company hit with E. coli lawsuit A lawsuit was filed Monday against Interstate Meats Inc. in Clackamas, whose ground beef products were identified as the source of an E. coli outbreak in […]
Doing a little light reading on the plane from Seattle to Hong Kong. Off to Beijing in the morning.
Or, the Meat Industry believes that it is the consumer’s responsibility to get cow shit out of its product. Seriously, can you think of one consumer product that the manufacturer expects you to fix it, AFTER they make it, and BEFORE you use it. I just read an article in “Cattle Networks” about industry irresponsibility […]
In an effort to avoid responsibility for sickening nearly 100 of its customers (mostly children), Roberts American Gourmet, the manufacturer of Veggie Booty, has sued at least two of the upstream suppliers of ingredients. Attached below is the “Third-Party Complaint.” Looks like others will be joining the “party.” So far, it does not directly implicate […]
Janie Gabbett of Meatingplace.com wrote an interesting article about the increase in the number of E. coli O157:H7 cases and USDA’s and FSIS’s response. USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is increasing follow-up sampling and food safety assessments at ground beef production plants after a spike in E. coli O157:H7 recalls during June and July, […]
WASHINGTON, September 5, 2007 – Fairbank Reconstruction Corp., doing business as Fairbank Farms, an Ashville, N.Y., establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 884 pounds of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. The products subject to recall include: 1.33-pound […]
Continuing the “Food Safety World Tour,” I have been back in Seattle from Australia for a few days and soon will be off to China, via Seoul and Hong Kong. Jane Genova, “ubberblogger” and I spoke the other day about my upcoming (this Saturday) trip to China, as Jane aptly puts it: The “China Problem” […]