This is simply unacceptable. This botulism outbreak, frankly any outbreak that sickens babies, should never have happened. We can do more to protect the most vulnerable. The stork in “operation stork speed” clearly flew into a brick wall and crash landed. This child’s parents bought ByHeart Infant Formula at a Walmart. ByHeart utilized powdered organic […]
Teresa Ann Boeckel of the Daily Record/Sunday News wrote this morning: Pennsylvania State officials say some customers got salmonella Stump Acres Dairy has stopped giving away raw milk after some customers became sick and were diagnosed with salmonella this month. This marks the third time this year that the North Codorus Township dairy has stopped […]
I was reading San Diego Union-Tribune writer, Diane Lindquist’s article: Keeping Greens Green – Industry-run program to improve food safety will begin tomorrow, about the hopeful use of the California Marketing Agreement as a way to prevent the next E. coli O157:H7 outbreak tied to California Leafy Greens, when I also spotted the following article […]
Abbott’s Meat Inc., a Flint, Mich., establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 26,669 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. Each box also bears the establishment number “Est. 10215” inside the USDA mark of inspection. The products […]
I have been posting about botulism over the last four months on www.foodpoisonblog.com: Foodborne botulism (as distinct from wound botulism and infant botulism) is a severe type of food poisoning caused by the ingestion of foods containing the potent neurotoxin formed during growth of the organism. The toxin is heat labile and can be destroyed […]
From the Chicago Health Department Press Release As of noon today, a total of 717 people have reported that they became ill after they ate food purchased from the Pars Cove booth—up from the 696 reported Thursday. One hundred sixteen of the 717 are laboratory-confirmed cases of salmonellosis, with more results pending—up from the 97 […]
Pars Cove Booth Blamed For Making 696 Sick Nearly 700 people have reported becoming ill after eating food from the Pars Cove Persian Cuisine booth at the Taste of Chicago. A total of 28 people have been hospitalized because of illness suffered after eating the tainted food, according to the city Department of Public Health. […]
Fox News Interviewed our clients last evening: A Voorheesville family thought a popular snack food was a healthy option for their 20-month-old triplets, but it turns out, that snack made their kids sick. A few months ago, 2 of the Scheels triplets came down with salmonella poisoning. Turns out the illness came from their snack […]
Georgia AP reported that, Castleberry, that makes the canned chili sauce suspected in a botulism outbreak had a production problem two months ago, a company official said Thursday. The Augusta plant made the sauce that is suspected of seriously sickening an Indiana couple and two children in Texas. Cans of chili sauce found in the […]
From Boston Public Radio: Bad Meat China may not be the only country encountering problems with food quality. Attorney William Marler says that although the meat industry has made recent improvements in quality control, he is still seeing more food poisoning cases. Listen
Georgia Firm Recalls Canned Meat Products That May Contain Clostridium botulinum Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-033-2007 HEALTH RISK: HIGH WASHINGTON, July 19, 2007 – Castleberry’s Food Company, an Augusta, Ga., establishment owned by Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, is voluntarily recalling approximately 721,389 pounds of canned meat products that may contain Clostridium botulinum as a […]
As of July 18 at 11AM ET, 65 persons infected with Salmonella Wandsworth have been reported to CDC from 20 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Among the patients for whom clinical information is available, all […]
Andrew Bridges, Associated Press Writer updated the list of botulism recalled items: The products were made by the Castleberry’s Food Co., owned by Bumble Bee Seafoods LLC, based in San Diego. The recall covers the following universal product codes: Castleberry’s Hot Dog Chili Sauce, 10 oz can (UPC 3030000101) Austex Hot Dog Chili Sauce, 10-ounce […]
Person-to-person transmission within a family is both common and exceedingly well-documented in the extant literature, including numerous cases in which the primarily infected person was asymptomatic. See, e.g. K. Ludwig, “Outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection in a Large Family,” Eur. J. Clin. Microb. Infect. Dis. Vol. 16, at 238-41 (1997); P. Rowe, “Diarrhea in […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to eat 10 ounce cans of Castleberry’s Hot Dog Chili Sauce (UPC 3030000101), Austex Hot Dog Chili Sauce (UPC 3030099533), and Kroger Hot Dog Chili Sauce (UPC 1111083942) with “best by” dates from April 30, 2009 through May 22, 2009 due to possible botulism […]
Cathleen Crowley of the Albany Times Union interviewed my client and I yesterday. Family sues maker of Veggie Booty – Voorheesville parent just wanted apology after children got sick They said Veggie Booty sickened their children and left a bad taste in their mouths. Now, the Scheels family of Voorheesville is suing the maker of […]