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 […]
CDC Salmonella Wandsworth Outbreak Investigation, June – July 2007 Public health officials in OutbreakNet (the network of epidemiologists and other public health officials, facilitated by CDC, who investigate outbreaks of foodborne, waterborne, and other enteric illnesses nationwide) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Wandsworth infections. Salmonella Wandsworth is a rare strain of Salmonella. Interviews […]
The Associated Press Reporter Andrew Bridges reported late this afternoon something that I had suspected this morning (see earlier post) as I drank my first cup of coffee at 5:00 AM after being called by Paul Nunes, my local New York counsel in this case we filed yesterday morning in New York. Andrews reported in […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Following up on last week’s alerts from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Minnesota Department of Health regarding “Veggie Booty” snack food, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) laboratory has tested a sample of the product and confirmed the presence of Salmonella Wandsworth. The strain of the bacteria […]
Over the last week, the FDA has recalled Robert’s American Gourmet Food products including “Veggie Booty” and now “Super Veggie Tings Crunchy Corn Sticks Snack Food.” Interestingly absent is any comments on where the product was manufactured – China perhaps? Robert’s American Gourmet Food, Inc. Conducts a Nationwide Recall of Super Veggie Tings Crunchy Corn […]
A lawsuit was filed Monday morning in Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York, (CV07-2661), against Robert’s American Gourmet, the manufacturer of Veggie Booty, the snack food that was recalled on June 28 after public health officials identified the product as the source of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak. The lawsuit was filed […]
As of June 28, 52 persons infected with Salmonella Wandsworth have been reported to CDC from 17 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin. California (seven cases), Colorado (five cases), Connecticut (one case), Georgia (one case), Indiana (one case), Massachusetts (three […]
See my earlier post on Veggie Booty This warning is based on 52 reports of illness (may be as high as 55) across 17 states, beginning in March 2007. Almost all the illnesses have occurred in children under 10 years old, with the most cases in toddlers. Most persons had reported bloody diarrhea; four were […]
Pablo Lopez of the Fresno Bee and I have spoken several times over the last week as the Bee has been covering this unfortunate incident. What is unfortunate, in addition to the illnesses suffered, is the fact that many E. coli outbreaks have occurred over the last months – see my earlier blog post. "I […]
Clarissa Kell-Holland, staff writer for Land Line Magazine and I spoke this week: What do E. coli attorney Bill Marler and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association have in common in the ongoing debate over food safety? After last September’s E. coli outbreak traced back to California bagged spinach, Marler and OOIDA both came to the […]
All lots and sizes of “Veggie Booty” Snack Food are being recalled following a report of as many as 55 cases of Salmonella poisoning associated with consuming the product. It is Salmonella Wandsworth – very rare serotype – March 1 – June 11 onsets. “Veggie Booty” Snack Food is sold in supermarkets, health food stores, […]
Sudhim Thanawala, Associated Press Writer, reported on the failure of the State Assembly to pass meaningful food safety legislation. The three bills by Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, had earlier passed the Senate but were held up in the Assembly Agriculture Committee, where one was rejected and the other two did not come to a vote. […]
Two central Vermont children have been hospitalized with apparent unrelated E. coli infections. A 5-year-old girl from Barre Town and a 3-year-old Randolph girl were being treated for kidney failure and remained on dialysis Monday. Both children were diagnosed with hemolytic uremic syndrome, a disease caused by certain strains of E. coli. The severity of […]
A lawsuit was filed today against the Meat Market, a Fresno, California, business that was identified as the source of an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in May. The lawsuit was filed by Seattle-based Marler Clark and San Diego-based Gordon & Holmes on behalf of Donald Jorgensen, an 80-year-old Fresno resident who became ill with an […]
I spoke with Stephen J. Hedges, Chicago Tribune, last week about the alarming number of beef recalls and human illnesses over the last months. His full report is here: Food recalls related to ground beef and E. coli bacteria have reached levels not seen in several years, according to food safety experts, sickening 14 people […]
For the first time researchers have identified American bullfrogs as potentially suitable hosts for E. coli O157:H7, a common source of food-borne illness. They report their findings in the June 2007 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology.