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 […]
In August 2002, I wrote an Op-ed for the Denver Post entitled “Put me out of business – please.” That summer, the now infamous ConAgra case, started with a few sick kids in Colorado and quickly spread coast-to-coast, eventually triggering the recall of over 19,000,000 pounds of ground beef tainted with E. coli O157:H7. I […]
I had a quick chat with Steve Bjerklie of Meat and Poultry News Thursday afternoon while I was stuck in Minneapolis after meeting with several victims of the recent E. coli outbreaks, illnesses and recalls. Now that the recalls are topping over 5,000,000 (yes, that is 5 Million) pounds of hamburger and other red meat, […]
This is a CLASS I RECALL. Class I – This is a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death. United Food Group, LLC, a Vernon, Calif., establishment, is voluntarily expanding its June 3 and 6 recalls to include a […]
Ben McNeely of the Independent Tribune reported that now seven cases of E. coli have been confirmed by area hospitals. The outbreak centers around Captain’s Galley Seafood Restaurant on Main Street in China Grove. Rowan and Cabarrus health officials said the common thread in all the patients is that they ate at the restaurant between […]
The Fresno Health Department says that tests have confirmed that E. coli outbreak has come from cooked meat at “The Grill” at the Meat Market in Northwest Fresno. 27 people were sickened from different events on May 18 and May 19th. Tests on leftovers have confirmed a viral strain of E. coli was present in […]
It is not even officially Summer and we have seen several E. coli outbreaks and nearly 40 illnesses. It is now close to 1,000,000 pounds of meat recalled. USDA, what is going on? Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., a Sherman, Texas, establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 40,440 pounds of ground beef products due to possible contamination […]
Recalls of Red Meat and Illness have been linked to United Food Group in Los Angeles, California, Creek Meats in Kalamazoo, Michigan, PM Beef Holdings of Windom, Minnesota, Richwood Meat Co. in Merced, California, HFX Inc. of South Claysburg, Pennsylvania and the Meat Market in Fresno, California. I spoke with the Denver Post and the […]
Ben McNeely of the Independent Tribune broke the story of the Rowan and Cabarrus health officials having confirmed four cases of E. coli and are investigating at least nine more. Rowan Health Director Leonard Wood said many of the patients stricken with E. coli symptoms ate at Captain’s Galley Restaurant in China Grove between May […]
A lawsuit was filed today against PM Beef Holdings, LLC and Lund Food Holdings, Inc., the producer and retailer who sold E. coli-contaminated ground beef traced to an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in Minnesota and Wisconsin residents in April, 2007. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Anne Herwig, a Minneapolis, Minnesota, resident […]
Dawn House of the Salt Lake Tribune reported today that more people being sickened by E. coli bacteria in recalled ground beef prompted renewed pleas for consumers to check their freezers for the tainted product. Beef in the recall, which has been broadened from 75,000 pounds to 370,000 pounds, has sickened 14 people in states […]
Over the last few days we have been contacted by several people who suspect that they or a family member has been sickened by tainted hamburger. Not surprisingly, United Food Group, LLC, a Vernon, Calif., establishment, is voluntarily expanding its June 3 recall of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli […]
In April of 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the incidence of E. coli O157:H7 infection traced to ground beef products had significantly declined. CDC attributed the decline to the implementation of a new set of recommendations from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) […]
It will be interesting whether the “Leafy Green” industry makes it through this years growing season without another outbreak of E. coli contamination – last year there were at least four that hit the attention of the media. I’m giving a talk Wednesday night to a public health class in Minnesota. My PowerPoint can be […]
The Consumer Protection Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced that ground beef has been recalled due to possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7. State laboratory tests have identified two E. coli 0157:H7 cases in Colorado that have been linked to the recalled ground beef. Both adults became ill in early […]
I wrote a few days ago about the concerning problem of E. coli O157:H7 contamination in meat that seems to be resurfacing far too often. United Food Group, LLC, a Vernon, Calif., establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 75,000 pounds of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department […]