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November 29, 2025

ByHeart Infant Formula went to 21 Countries. Are infants ill? Are they getting the BabyBIG botulism anti-toxin?

The FDA has published the following warning: Consumers worldwide should not use any ByHeart brand infant formula as all ByHeart products are included in this recall. As we know, as of November 26, 2025, a total of 37 infants with suspected or confirmed infant botulism and confirmed exposure to ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula (various […]

September 14, 2006

Utah sees increase in E. coli

Lois M. Collins of the Deseret Morning News has reported on the E. coli increase in Utah. From the article: Enterohemorrhagic E. coli outbreaks linked to pre-washed or ready-to eat spinach or lettuce, sold under various brand names, are nothing new, attorney William Marler, of Seattle’s Marler Clark LLP, told the Deseret Morning News. Marler, […]

September 14, 2006

Wisconsin State death tied to E. coli

In their article State death tied to E. coli Outbreak linked to spinach, Jesse Garza and Kawanza Newson report on the first fatality linked to the spinach outbreak. As was reported in the article: Bill Marler of the Seattle-based law firm Marler Clark said he is representing four cases of victims of the latest outbreak, […]

September 14, 2006

Well, it is the Spinach

We have learned that in the next few hours a press release will be issued from the CDC, FDA, and State Health Departments to alert the public to an ongoing outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that has been linked to contaminated spinach.  This outbreak appears to involve several states, including Wisconsin, Utah, Oregon and New […]

September 13, 2006

Lettuce or Spinach – Again?

 Nothing yet has been solidly confirmed, however, I have been contacted by two Oregon residents who believe that they are part of a wider E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that is potentially tied to the consumption of bagged "Baby Spinach."  It appears that the Oregon State Department of Health (one of the best in the country) […]

September 13, 2006

FOOD SAFETY MONTH?

Interestingly, September is FOOD SAFETY MONTH.  I guess someone forgot to let the victims and the businesses below know that. Milwaukee Looking For Link to as many as eleven E. coli cases Eleven people have been sickened recently by E. coli in Milwaukee County.  Health officials have not said if the cases are related, but […]

September 11, 2006

E. Coli Outbreaks Prompt Review of Salinas Valley Lettuce Farms

In an LA Times article E. Coli Outbreaks Prompt Review of Salinas Valley Lettuce Farms, Rong-Gong Lin II reports that Salinas Valley growers’ practices are being evaluated by state and federal health officials after their products’ link to repeated illnesses. From the article: Lettuce and spinach grown in the valley, dubbed the "Salad Bowl of […]

September 10, 2006

Wal-Mart Salmonella Litigation

Indiana State health officials report the source of the recent salmonella outbreak is the Wal-Mart on 1133 North Emerson in Greenwood. The deli and bakery departments have been identified as the source of the recent salmonella outbreak impacting at least 84 people in northern Johnson and southern Marion counties. Wal-Mart officials report that all employees […]

September 09, 2006

E. coli strikes again in Utah

Andrew Weeks of the Standard-Examiner reports that at least five more people, two of them children, have contracted E. coli from an unknown source in Weber County, according to officials from the Weber-Morgan Health Department. No common food source has been linked to the bacteria, though officials say there seem to be no ties to […]

September 09, 2006

MORE ON WAL-MART AND SALMONELLA

Indiana State health officials over the last two weeks reported that the source of the recent salmonella outbreak as the Wal-Mart on 1133 North Emerson in Greenwood. The deli and bakery departments were identified as the source of the recent salmonella outbreak in northern Johnson and southern Marion counties.  The likely cause of the outbreak […]

September 08, 2006

Great post and comments on the Wal-Mart Salmonella Suit by www.bloggingstocks.com

Brian White at bloggingstocks.com has written an interesting post about the Wal-Mart sued in Indiana over the salmonella outbreak. Brian writes: When someone sues Wal-Mart these days, it usually doesn’t even make headlines anywhere. This is a tad bit different, as a Greenwood, Indiana family is suing the global retailer for damages after a boy […]

September 08, 2006

Man sues Wal-Mart over salmonella

As the Indy-Star reports, Marler Clark is representing a Greenwood man in a salmonella lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores. The suit follows a salmonella outbreak this summer in which at least 84 people became ill. The Indiana State Department of Health traced the outbreak to the deli and bakery departments at the Wal-Mart on Emerson Avenue […]

September 07, 2006

USDA fails – Miserably – To protect public from E. coli (Part Two)

On August 26 I posted that USDA fails – Miserably – To protect public from E. coli. Well, I was wrong -sort of. It is clear that the USDA or the Nebraska plant (USDA has not named the plant and may take the position it does not have to) had a positive test for the […]

September 06, 2006

Caution Prevails Against Hepatitis A

Michael Schroeder of the Journal Gazette reports that since a server at the Coventry Pizza Hut was diagnosed with hepatitis A nearly two weeks ago, no related cases have been reported. But health officials – fully aware of the virus’ average month-long incubation period during which infected persons exhibit no outward symptoms – are keeping […]

September 05, 2006

I SHOULD HOPE SO

In an article titled "Eateries fear ugly backlash: E. coli in hamburger," Chris Kitching of the Winnipeg Sun reports that a Winnipeg burger joints that unknowingly sold E. coli-contaminated beef from an outside source are worried the publicity will turn people away from their food. Mrs. Mike’s, Dairi-Wip Drive-In on Marion Street, and VJ’s Drive-In […]

August 24, 2006

E. coli and the Church Picnic

I expect soon to receive the below email commenting on the recent tragic death and thirty illnesses tied E. coli contaminated hamburger served at a Minnesota church dinner: “It is not the failure of the Meat Industry in not keeping cattle feces out of hamburger that sickened the people. It is the fault of the […]

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