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 […]
But, no free hepatitis A vaccines to food service workers? Public Health is currently investigating a report of a person who had hepatitis A infection while detained at Men’s Central Jail (441 Bauchet St, Los Angeles, CA 90012). Hepatitis A is very contagious, and people can even spread the virus before they feel sick. Since […]
As the Texas Department of Health has reported, there is a Shigella Outbreak in Lavaca County that has sickened nearly 100. It appears to be linked to a local food establishment, Los Cabos San Lucas Mexican Grill, in Hallettsville, Texas. Introduction to Shigella Shigella is a species of enteric bacteria that causes disease in humans and other […]
I am off to Tribeca next week for the showing of “Poisoned.” It is odd, and more than a bit humbling, to have a documentary that has so much of my work of the last 30 years. My hope is that viewers listen to all the great people (present company excluded) interviewed and take to […]
Interesting reading in Chemical Research in Toxicology – Is Baikiain in Tara Flour a Causative Agent for the Adverse Events Associated with the Recalled Frozen French Lentil & Leek Crumbles Food Product? – A Working Hypothesis On June 17, 2022, Daily Harvest (New York, NY) issued a voluntary recall of about 28,000 units of their […]
The San Luis Obispo Tribune reports that an outbreak of norovirus stemming from a North County restaurant has sickened close to 100 people, according to the San Luis Obispo County Public Health Department. SLO County Public Health Epidemiologist Jessie Burmester said 97 people have been reported sick as part of a confirmed norovirus outbreak earlier this month. “When […]
Too bad the Taco Bell worker was not already vaccinated. The Snohomish County Health Department has identified a case of hepatitis A that occurred in a food worker who worked at two Taco Bell locations: 2727 Broadway in Everett and 303 91st Ave NE in Lake Stevens. Anyone who ate food from the Everett location […]
The Snohomish County Health Department has identified a case of hepatitis A that occurred in a food worker who worked at two Taco Bell locations: 2727 Broadway in Everett and 303 91st Ave NE in Lake Stevens Anyone who ate food from the Everett location on May 22 or 23 or from the Lake Stevens […]
I must admit, in 30 years of doing food safety, I seldom recall a health department withholding from the public the source of an outbreak – even Norovirus. I am reminded by a story some 10 years ago – After Food Safety News broke the story that Taco Bell was the mysterious “Restaurant Chain A” linked to […]
Boston health inspectors ordered the closure of a Brighton restaurant and suspended the restaurant’s permit to operate after foodborne illnesses were reported and an inspection identified multiple problems this week. Los Amigos Taqueria at 366 Washington St. in Brighton was ordered to close on Thursday. The Boston Public Health Commission confirmed that it is investigating […]
The premiere of the Netflix Documentary, “Poisoned,” is a few weeks away (June 9) at the Tribeca Film Festival. We are thankful that the folks at Netflix are also allowing us to do a premiere night on Bainbridge Island on July 2. The small, historic Lynwood Theatre holds only about 250 people – but they […]
Total Illnesses: 50Hospitalizations: 3Deaths: 2 Last Illness Onset: April 17, 2023States with Cases: Montana Per request from Gallatin City-County Health Department and the Montana (DPHHS), the FDA and CDC are assisting with an investigation of illnesses at a single restaurant in Montana. The restaurant temporarily closed following the illnesses and there does not appear […]
I must admit my obsession with food safety has crossed over to t-shirts. I love the packaging: The above will be available at this years IAFP Conference in Toronto. If you can’t wait that long, email me at bmarler@marlerclark.com. Get the F out of the FDA – is my pitch to separate out Food Safety […]
Poisoned will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 9. It will be followed by a showing at the Garde in New London Connecticut on June 28. And finally a showing, and fundraiser for local foodbank, at the Lynwood Theatre on Bainbridge Island on July 2. It is going to be a fundraiser for our on island food bank – […]
Seattle, WA – The Abbott infant formula recall could have been prevented. The FDA had reports of safety failures months before the contaminated formula sickened babies and caused two deaths. William “Bill” Marler, sent these t-shirts to the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, who are tasked to make recommendations as to what pathogens are […]
My law practice lives and breathes the science of foodborne illness epidemiology. Stool cultures, incubation periods, case control studies and genetic fingerprinting make or break causation in cases. I have a nurse and an epidemiologist on staff who investigate each case, so we know that the claims that we make are well-grounded in both science and the […]