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 […]
Under the category, “when it rains it pours,” the meat packing industry took a hard hit – or, was it a stun gun to the head? The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports this morning on the “stunning” victory of my friends, Fred Gordon and Ron Pezze, over “big beef” and the lawyers and insurance corporations that […]
So, Senator Obama’s Food Safety Bill landed in my inbox about a minute ago. I have not read it, but thought I would get it out to my avid blog readers. I’ll comment on it between dealing with more meat and produce recalls. The Bill is S. 3358 – “A bill to provide for enhanced […]
To borrow a well used phrase, and change it a bit – "I love the smell of a recall in the morning." It seems that our friends in Omaha have been busy. Apparently, a ground beef sample collected from Est. 20420 (All American Meats) on 6/25/08 tested positive for E. coli O157:H7 with indistinguishable PFGE […]
Lou Dobbs must be dancing in the streets. Dr. Acheson of the FDA testified today to a packed Hearing of the Energy and Commerce Committee that the FDA found Salmonella saintpaul, the salmonella outbreak strain that has sickened at least 1,307 people since April, on a Mexican farm. However, the CDC also reported today that: […]
According to Jane Zhang of the Wall Street Journal, "the issue of food safety is also gaining attention on the campaign trail. Tuesday, Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, introduced legislation that, among other things, aims to identify the needs of state health departments and increase the sharing of information among public-health […]
So, what’s with Nebraska Beef? Nine people in southeast Nebraska have tested positive for E. coli infections, and health officials said a community event may be to blame for some of the illnesses. E. coli at nother potluck? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that every year at least 2000 Americans are […]
Botulism in food is a rare occurrence – Death by Botulism even rarer. However, I received a call today from a Florida family horribly impacted by the September 2006 Bolthouse Farms Botulism-tainted carrot juice. A full report from the CDC can be found here – “Botulism Associated with Commercial Carrot Juice — Georgia and Florida, […]
I had a nice chat last week with one of the three “Haphazard Gourmet Girls.” The Haphazard Gourmet Girls are big fans of Bill Marler, the foremost food poisoning attorney in the United States. Mr. Marler, of Seattle’s Marler Clark law firm, has made a career of very successfully suing high-profile Food Industrial Complex corporations, […]
A lawsuit was filed today in the Circuit Court for Barry County, Missouri against Soni Copeland and the Herb Depot and Organic Market. The petition was filed on behalf of Monett residents Brian and Angela Pedersen and their young son, Larry. The Pedersen family is represented by Marler Clark, a Seattle law firm dedicated to […]
According to Ohio Health officials in southwest Ohio, six people have become sick with E. coli O157:H7 in Montgomery County in recent weeks, leading to a ground beef recall from three markets. Dorothy Lane Market is asking consumers to return ground beef products sold at all three of its stores with sell-by dates between June […]
I was on the phone with our client discussing the status of the state of Colorado’s test on their jalapeno’s, when I received this press release from the state: State Laboratory Confirms First Human Case of Salmonella from Jalapeno DENVER – The Laboratory Services Division of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has […]
This was taken by my oldest daughter, of my middle daughter, last summer when we were on the Great Barrier reef searching for our relatives. The scientific classification of sharks: Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Chordata – Sub phylum: Vertebrata – Class: Condrichthyes – Subclass: Elasmobranchii – Super order: Selachimorpha This summer, with Tomatoes or Peppers […]
Here is a letter that I sent to all members of the US Senate and House Agriculture Committees RE: Food Safety in the United States Dear U.S. Congress Member: I am writing to you because the American people are losing confidence in the U.S. government’s ability to keep our food supply safe. As you know, […]
E. coli cases are such an everyday announcement now days, I have trouble keep up with them on the blog. Here are a few over just the last twelve hours. York Officials Confirmed E. Coli Case A health official says restaurant food and a recent meat recall have been ruled out as possible sources of […]
Food safety advocate and attorney William Marler is calling on the Meat Industry and the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) to make the inspection reports from meat processing facilities visible and easily available to the public so that consumers—in including grocery stores and restaurants—can make informed choices on which products they want to purchase. […]