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 […]
No comment necessary, just click on document below to download:
The Hartford Conneticutt Courant reported that The Town Farm Dairy has stopped producing and selling milk and milk products indefinitely after four people contracted E. coli O157:H7, linked to raw milk they bought from the Simsbury farm. We learned that the four ill are children ages 2-7 and that some, if not all, developed Hemolytic […]
In breaking news this evening, Connecticut state inspectors are investigating raw milk from a Simsbury dairy farm after reported illnesses. The State Department of Agriculture is looking at whether the raw, unpasteurized milk from Town Farm Dairy on Wolcott Street is responsible for making people sick after a number of illnesses have been reported. The […]
The FDA has announced that Agricola Zaragoza, Inc. of McAllen, Texas is recalling Jalapeno Peppers distributed since June 30th, 2008 (see CDC Report below) because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes-fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune […]
Only showing how our food system is truly global, today, US government inspectors have found Salmonella Saintpaul, the strain responsible for a nationwide food-poisoning outbreak, in Mexican-grown jalapenos in a Texas plant, prompting a new warning for consumers to avoid eating fresh jalapenos. However, the FDA continues to say that it doesn’t mean Mexican jalapenos […]
The first Georgia lawsuit stemming from National E. coli outbreak linked to six states was filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Valdosta Division against Nebraska Beef Limited. The complaint was filed on behalf of Evelyn and John M. Stewart of Moultrie, Georgia. The lawsuit states that on June […]
It is time politicians take notice – a recent poll found: Nearly half (46 percent) of consumers have changed their eating and buying habits in the past six months because they’re afraid they could get sick by eating contaminated food. An overwhelming number (80 percent) support setting up a better system to trace produce in […]
According to the CDC since April, 1237 persons infected with Salmonella Saintpaul with the same genetic fingerprint have been identified in 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. These were identified because clinical laboratories in all states send Salmonella strains from ill persons to their State public health laboratory for characterization. One new state, […]
You cannot see it, taste it, or smell it. 250,000 E. coli O157:H7 (E. coli) bacteria will fit on the head of a pin. Ten to 50 will kill your child or your grandmother. More likely due the expertise of Children’s Hospitals, and other top medical centers around the country, deaths at times are avoided, […]
According to the CDC today, state departments of health and agriculture in several states, collaborating local health jurisdictions, CDC, and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. As of July 17, 2008, 49 confirmed cases have been linked both epidemiologically […]
No surprise to the folks sitting in the ICU waiting room of the Archbold Hospital in Thomasville, Georgia who I met with today. Three women in ICU with families at their side – life should not hang in the balance at age 70 after going to a local restaurant you have visited for years. A […]
For the last few days I have been in Walker Minnesota (half way between Fargo and Duluth) defending the depositions of two families impacted by E. coli-tainted Nebraska Beef in 2006. One client suffered acute kidney failure and was on dialysis for nearly three weeks. The other client is a widower. His wife died after […]
On a day that another politician, this time the Florida Governor, said: "we continue to have the safest food supply in the world;" on a day that I finally get one of my Op-eds published, thanks goes to Undersecretary for Food Safety (FSIS) Richard Raymond, and Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Ed Schafer for announcing plans to […]
WALB TV reports today that Faye Bryant was transferred to the intermediate intensive care unit at Archbold Memorial Hospital last Saturday after her condition continued to get worsen. The Bryant’s ate at the Barbecue Pit Steak And Seafood restaurant in Moultrie 3 weeks ago. Health investigators say beef served at the popular restaurant is the […]
According to Georgia Public Radio, several Moultrie residents have been infected with a harmful strain E. coli O157:H7, according to local health officials.‚Ä®‚Ä® The common link in all the cases is the consumption of meat supplied by Nebraska Beef limited. The company has recalled five million pounds of beef because of suspected E. coli contamination. […]