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 […]
The Tri-City Herald reports this morning that more than a half dozen cases of salmonella in Walla Walla and Umatilla counties are being investigated. The county health departments are waiting for results from state labs that could indicate whether these cases are related to a national salmonella outbreak, department administrators said. As Genni Lehnert, the […]
King 5 TV just reported that the Washington State Department of Health announced that nine confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 infection found in north Thurston and south Pierce counties (appears to be college students – food service) have been traced to bagged, commercial romaine lettuce. Health officials say it’s not the same type of […]
The CDC announced today, in collaboration with public health officials in several states, the Indian Health Service, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) an ongoing multistate outbreak of human salmonella serotype Saintpaul infections. All seem to be linked to the consumption of Tomatoes. Since late April, 68 persons infected with salmonella Saintpaul with […]
The Washington State Department of Health is investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that has sickened several people in the state. From mid to late May, there have been nine laboratory confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7 of which eight have matching genetic patterns. One additional suspect case also is under investigation by the […]
King County Bar Association By: Karen Sutherland Bill Marler, a founding partner of Marler Clark, LLP, is being recognized by the KCBA as this year’s Outstanding Lawyer for his efforts to educate health officials, the community and the food service industry on how to avoid outbreaks of food-borne illnesses and the lawsuits that result from […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting consumers in New Mexico and Texas that a salmonellosis outbreak appears to be linked to consumption of certain types of raw red tomatoes and products containing raw red tomatoes. The bacteria causing the illnesses are Salmonella serotype Saintpaul, an uncommon type of Salmonella. Preliminary data suggest that […]
According to the CDC, an outbreak of food poisoning linked to uncooked tomatoes has now been reported in nine states. Lab tests have confirmed at least 54 illnesses in Texas and New Mexico as the same type of salmonella, right down to the genetic fingerprint. At least 17 people in Texas and New Mexico have […]
The New Mexico Department of Health has announced that an outbreak of salmonella has been linked to uncooked tomatoes. The department announced that 31 people from seven New Mexico counties have contracted a strain of salmonella known as salmonella St. Paul. I had blogged about this outbreak earlier – Salmonella St. Paul sickens 21 in […]
After nearly two years of work, we were able to settle today the last severe E. coli O121:H19 Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) cases related to illnesses stemming in part from a teachers’ conference luncheon in June 2006. According to the Weber-Morgan Health Department (WMHD), at least three attendees had contracted E. coli O121:H19 stool culture […]
Orval Kent Foods has announced a voluntary recall of 23,000 pounds of Amish macaroni salad after the Ohio Department of Agriculture found E. coli in a sample package. Products included in the recall include Orval Kent Amish Macaroni Salad in 5-pound containers with June 12th expiration dates and Yoder’s Amish Macaroni salad in 1, 2 […]
I (www.billmarler.com) am off to Eastern Washington a bit later this morning to give a talk at the “Farm-to-Table” Conference. My talk is on “Hot Topics in Food Illness Litigation.” It is also a bit of a homecoming – I spent six years at WSU getting three bachelor degrees, four years on the Pullman City […]
I blogged last week that New Mexico was reporting a large cluster of salmonella illnesses. This morning New Mexico state health department says there are now 21 and that many of the state’s recent salmonella cases are linked. Health officials said many come from the same strain – "Saint Paul." The ill patients live in […]
Robert Rodriguez of The Fresno Bee reported from the courtroom Friday in Hollister that the Superior Court judge ruled that the state had a rational basis for creating legislation that imposes a higher safety standard for Organic Pastures and Claravale Farms – California’s two raw milk producers. The new regulations set a limit of 10 […]
The New Mexico Department of Health is investigating 19 salmonella cases across the state since May 8. Several patients have been hospitalized with severe symptoms, but no deaths have been reported. Health officials are interviewing patients to determine how they may have contracted the illness. The patients live in McKinley, San Juan, Dona Ana, Curry, […]
New Jersey health officials announced today that the Salmonella outbreak at Princeton University appears to have been caused by an ill food service worker who touched (with what?) some shredded cheddar cheese. Salmonella is a fecal bacterium that causes one of the most common enteric (intestinal) infections in the United States – Salmonellosis. The New […]