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 […]
Here is the most current thinking from the Pacific Northwest: COVID-19 is similar to the seasonal flu (influenza) in that: Both cause fever, cough, body aches, fatigue; sometimes vomiting and diarrhea. Both can be mild or severe — even fatal in rare cases Both can result in pneumonia Both can be spread from person to […]
As of February 25, 2020, 14 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O103 have been reported from five states. Illnesses started on dates ranging from January 6, 2020, to February 11, 2020. Ill people range in age from 1 to 79 years, with a median age of 28. Sixty-two percent of ill people […]
Restaurants, PLEASE vaccinate your employees. According to New York press reports, the Oneida County Health Department as well as Rome Memorial Hospital are partnering to provide Hepatitis A. vaccinations to those who think they were exposed. This comes after the health department announced that an employee at Cianfroccos in Rome tested positive for Hepatitis A. […]
From the FDA: Although you stated that corrective actions were implemented following the 2019 and 2012 outbreaks, you have not provided FDA with any information demonstrating long-term, sustainable corrections have been implemented throughout your organization to prevent this violation from recurring in the future. For example, providing FDA with documentation of policies and practices demonstrating […]
There is not a day that goes by that that another food services worker is found positive for Hepatitis A thereby putting thousands of customers at risk. Here are the numbersL Here are the states:
The FDA is cautioning pet owners not to feed their pet’s certain Aunt Jeni’s Home Made frozen raw pet food “as it poses a serious threat to consumer and animal health” because of Salmonella Infantis contamination. The Salmonella was discovered in January when the FDA collected one retail sample of Aunt Jeni’s Home Made Turkey Dinner Dog Food. The Salmonella was also […]
In today’s New England Journal of Medicine – https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1907462?query=TOC Thanks to the good work of: Juno Thomas, M.D., Nevashan Govender, M.Sc., M.P.H., Kerrigan M. McCarthy, M.D., Linda K. Erasmus, M.D., Timothy J. Doyle, Ph.D., Mushal Allam, Ph.D., Arshad Ismail, Ph.D., Ntsieni Ramalwa, M.P.H., Phuti Sekwadi, M.P.H., Genevie Ntshoe, M.P.H., Andronica Shonhiwa, M.P.H., Vivien Essel, M.D., […]
Fresh Herbs Results as of 10/1/2019 The FDA plans to collect 1,600 fresh herbs samples (761 domestic, and 839 of international origin) under this assignment. As of September 30, 2019, the agency had collected and tested 746 domestic samples (98 percent) and 468 import samples (56 percent) of the totals. The following figures summarize the […]
In 2013, five years after the nationwide Salmonella outbreak in 2009 that killed 9 people and sickened more than 700, the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday announced a 76-count indictment has been filed charging four former officials of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) and a related company for selling Salmonella-contaminated peanut butter products. […]
I edited this email I recently got from a client to protect their identity. Dear Bill, What to say? Thank you so much for your tireless work on __________’s behalf. We are so grateful for your willingness to take on her case, and for the help you offered before she was even your client. We […]
In March 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and several state health departments attributed a multi-state outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 to I.M. Healthy brand SoyNut Butter manufactured by Dixie Dew, sold through the World Finer and KeHe distribution network and sold at retail at Target and other retailers.[1] Outbreak […]
There are few in the business of combating diarrhea that I respect more that Frank Yiannis and Rob Tauxe. I am sure that it is not reciprocated, because I am one of those “damn ambulance chasers.” But, guys, it is past time to stop hiding foodborne illness outbreaks – regardless of the thin legal justification. […]
This is a stunning piece of both journalism and photo journalism by Nomatter Ndebele and Thom Pierce of the Maverick Citizen Thank you for taking the time to tell these peoples’ stories. The victims of the 2017 listeriosis tragedy and the surviving families of those who died are taking on Tiger Brands in an effort […]
‘If I had heard about the problem even one week earlier … life today would be very different.’ By CHRISTINE HAUGHNEY and POLITICO People had been getting sick from eating I.M. Healthy Original Creamy SoyNut Butter for more than two months when Peter Ebb, a 59-year-old Boston lawyer and health enthusiast, went for a run […]
Leafy green vegetables have become the leading cause of E. coli poisoning. And the federal government still lacks the means, and maybe the will, to take it on. By Christine Haughney of the Boston Globe Nathan Parker slept with his son Lucas Parker on a mattress in the living room because of his medically fragile condition. […]