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 […]
Over the last 20 plus years I have given countless talks to food industry groups on the moral and business reasons to “not poison your customers.” However, it has only been a handful of companies who have allowed me behind the curtain (at no charge) to talk directly, candidly and forcefully about the role of […]
Summary of Key Findings: Of the 439 clinical isolates from case-patients sequenced to date, 92% belong to sequence type 6 (ST6) and are highly genetically related. This confirms that this single strain is causing the outbreak and is responsible for disease in the vast majority of patients with listeriosis. As 86% of patients interviewed reported […]
Food poisoning meets economics in this episode of the Food Chain. And it’s a toxic mix. We’ll explore how an outbreak can bring down a company, badly damage an industry and shine a light on social and economicinequalities and our globalising food system. Emily Thomas talks to a top food poisoning lawyer in the US, […]
“Richard Spoor, a lawyer in South Africa, has filed a $2 billion lawsuit against Tiger Brands. Nearly 70 victims and family members are part of the suit, according to William D. Marler, a Seattle-based food safety lawyer who is a consultant on the case.” The New York Times reported today that the world’s largest known listeria […]
Recall effective, Epi Curve dropping – 982 sick with 189 dead National Institute of Communicable Diseases reports this morning: The source of the outbreak has been identified as ready-to-eat processed meat products manufactured at Enterprise Foods’ Polokwane production facility. The recall of implicated food products was announced on 04 March 2018. However, it is expected […]
Employees at two local Louisville, Kentucky businesses have been diagnosed with Hepatitis A. That has been a similar and common headline in newspapers across the country over the last several months. One worker at Sarino (1030 Goss Avenue) was diagnosed. Customers who dined at the establishment from February 24 through March 15 may have been […]
My friends at CIDRAP did a great job of pouring over the recent FoodNet report (Mar 23 MMWR report) on the incidence of a variety of pathogens. I will steal a bit from their work. Good news: Salmonella Typhimurium and Heidelberg illnesses down which mirrors decrease in positives in chicken and a decreased incidence of hemolytic uremic syndrome […]
According to the CDC, as of March 20, 2018, 13 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 8 states. WGS performed on bacteria isolated from ill people showed that they were closely relatedly genetically. This means that people in this outbreak are more likely to share a common source of […]
Federal and state health officials are investigating a multistate Salmonella outbreak connected with a potentially contaminated organic packaged coconut that was sold at Natural Grocers stores, a product that was the subject of a recall posted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday. In the recall notice, Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Market, Inc., […]
The below is the latest recall list of meat products that have tested positive for Listeria. NOT all have been linked to the Listeria Outbreak that has sickened nearly 1,000 and killed nearly 200. Pick and Pay PNP Fresh Black pepper Chicken Roll (4X2.5kg =10kg) PNP Fresh Garden Herb Chicken Roll (4X2.5kg =10kg) PNP Fresh […]
Imagine that the phone call comes or an email pops into your inbox – “Sir, we have been contacted by the health authorities and they say our product (polony) has been linked to illnesses and deaths. What do we do?” So, what do you do? Lawrence MacDougall received that call. Now, what has he done […]
As of March 8, 2018, 967 laboratory-confirmed listeriosis cases have been reported to NICD from all provinces since January 1, 2017. To date, 749 cases were reported in 2017, and 218 cases in 2018. Females account for 56% (525/933) cases where gender is reported. Where age was reported (n=930), ages range from birth to 92 […]
Marler Clark has filed several lawsuits and represents three dozen victims. The CDC reports as of March 6, 2018, 170 people infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 7 states. Illness Count Iowa (149), Illinois (9), Nebraska (5), Minnesota (3), South Dakota (2) Indiana (1), Texas (1). Illnesses started on dates […]
Black First Land First, which laid murder charges against the corporations at the Hillbrow Police Station, said heads had to roll. Leader of Black First Land First Andile Mngxitama (BLF) believes the listeriosis outbreak that has claimed as many as 180 lives amid about 1,000 confirmed infections can be categorized as “murder”. He tweeted on […]
South Africa’s biggest consumer foods maker, Tiger Brands, has recalled products produced by its Enterprise unit after the government traced the source of a listeria outbreak that has killed almost 180 people and sickened nearly 1,000 to its Enterprise manufacturing facility. Tiger Brands said it has suspended operations at both Enterprise manufacturing facilities in Polokwane […]