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 Food Safety Summit is a solution-based conference and expo designed to meet the educational and informational needs of the food industry including growers, processors, retailers, distributors, foodservice operators, regulators and academia. The Summit provides a 3-day comprehensive educational program to learn from subject matter experts, trainers, exchange ideas and find solutions to your current job challenges. […]
Yesterday I was speaking to a prominent lawyer who defends companies that are caught up in foodborne illness outbreaks and the recalls of the food products that sickened consumers. The lawyer was complaining (more on other lawyers complaining about the CDC below) about the CDC’s announcing deaths arguably related to the tainted product, specifically the […]
Since March 2016, CDC has been collaborating with public health officials in several states and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections (listeriosis). Eight people infected with the outbreak strains of Listeria have been reported from three states since September 13, 2013. All eight people were […]
CRF Frozen Foods has expanded its recall of certain frozen fruits and vegetables to include everything produced in its Pasco, WA, facility since May 2014 after learning seven people have become sick with Listeria infections. Two have died. More than 350 products sold under 42 brands are included in the recall. The products were sold […]
I always find FDA’s Form 483 Inspection Reports both interesting and educational. It is too bad that the FDA tend to make getting copies of them difficult through requiring FOIA’s to be sent instead of simply making the investigation public. Here are the high’s and low’s of the inspection at Dole’s Springfield Ohio facility which […]
Costco’s recall of the Organic by Nature frozen peas from locations in British Colombia, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan comes a day after CRF Frozen Foods of Pasco, WA, recalled 15 frozen vegetable products in the U.S. and Canada. The CRF initiated the recall, which includes the Organic by Nature peas sold at Canadian Costco stores, […]
South Australia Health today issued a public health warning to South Australians not to eat raw bean sprouts following a significant increase in the number of Salmonella Saintpaul cases. Over the past 11 days there have been 108 Salmonella Saintpaul cases reported. South Australia sees around 15 to 20 cases each year. Since the start […]
A total of 33 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Virchow were reported from 23 states. Among people for whom information was available, illnesses started on dates ranging from December 5, 2015 to March 18, 2016. Ill people ranged in age from less than 1 year to 84, with a median age of […]
Costco is once again offering hepatitis A vaccinations to customers/members who were potentially exposed to hepatitis A contaminated frozen berries it sold (good on ya Costco). This time it is Canadian customers/members who purchased (and presumably consumed) Nature’s Touch Organic Berry Cherry Blend a frozen berry mix recently recalled by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. […]
The Public Health Agency of Canada is collaborating with federal and provincial public health partners to investigate an outbreak of Hepatitis A infections in three provinces linked to the frozen fruit product: Nature’s Touch Organic Berry Cherry Blend. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a food recall warning advising Canadians of the recall of the frozen fruit […]
I was “asked” by a New York state court judge on Friday to be in court the next Tuesday (tomorrow) on a hepatitis A case that has been pending for some time, so when checking the weather for for the city, this recall notice popped up: A Brooklyn import-export company is recalling an undisclosed amount […]
PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL BENJAMIN C. MIZER DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA’S 39TH ANNUAL NATIONAL FOOD POLICY CONFERENCE Remarks as prepared for delivery WASHINGTON, D.C. Thank you for that kind introduction. And thank you to the Consumer Federation of America and organizers of the National Food Policy Conference for inviting me […]
The State Department of Public Health (DPH) today issued the following update on the E. coli outbreak linked to the Oak Leaf Farm in Lebanon, CT. DPH is investigating 34 confirmed cases of E. coli O157 infection linked to the farm. The patients range in age from 10 months to 45 years, with a median age of five years. The patients […]
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The CDC reported Eighteen people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria have been reported from nine states since July 5, 2015. The number of ill people reported from each state is as follows: Connecticut (1), Indiana (1), Massachusetts (1), Michigan (4), Missouri (2), New Jersey (1), New York (5), Ohio (2), and Pennsylvania (1). Whole genome […]