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 Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has been working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Kansas Department of Agriculture and the Oklahoma Department of Health to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella linked to sprouts. Five people in Kansas have become ill as part of […]
As of February 17, 2016, 18 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Virchow have been reported from 15 states. The number of ill people identified in each state is as follows: Florida (1), Massachusetts (1), Maryland (1), Minnesota (2), New Jersey (2), New Mexico (1), North Carolina (1), Ohio (1), Oklahoma (1), Oregon […]
California Department of Public Health (CDPH): As of February 11, 2016, eight persons with a unique strain of Shiga-toxin producing E. coli O157 have been identified; four reported drinking Organic Pastures raw milk before they got sick. All eight illnesses occurred in January. The investigation is ongoing. In this outbreak, two cases of hemolytic uremic […]
According to a variety of press reports, the Estill County Kentucky Health Department continues their investigation into the Salmonella outbreak. They are hoping to determine a source or a cause. At this time, 72 people are experiencing gastrointestinal illnesses, 35 of those are confirmed Salmonella cases and eight people were hospitalized due to Salmonellosis. The Estill County […]
QUESTION: Can you provide any details? CDPH should provide the current case count? CDPH RESPONSE: As of February 8, 2016, six children with a unique strain of Shiga-toxin producing E. coli O157 have been identified; of these six children, four have reported drinking Organic Pastures raw milk before they got sick. All six illnesses occurred […]
From a Organic Pastures recent Facebook Post: Voluntary Internal Recall of OPDC Raw Dairy Product: In abundance of caution, and as part of our safety program, we ask that Organic Pastures customers and stores immediately dispose of any whole milk with the following lot codes: Use by date: 1/23/16 Lot code: 20160105-1 Use by date: […]
According to the CDC, fifteen people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria have been reported from eight 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 (1), New Jersey (1), New York (5), and Pennsylvania (1). Whole […]
I guess that would be “Down Under” the bus? And, Chipotle admits to violating the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act because it sold “adulterated” food because it was “prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health” – […]
This week Chipotle announced that it had been subpoenaed as part of a federal criminal investigation into food safety at its restaurants nationwide. The subpoena broadened the scope of a previously announced investigation, which focused only on a norovirus outbreak at a Chipotle restaurant in Simi Valley, California. The investigation is being conducted by the […]
Yesterday, with the announcement of an expanded criminal investigation and slumping sales, combined with a stock price creeping slightly back up from the bottom after a multi-billion dollar free fall, it does make you wonder if Chipotle could have turned its bus around before it drove off this cliff? Now it could be facing criminal […]
According to Reuters which covered a Chipotle conference call today, Chipotle received a new subpoena at the end of January, seeking information related to company-wide food safety matters dating back to January 1, 2013 and superseding an earlier subpoena that was limited to just one restaurant in Simi Valley. As I said to Reuters: “The […]
Last week I had a talk with Roberto Ferdman of the Washington Post on “Why a top food poisoning expert won’t ever eat these foods.” Putting aside the things that I shy away from (here is the list), it was good to walk down memory lane on the Odwalla case: You keep telling me that […]
The initial, larger STEC O26 outbreak was first detected by public health officials in Washington and Oregon through local foodborne disease surveillance. In late October 2015, officials in those states detected an increase in illness and after interviewing ill people, they determined that illness was likely linked to eating at multiple Chipotle Mexican Grill locations. […]
Will the numbers go above 58? Fifty-three people infected with the outbreak strain of STEC O26 have been reported from 9 states. The majority of illnesses have been reported from Washington and Oregon during October 2015. The number of ill people reported from each state is as follows: California (3), Illinois (1), Maryland (1), Minnesota […]
More than 120 Boston College students were taken ill after eating at the same Chipotle at 1924 Beacon Street in Brighton in December 2015. After receiving reports of multiple cases of gastrointestinal illness among patrons who ate at the Chipotle Mexican Grill in Cleveland Circle, the Boston Public Health Commission, the City of Boston Inspectional […]