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 […]
Noel Lyn Smith of the Farmington Daily Times reports that Navajo Pride is recalling its bleached, all-purpose flour because of possible Salmonella contamination. The recalled flour is marked with lot No. 075B110064 and is stamped with an expiration date of March 16, 2016, according to a company press release issued on Thursday. The flour comes […]
West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin’s veto message: Pursuant to the provisions of section fourteen, article VII of the Constitution of West Virginia, I disapprove Enrolled Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 30 for the following reasons. Signing this bill into law would pose a serious risk to public health. First, the […]
Broken Arrow plant possibly linked to additional illnesses. After Listeria in ice cream from Blue Bell Creameries sickened five adults in Kansas, the company announced Friday that it is voluntarily suspending operations at its manufacturing plant in Broken Arrow, OK. “The Broken Arrow operations will be suspended so that our team of expert consultants can conduct a careful and complete […]
Shigella sonnei has spread via international travelers to 32 states and Puerto Rico, US health officials say. Between May 2014 and February 2015, a drug-resistant strain of shigella has infected 243 people across the US, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC’s findings were first published in the agency’s […]
The Pinal County Public Health Services District (PCPHSD) took action today to temporarily suspend the food establishment permit of the Windmill Winery in Florence. The temporary suspension is being conducted while officials with PCPHSD conduct an investigation into a Salmonella outbreak that is linked to a wedding that took place at the facility on March […]
Food Safety News reported yesterday that Louisiana’s Silliman Institute students may well be part of an E. coli outbreak. Silliman sent students home last Friday, March 27, resumed classes Monday, March 30, and then called it quits until Monday, April 6. “There is an outbreak of STEC (Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli) in a school in […]
A recent Salmonella Schwarzengrund outbreak associated with the Boise, Idaho Pho Tam restaurant has sickened at least five people. Food Safety News reports: “We’ve gone in and inspected and looked at appropriate food safety controls,” said Christine Myron, public information officer for the Central District Health Department in Boise. “They’ve not determined a definite source yet, and they […]
Shawn Flynn of KWC News reports that a Charlotte restaurant owner is going on the offensive battling perception and health concern over Hepatitis A. “The restaurant industry is thriving,” said Jon Dressler, owner of three Charlotte-area restaurants. That’s one reason he opened his third shop last Fall, Dogwood Southern Table in SouthPark. Last month, however, he received […]
At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a judge has ordered L.A. Star Seafood Company Inc., located in Los Angeles, and its owners, Sima and Sam Goldring, to halt operations until they demonstrate to the FDA that they can process food in compliance with food safety laws and regulations. In 2012, at […]
California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith today warned consumers that the consumption of unpasteurized (raw) dairy products may cause serious illness. Six Northern California residents have recently been diagnosed with campylobacteriosis, a bacterial infection that can come from consuming contaminated raw milk. A recent investigation conducted by […]
Jon Costa, the food safety manager (no former) for Aramark, the food service vendor at both Kauffman and Arrowhead stadiums in Kansas City, went public last November with some stomach-churning food safety violations at the side-by-side stadiums where the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals, respectively, play NFL football and Major League Baseball. He has now […]
Sam Wood reports today on one of the largest outbreaks of suspected foodborne illness in Philadelphia – nearly 100 lawyers and law students were sickened last month after attending a banquet celebrating the Lunar New Year in Chinatown. But even though the restaurant has a history of food-safety problems stretching back several years, the city […]
By Naomi Tomky March 24, 2015 Illustration by Celeste Byers Attorney Bill Marler has won more than $600 million for clients since he and his partners formed Marler Clark in 1998. Marler rose to fame—or notoriety, if you’re a food producer—in 1993, when he successfully litigated a series of suits against Jack in the Box […]
Blue Bell Ice Cream of Brenham, Texas, is recalling three 3 oz. institutional/food service ice cream cups- chocolate, strawberry and vanilla with tab lids because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened […]
WIVB Buffalo reports that the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center drew a crowd of hundreds of pizza lovers Monday, looking for protection against possible exposure to hepatitis A. Casa Di Pizza, a popular Elmwood Avenue restaurant in Buffalo, had a server diagnosed with the disease on Friday. The Erie County Health Department encouraged 1,500 – 2,000 […]