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 […]
Seattle Times’ JoNel Aleccia reports tonight that Washington state health officials have ordered an emergency harvest closure and a multistate recall of all shellfish from a portion of Washington’s Mason County’s Hammersley Inlet after at least a dozen people who ate raw oysters became ill. According to Alleccia, Norovirus is suspected in the illnesses reported […]
Colorado Local health officials said they hope a norovirus outbreak in Buena Vista that left approximately 20 people ill in mid-November will serve as a reminder to area restaurants and food providers to be extra cautious. Chaffee County Public Health received complaints from five people saying they were ill after eating food from the Subway […]
The Marler Clark Christmas potluck is next week. According to news reports, the food poisoning outbreak at an office Christmas party at Maitland Colonnades on Wednesday sickened 55 people, and 25 were transported to area hospitals – a “staph” party? Health department officials are conducting interviews and running tests on food samples and bodily fluids […]
Food Safety News reports that Massachusetts state and local health department officials are investigating 19 Salmonella cases linked to a restaurant in Holyoke, Brian Fitzgerald, Holyoke’s health director, told a local TV station that officials were trying to figure out why people were apparently sickened after eating at the Delaney House in Holyoke between Nov. 11 […]
Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. (“Del Monte Fresh”) announced today the voluntary recall of fresh cut fruit containing Gala red apples grown in Pennsylvania. The affected product was distributed to a limited number of customers in a few States in North East US and is being recalled because these apples have the potential to […]
Don’t let Salmonella get “funky” or allow E. coli to “mosh” – well done.
I am off to the Seattle airport this morning heading to San Francisco to attend a status conference on the litigation pending between two young adults that suffered a modest infection and two siblings that developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and a popular San Francisco restaurant – Burma Superstar. The restaurant was linked to an […]
Neptune Manufacturing agreed to a permanent injunction amid claims that it did not ensure a safe environment for seafood production. The Order prohibits Neptune from committing violations of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and it requires Neptune to cease all manufacturing operations. FDA inspections dating back to 2006 “documented a pattern of continuing […]
The Times of Trenton reported that Hamilton Township has scheduled an additional hepatitis A vaccination clinic for Monday, December 8th in response to a confirmed case of the infection at Rosa’s Restaurant and Catering between Nov. 10 and Dec. 1. At a clinic Thursday, the township administered about 600 hepatitis A vaccines. The second clinic […]
Today the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (“CDPHE”) and several Denver metropolitan area public health departments released a report of their investigation of an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli O157:H7) that occurred in October 2013 at Denver Jimmy John’s restaurants. Nine cases were identified, including 1 probable case and 8 laboratory-confirmed […]
As of December 2, 2014, a total of 87 people infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Enteritidis have been reported from 11 states. Twenty-seven percent of ill persons have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. CDC’s National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) laboratory conducted antibiotic resistance testing on Salmonella Enteritidis isolates collected from […]
Overhill Farms, Inc. of Vernon, California is voluntarily recalling the frozen food product Open Nature Chile Cheese Enchiladas due to potential Salmonella contamination. The supplier for the organic cilantro contained in such product notified Overhill Farms that the organic cilantro may have Salmonella contamination based on routine testing conducted. The product is sold nationwide at […]
Cristina Rojas reports that a confirmed case of hepatitis A has been traced to a food worker employed at Rosa’s Restaurant and Catering in Hamilton, officials said late Monday. Health officials warned that anyone who ate at or catered from the restaurant between Nov. 10 and Monday may be at risk for developing Hepatitis A […]
Second sprout recall in two years. On November 24, 2014, Henry’s Farm Inc. of Woodford, VA recalled all packages of Soybean Sprouts because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections to individuals with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short term symptoms […]
As of November 24, a total of 68 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella have been reported from 10 states. The number of ill people identified in each state is as follows: Connecticut (4), Maine (3), Massachusetts (31), Montana (1), New Hampshire (4), New York (5), Ohio (1), Pennsylvania (10), Rhode Island (6), […]