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 […]
CNN’s Moni Basu is reporting from the trial of former executives of the now defunct Peanut Corporation of America – “Peanut butter killed his mom; now son watches company brass stand trial.” It is well worth the read. Beginning in November 2008, CDC (Centers for Disease Control) PulseNet staff noted a small and highly dispersed, […]
Total of 15 people in Minnesota identified with same strain of bacteria; no new cases since July 10. As many as three cases in three other states possibly linked. State health officials have identified green whole head cabbage as the likely source of an E. coli O111 outbreak that sickened 15 people in Minnesota in […]
Alberta Health Services investigates every case of E. coli O157:H7 confirmed in every Zone, as part of routine operations. The following cases are being investigated for potential links to the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in Alberta. This investigation is ongoing. At this time, it is not known whether these cases are linked to the outbreak. […]
The Cyclospora illness outbreak being investigated by DSHS and local health departments in Texas along with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration appears to have ended. The number of new illnesses being reported has returned to background levels, and the investigation has linked the cases in four restaurant […]
NPR’s Dan Charles produced “How Foster Farms is solving the case of the mystery salmonella” that aired this morning. I got a little air time: Others, like Seattle attorney Bill Marler, who makes his living suing companies when their food makes people sick, say it’s not good enough. “The standard is, it’s still OK to […]
For all the news that is not fit to drink – see Real Raw Milk Facts. Utah public health officials are investigating a cluster of illness associated with the consumption of raw or unpasteurized milk. To date, 45 cases of Campylobacter infection have been reported in people who indicated that they consumed raw milk in […]
Earline Mages always says when you talk to her – “This is Earline Mages from Farmer’s Branch Texas.” “She will never be that person she was before September 7, 2011” Frank Mages Ms. Earline Mages is a 76-year-old woman who has been healthy and active throughout her life. Her medical history is significant only for hypothyroidism, […]
The causal link between Sharon Jones’ Listeria infection and contaminated cantaloupe grown at the Jensen Farms facility is clear. In August and September 2011, while living at the Victorian House, Ms. Jones consumed Jensen Farms/Frontera cantaloupe purchased at King Soopers in the Castle Rock area of Colorado. On the morning of September 15, Sharon was […]
$100,000 in medical bills and a loving family could not save her. Marie tried to eat healthy, and to stay on budget. She purchased cantaloupe from Kroger in Garland, Texas in August 2011. Over the next few days Marie consumed the cantaloupe in her home. Despite her advanced age, Marie Jones entered September 2011 as […]
The causal link between Hazel “Abby” Jacobs’ Listeria infection and cantaloupe grown at the Jensen Farms facility is clear. In the summer of 2011, Abby’s good friend, Sharon Goodall, regularly did her grocery shopping, shopping at City Market located at 508 East Main Street Cortez, Colorado. During August and September, 2011, Sharon purchased one or […]
Former clients have been receiving the below letter from the Justice Department over the last few days. I took out any identifiers since there have been no charges filed. However, it does look imminent. You are receiving this notice because the government has reason to believe that you may have been the victim of a […]
The British national Salmonella outbreak which has struck down nearly 250 people across the country could be traced back to a single source of eggs. Three people who contracted Salmonella at Birmingham hospital have died. Public Health England (PHE) is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis PT14b in England that is possibly linked to outbreaks […]
Recalled brands of almond and peanut butters include Arrowhead Mills, MaraNatha, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Safeway, and Kroger. The CDC reports as of August 20, 2014, a total of four persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Braenderup have been reported from four states since January 1, 2014. Public health investigators are using the PulseNet system […]
So far 130 E. coli cases have been reported across Alberta, and health officials are trying to determine the cause. Tests have revealed that this particular strain isn’t found outside the Alberta environment, meaning whatever is making people sick was produced or grown in the province. “It does seem to be isolated to the Alberta […]
As of August 1, 2014 a total of 19 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O121 (STEC O121) were reported from six states. The number of ill persons identified in each state was as follows: California (1), Idaho (3), Michigan (1), Montana (2), Utah (1), and Washington (11). 44% of […]