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 […]
An outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes linked to pork sausages may have killed at least 12 people and sickened another eight in recent months, according to multiple news sources. Danish authorities said they closed down a small meat producer near Copenhagen on Monday in connection with the outbreak. The producer, Hedehusene, made a variety of rolled […]
Coral Beach reports that Brooks Tropicals LLC, Homestead, Fla., has recalled 401 boxes of fresh, green-skinned avocados because a routine random sample test by the Food and Drug Administration returned a positive result for Salmonella. Only fruit shipped with the lot number 2610 is included in the recall, according to the Aug. 8 notice on […]
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has identified at least 13 people who have developed E. coli O157:H7 infections as part of an outbreak associated with Zerebko Zoo Tran traveling petting zoo. All of these cases have infections with E. coli O157:H7 bacteria that have the same DNA fingerprint. Two of these are secondary cases […]
Last week I penned – “Biting the Hand that Feeds You – Primus Sues Walmart and Frontera:” I have been accused of beating up on Primus a bit too much recently. So, I have to give it some credit for doubling-down on fighting back. I am just not so sure it is a good business […]
Friday the CDC updated its ongoing reporting of a Salmonella outbreak linked to baby chickens and ducks. Now a total of 300 persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Infantis, Salmonella Newport, or Salmonella Hadar have been reported from 42 states and Puerto Rico. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as […]
Associated Press’ Russ Bynum and Michael Warren have been following the PCA criminal trial (along with Food Safety News). I had a chance to talk with them between the IAFP Conference and the CTLA Convention. The CDC says it has tracked salmonella outbreaks since 1962. It even has an interactive map with county-by-county information on the […]
I have been accused of beating up on Primus a bit too much recently. So, I have to give it some credit for doubling-down on fighting back. I am just not so sure it is a good business model in the long-term. In its answer to the plaintiff Onsager’s complaint in Montana Federal Court, Primus […]
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is issuing a public health alert due to a finding of Listeria monocytogenes in sample of Chicken Caesar Salad sold at Sam’s Club in Novi, MI. The product is packaged in an 11 oz. clear plastic clamshell container, labeled “Chicken Caesar Salad” with the name “Daily […]
Botulism is a rare, life-threatening paralytic illness caused by neurotoxins produced by an anaerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium, Clostridium botulinum. Unlike Clostridium perfringens, which requires the ingestion of large numbers of viable cells to cause symptoms, the symptoms of botulism are caused by the ingestion of highly toxic, soluble exotoxins produced by C. botulinum while growing in […]
Duke University researchers report that samples isolated from Chobani yogurt that was voluntarily recalled in September 2013 have been found to contain the most virulent form of a fungus called Mucor circinelloides, which is associated with infections in immune-compromised people. The study by Duke University scientists shows that this strain of the fungus can survive […]
Brie Zeitner of the Plain Dealer reports that two people in Ohio have been hospitalized with botulism that public health officials suspect is connected to a nationwide recall of VR Green Farms’ jarred sauces. The two Ohio patients, both Cincinnati residents in their 20’s, were each on ventilators at one point but are improving, according […]
Finished the keynote speech at IAFP last night and had time to start blogging this morning. SW Wisc Dairy Goat Products Coop of Mt Sterling, Wisc is recalling Raw Milk Mild Cheddar Cheese Lot Code 103-114 because it may be contaminated with Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O111:H8 bacteria. This is one of the […]
I got home yesterday from a four day trip to DC and LA just in time to turn around this morning to head to IAFP, but had a few moments to see what food is poisoning us today – sprouts – no surprise there. CTV News reports that Alberta Health Services (AHS) officials said there […]
Wawona Packing Company of Cutler, California is expanding its voluntary recall from July 19, 2014, of whole white and yellow peaches, white and yellow nectarines, plums and pluots due to the potential of the products being contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The July 19 recall covered specific lots of products packed from June 1 through July 12, […]
In the last week of August of 2006, I got three emails and a few phone calls from families who were suffering from E. coli O157:H7. Some of them thought it was the bagged Dole baby spinach they purchased and consumed that was the source of the illnesses. Public health was silent. By mid-September the […]