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 […]
Less so if you are 1 of the 1.4M Americans sickened by Salmonella yearly in the United States. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) posted on its website today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service today denied a three-year-old regulatory petition from the CSPI asking the department […]
The CDC announced today a total of 634 persons infected with seven outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg were reported from 29 states and Puerto Rico from March 1, 2013 to July 11, 2014. 38% of ill persons were hospitalized, and no deaths were reported. Most ill persons (77%) were reported from California. The current outbreak […]
Salsarita’s Restaurant in the Walmart Home Office Café in Bentonville has reopened following a Shigella outbreak that made 275 sick in nine states according to the Benton County Health Department. According to the Arkansas State Health Department dozens of employees were also ill with Shigellosis. The Benton County Health Department conducted an inspection on June 18, shorty after people […]
When the FDA and Wawona Packing announced a recall of certain “stone fruits” due to a positive Listeria test, it appeared to be a somewhat standard, and likely limited recall. However, over the week my email inbox has bulged and my phone has been ringing with consumers both concerned about theirs and their families health […]
In 2009 Vernon Knudsen was 74 years old and lived with his loving wife, Marjorie, in the small town of Onalaska, Texas, just north of Houston. Vernon was happily retired and normally enjoys a quiet, peaceful life. Vernon’s medical history has included high blood pressure, high cholesterol, an irregular heartbeat, and essential tremor—a common movement […]
A few evenings ago I posted the final CDPH Report on the E. coli outbreak linked to Trader Joe’s and Walgreen’s. Primus finds itself redacted on page 14 of the report: Ratto Bros. also underwent routine audits from a third party, _____. The most recent _____ audit before the implicated romaine harvest was on August 8, […]
When the FDA and Wawona Packing announced a recall of certain “stone fruits” due to a positive Listeria test, it appeared to be a somewhat standard, and likely limited recall. However, over the last 24 hours, my email inbox has bulged and my phone has been ringing with consumers both concerned about theirs and their […]
Robert Moss was a true representative of The Greatest Generation. A child of modest means, Robert gave up a college scholarship to fight in the Navy in World War II, where he suffered a severe gunshot wound in combat. After the war, Robert returned to Louisiana, where he married a woman named Mary Jane, produced […]
Primus’ Losses in “Scorched Earth” Litigation Strategy Will Create Change in Audit Industry – Retailer Responsibility Next It has been almost three long years since dusty Holly, Colorado, became the epicenter of a Listeria monocytogeneshuman tragedy. Many are painfully aware that litigation has been ongoing since the fall of 2011. The litigation stems from one […]
The CDC reported on December 11, 2013, a total of 33 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 were reported from four states. The number of ill persons identified in each state was as follows: Arizona (1), California (28), Texas (1), and Washington (3). 32% of ill persons were hospitalized. Two ill […]
At 6:41 AM, on January 20, 2009, Minnie Borden was pronounced dead. It was a stunning end to an illness that came about all because of an invisible collection of bacteria contained in a package of peanut butter crackers. Minnie Borden was born in 1926, in the town of Lanett, Alabama. Although she stopped attending […]
Three-year-old Jacob consumed Salmonella-contaminated Austin Toasty Crackers with peanut butter. Jacob’s parents purchased the crackers at Costco Wholesale in Wilsonville, Oregon. Jacob’s stool sample collected on January 7, 2009 was positive for Salmonella, serotype Group B, Typhimurium. PFGE testing conducted on the Salmonella isolate was a genetic “match” to the national outbreak pattern associated with […]
Hazardous items were delivered to schools and hospitals. Vicky Nguyen of NBC San Francisco reports that Sysco Corporation, the world’s largest food distributor, has agreed to pay $19.4 million in penalties and restitution after an NBC Bay Area investigation uncovered the company’s secret food sheds regulators called illegal and unsafe. Inspectors from the California Department […]
As of July 14, 2014, a total of 25 ill persons infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Newport (16 persons),Salmonella Hartford (7 persons), or Salmonella Oranienburg (2 persons) have been reported from 15 states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Arizona (1), California (3), Colorado (1), Connecticut (3), Florida (1), Massachusetts (1), Michigan […]
Ramona Giwargis’s article from the Merced Sun Star entitled “Livingston city officials present Foster Farms with key to city” dropped into my inbox a few moments ago and I have been trying to come up with a reaction different than – “WTF” – so far, I have been unsuccessful. You have to wonder what Foster […]