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 […]
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is investigating 13 cases of foodborne illness associated with a type of E. colibacteria known as E. coli O111. This form of E. coli is in the same family as the more well-known E. coli O157:H7. All of the illnesses were caused by the same genetic strain of E. […]
FSIS announced this evening to further clarify and correct “Use or Freeze by” and “Best by” date ranges, as well as to provide an updated product list. The product list remains the same and the recall is not expanded. Foster Farms, a Livingston, Calif., based establishment, is recalling an undetermined amount of chicken products that […]
Bobby Ray Hullett, known to friends and family as Pete, and his wife Shirley lived in Maiden, North Carolina. The Hulletts were married for forty-five years and worked together at the Southern Glove mill for thirty years. Pete was a soft spoken man who worked all his life. Early in his career at Southern Glove […]
Food Safety News editor Dan Flynn and reporter Dallas Carter, reported yesterday that The trial of the three former Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) executives that was to begin Monday morning is being delayed two weeks to give defense attorneys more time to review late-arriving documents from prosecutors. Jury selection is now scheduled to begin […]
The criminal trial of Stewart and Michael Parnell, the former PCA chief executive officer and peanut broker for PCA, respectively and Mary Wilkerson, PCA’s former quality control manager is set to begin next Monday morning in Georgia. The 2009 Salmonella outbreak that forms the basis of the criminal prosecution sickened 714 and killed nine. Over […]
Sunday, August 3, 2014: 6:00 PM-7:30 PM 500 Ballroom (Indiana Convention Center) Ivan Parkin Lecture William D. Marler – Marler Clark, LLP PS Seattle, Washington 20 Years Later, Where Were We, Where are We and Where are We Going? Many would say that the 1992–1993 Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak was the […]
All, I got the below email from the ABA – American Bar Association – yesterday. If you think my blog fits the criterion, feel free to log in and say your piece – link is here. We’re working on our annual list of the 100 best legal blogs, and we’d like your advice on which […]
WSOC TV reports that Cabarrus and Mecklenburg county leaders said Papa John’s restaurant owes them money after they stepped in to help with a hepatitis A scare. In April, a Papa John’s worker at the store’s Cambridge Commons Drive location had hepatitis A. After the discovery, Cabarrus and Mecklenburg counties vaccinated thousands of customers. On […]
Reuter’s P.J. Huffstutter reported this evening that U.S. military bases and military commissaries in five states that supply food to personnel and their families are among the outlets believed to have received Salmonella Heidelberg-tainted chicken produced by Foster Farms, the USDA/FSIS said on Tuesday. U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine bases in the states of […]
Two months ago Foster Farms filed suit against Orkin pest control for allegedly failing to control cockroaches at one Foster Farms processing plant. The FSIS suspended operations at that Foster Farms plant because the bugs were found on four occasions. The finding of the cockroaches resulted in a three-day shutdown of the plant in January […]
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa is asking people who were sickened by eggs produced by Quality Egg, LLC between about the beginning of 2010 and August 2010 to contact their office. On June 3, 2014, Quality Egg, LLC (also known as Wright County Egg) and two company officials pled guilty […]
On July 4, 2014, the CDC reported a total of 621 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg from 29 states and Puerto Rico. Most of the ill persons (76%) have been reported from California. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Alaska (1), Arkansas (1), […]
Read the Federal Meat Inspection Act for yourself and decide. Title 21 – FOOD AND DRUGS – CHAPTER 12 – MEAT INSPECTION – SUBCHAPTER I – INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS; ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING – Sec. 601 – Definitions As used in this chapter, except as otherwise specified, the following terms shall have the meanings stated below: … […]
Over 1,000,000 pounds of chicken recalled. Over 170 types of products recalled. A few years ago I spent several weeks “Down Under” giving a series of speeches on “Why it is a Bad Idea to Poison your Customers.” On of my favorite Aussie sayings when someone did something right was “Good on ya mate.” Seems appropriate […]
According to press reports, the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment is distributing more free hepatitis A vaccines Wednesday at its clinic in Fort Collins. The shots are available for people who ate at Tortilla Marissa’s after June 17 because a worker at the restaurant has tested positive for the contagious hepatitis A virus. […]