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 […]
WWL’s report on the recent debate over raw milk Bill HB 247 likely says it all why there is unlikely to ever be an ability for public health and raw milk proponents to ever find common ground. Here are the highlights: So, what, a few kids die, I want to do whatever I want to […]
Trader Joe’s and Glass Onion Catering is facing 5 lawsuits brought on behalf of alleged victims of a 2013 E. coli outbreak. Public health officials traced the E. coli outbreak to salads made by Glass Onion Catering and sold at the grocery chain. According to attorney Bill Marler, whose law firm represents 6 plaintiffs who […]
I had the chance to speak at Avvo’s Lawyernomics Conference today. The audience wanted to know how I built my practice. It was really simple: Find your passion Learn everything you can about the topic Work hard – very hard Become an expert Let your successes speak for themselves Communicate effectively Bottom Line – “Doing […]
As of April 21, 2014, a total of 132 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Cotham have been reported from 31 states since February 21, 2012. 58% of ill persons are children 5 years of age or younger. 42% of ill persons have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback […]
In the past few days, restaurants from a Papa John’s in North Carolina to the La Fontana suburban New York restaurant to a Moose Jaw bar, are issuing hepatitis A warnings due to an ill worker putting customers at risk. Hardly a month passes without a warning from a health department somewhere that an infected food […]
Email of the day. This time I’ll be a bit more responsible. The Baltimore City Health Department and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene continue to investigate an outbreak of gastroenteritis at the Baltimore Convention Center during the Food Safety Summit on April 8-10, 2014. Currently, there are over 100 reported illnesses, mostly self-limited […]
Infinite Herbs LLC of Miami, FL, is voluntarily recalling one lot of its 2.5-ounce packages of Organic Basil sold at Trader Joe’s because of potential contamination with Salmonella. The recall only affects one specific lot of Infinite Herbs brand Organic Basil packaged in 2.5-ounce clamshells bearing the “Date Packed 02/21 20422″. The “Date Packed” information can […]
This picture says it all. Today was the last day for people to receive hepatitis A vaccinations if they think they were exposed after eating pizza from a northeast Charlotte Papa John’s. County Health Officials said a manager at the Papa John’s on Cambridge Commons Drive contracted the virus overseas.
Jack and Noah Melton were hospitalized for weeks at Texas Children’s Hospital. News 3 talked to the boys’ parents Friday about a very frightening experience that turned out for the better. But Jack and 2-year-old Noah Melton haven’t fully recovered from what happened last April 16th when the family went for a meal at Coco […]
Not sure who Kirstie Foster is, but they should make her CEO of General Mills IMHO. Here is what she said: As has been widely reported, General Mills recently posted a revised set of Legal Terms on our websites. Those terms – and our intentions – were widely misread, causing concern among consumers. So we’ve […]
When Stephanie Strom of The New York Times wrote “When ‘Liking’ a Brand Online Voids the Right to Sue,”it caught my attention. At first I thought General Mills could not be serious about trying to deny its customers the right to their day in court if wronged by a General Mills product. I mean, why […]
MMWR reported the 2013 FoodNet data today and it was a bit depressing. FoodNet conducts active, population-based surveillance for laboratory-confirmed infections caused by Campylobacter, Cryptosporidium, Cyclospora, Listeria, Salmonella, Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157 and non-O157, Shigella, Vibrio, and Yersinia in 10 sites covering approximately 15% of the U.S. population. For information on those bugs, see www.foodborneillness.com. In 2013, FoodNet identified 19,056 cases of infection, […]
The email in my inbox this morning enclosing a questionnaire asking about the possible link between foodborne illnesses and last weeks Food Safety Summit was tempting enough. The dozens of emails from attendees from around the world that followed made the irony complete – a potential foodborne illness outbreak at the Food Safety Summit – […]
This just landed in my inbox: Dear Food Safety Summit Attendee, The Baltimore City Health Department and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Division of Outbreak Investigation are investigating illnesses among people who were at the Baltimore Convention Center from April 8-10, 2014. We have not yet determined how people became ill, and […]
The book I was asked to do a Preface for arrived while I was in Baltimore at this year’s Food Safety Summit. You can buy the hardcover on Amazon. The book provides a thorough review of current food safety and sanitation information with practical applications of current research findings included. The book surveys and examines […]