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 […]
I moved up one spot from 2013 on the Daily Meals List, but was No. 46 in 2012, but not on it at all in 2011. Here is 2014’s: 50. Danielle Nierenberg and Ellen Gustafson, Co-Founders, The Food Tank 49. Adam Rapoport, Editor in Chief, Bon Appetit 48. Matt Maloney, CEO, GrubHub Seamless 47. Bill […]
According to recent research, once Salmonella bacteria get into a food processing facility and have an opportunity to form a biofilm on surfaces, it is likely to be extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible, to kill it, according to a study published ahead of print in the journal, Applied and Environmental Microbiology. A biofilm is any […]
I am working this weekend instead of watching the Seahawks – 49’s game because I will be sitting down with a couple of families this week to talk with them about the long-term complications that their children actually face because of something they ate. It is not something that their children’s physicians have not told […]
Listeria Cheese Queso Fresco cheese imported illegally from Mexico and sold in a Latino grocery store in Woodburn, Oregon may be tainted with Listeria, Oregon state officials warned Friday. Oregon’s Health Authority and Department of Agriculture launched an investigation into the dairy product after an infant in Clackamas County fell ill from the bacteria. Officials […]
Food Safety News reports that government prosecutors today recommended sentences of five years probation for brothers Eric and Ryan Jensen, owners of the cantaloupe farm tied to one of the deadliest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history. (Prosecutor’s Recommendation)Each of the Jensen brothers previously pleaded guilty in October to six counts of Introducing an Adulterated […]
As of January 15, 2014, a total of 430 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 23 states and Puerto Rico. Most of the ill persons (74%) have been reported from California. Since the last update on December 19, 2013, a total of 14 new ill persons have been […]
Seven people have fallen ill — with one of them in critical condition — after eating at a restaurant in Montreal this past December. The people contracted E. coli O157:H7 bacteria, after eating raw meat at Marché 27 on Prince Arthur St. The agriculture, fisheries and food ministry, MAPAQ, is responsible for verifying food safety […]
As of January 13, 2014, a total of 9 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from Tennessee. Two (22%) of 9 ill persons have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported. All of the ill persons were incarcerated at a single correctional facility located in Tennessee. Epidemiologic and […]
Sure seems that way. The above and below are slightly different questions than the one I posed the other day: Why did Tyson Recall, but Foster Farms Not? So, here they are: 1. Why has Cargill and Tyson collectively recalled millions of pounds of its products after customers were sickened and Foster Farms recalls nothing […]
Hope the tests are right this time. Fonterra is recalling 8,700 bottles of fresh cream sold under the Anchor brand over fears of E. coli bacteria contamination. The recalled items have a “best before Jan 21, 2014” label and were distributed throughout Fonterra’s retail and food service stores across North Island, from Northland to Turangi, […]
Here is the question that FSIS, Tyson and Foster Farms should answer: Why does Tyson recall its product after seven sickened and Foster Farms recalls nothing after 550 sickened in two outbreaks? According to the FSIS a food recall is a voluntary action by a manufacturer or distributor to protect the public from products that […]
Unnamed City, unnamed restaurant in Quebec: Quebec’s Health Ministry has confirmed that one restaurant is behind seven recent cases of E. coli O157:H7, but the name of the restaurant and the city it is in have yet to be released. The illnesses occurred in early December. Of the seven victims, only two are said to […]
Seven people in Connecticut are confirmed ill with E. coli infections in the Windham/Willimantic area, according to local news station WFSB. The source of the illnesses is not known. Two of the cases have developed into hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a potentially fatal kidney disease associated with severe E. coli outbreaks. Those two patients remain […]
Tyson Foods, Inc. a Sedalia, Mo., establishment, is recalling approximately 33,840 pounds of mechanically separated chicken products that may be contaminated with a Salmonella Heidelberg strain, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The mechanically separated chicken products were produced on Oct. 11, 2013. The following products are subject […]
Lynne Terry of the Portland Oregonian broke the story tonight that the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Services suspended poultry processing at one of the biggest Foster Farms plants in California over “egregious” unsanitary conditions. The agency said in a suspension notice that the company’s plant in Livingston, California is infested with live cockroaches, posing […]