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 CDC reports as of July 8, 2013, 143 people have been confirmed to have become ill from hepatitis A after eating ‘Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend’ in 8 states: Arizona (21), California (69), Colorado (28), Hawaii (8), New Mexico (6), Nevada (6), Utah (3), and Wisconsin (2). The cases reported from Wisconsin resulted from […]
I suppose this will be the next move by the food industry to squash transparency – instead of “Ag gag” laws there might well by “no gagging at restaurant” laws: Denny’s Golden Corral So much for a culture of food safety.
The slow drip of information to the public on where this Listeria-tainted cheese was sold continues to come out – too slow. Rick Barrett of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel did a great story on the ongoing Crave Brother’s Listeria Cheese Outbreak where so far one person has died, a pregnant woman has miscarried and three […]
Annemarie Mannion of the Chicago Tribune reporter that Los Burritos Mexicanos, 1015 E. St. Charles Road in Lombard, was closed June 14 and reopened last week while investigators continue to try to track the cause of the outbreak. The most recent tally of people who were made ill during the outbreak was 31, including confirmed […]
2013 – A collaborative investigation by local and state public health and regulatory agencies, CDC, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration indicates that Les Frères, Petit Frère, and Petit Frère with Truffles cheeses made by Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese Company is the likely source of this outbreak. A total of five persons infected with […]
The CDC reports as of July 3, 2013, 140 people have been confirmed to have become ill from hepatitis A after eating ‘Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend’ in 8 states: Arizona (20), California (69), Colorado (26), Hawaii (8), New Mexico (6), Nevada (6), Utah (3), and Wisconsin (2). [Note: The cases reported from Wisconsin resulted […]
The CDC reported today that a total of five persons infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes have been reported from four states. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Illinois (1), Indiana (1), Minnesota (2), and Ohio (1). All five ill persons were hospitalized. One death was reported in Minnesota. One […]
According to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), two older adults in Minnesota got sick in early June after eating the cheese, and one later died. The outbreak has sickened at least four others in three states, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In addition to Minnesota, the other states involved are Illinois, […]
The Minnesota Departments of Health and Agriculture are working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on a multi-state outbreak investigation of listeriosis linked to eating Les Frères cheese made by Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics Cheese, a Wisconsin producer. The investigation is ongoing but there are related […]
The source of the Hepatitis A outbreak is becoming clearer. The CDC reports as of July 1, 2013, 132 people have been confirmed to have become ill from hepatitis A after eating ‘Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend’ in 8 states: Arizona (19), California (67), Colorado (25), Hawaii (7), New Mexico (5), Nevada (5), Utah (2), […]
The CDC reports that as of June 28, 2013, 131 people have been confirmed to have become ill from hepatitis A after eating ‘Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend’ in 8 states: Arizona (19), California (66), Colorado (25), Hawaii (7), New Mexico (5), Nevada (5), Utah (2), and Wisconsin (2). The outbreak strain of hepatitis A […]
Missing my flight to Seattle via London to Amsterdam allowed my to access the internet from a hotel in the old part of the city to upload this post. It also allowed me to walk the streets and canals taking in a bit of the culture. As I cruised past the many “coffee shops” that […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will detain shipments of pomegranate seeds from Goknur Gida Maddeleri Ithalat Ihracat Tic [Goknur Foodstuffs Import Export Trading] of Turkey when they are offered for import into the United States. This action results from an investigation by the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state and […]