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 […]
Nancy McCleary of the Fayetteville Observer reports that more than 1,000 people may have eaten at the Holiday Inn Bordeaux since May 1, the beginning date of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 51 people, health authorities said Friday. “We are still tracking the numbers,” said Buck Wilson, director of the Cumberland County […]
I wonder if any of the employees had been to Vegas? Fayetteville North Carolina WNCN Staff reports that investigators from the North Carolina Department of Health were at a hotel in Fayetteville again Friday. 14 investigators from Raleigh continued to look into reported cases of salmonella that are traced back to the Holiday Inn Bordeaux. […]
Sarah Schacht has the dubious distinction of being a client of mine – twice – 20 years apart. However, Sarah has turned her double bad luck into a positive – advocating for the public’s ability of seeing restaurant inspections more readily. Thanks Sarah. Over at Food Safety News we are doing our best to provide […]
According to the Minnesota Department of Health, two Minnesota residents – both children under one year old – have become ill with salmonellosis linked to eating Krinos brand tahini sesame paste that has been recalled by the manufacturer. State health and agriculture officials today said consumers should not eat Krinos brand tahini from the affected […]
Note – in the CDC study there was no indication that the E. coli found was pathogenic. Hmm, I guess they forgot the White Water Water Park E. coli Outbreak. In June of 1998, Georgia health officials were notified that a number of children had become ill with E. coli O157:H7 infections and were hospitalized […]
The Cumberland County Department of Public Health continues to investigate the outbreak of Salmonella infection reported this week at the Holiday Inn Bordeaux, 1707 Owen Drive. As of Thursday, May 16, at 2 p.m. there are 44 individuals with signs and symptoms consistent with Salmonella infection; 36 from North Carolina and eight out of state. […]
Charlie Bauder of WNEG Newsreports that area health officials are reporting that they have seen seven recently reported cases of E. coli in the Stephens County area. District Two Public Health Spokesman Dave Palmer said that the cases have all appeared in the past couple of weeks. “At this time, we know that it is […]
The Cumberland County Department of Public Health continues to investigate the outbreak of Salmonella infection reported at the Holiday Inn Bordeaux. As of Tuesday, May 14, at 2 p.m. there are 18 individuals with signs and symptoms consistent with Salmonella infection; four of them are hospitalized. Based on its investigation, the Health Department is now […]
According to New Zealand press reports, more than 100 sheep have died in Southland in one of the worst outbreaks of Salmonella in more than a decade. At least 40 farms in Gore and Tapanui have been affected and local vets are worried that the disease could spread to farmers. VetSouth veternarian Donna Hamilton says the […]
The Cumberland County Department of Public Health is working with the N.C. Division of Public Health to investigate a gastrointestinal illness outbreak among staff and patrons of a local hotel’s restaurants. There are two confirmed cases of salmonella and one individual has been hospitalized. As of Monday, the Health Department had identified 16 individuals with […]
Apparently, what goes on in Vegas does not stay in Vegas. According to a report just released by the Health Department, as of May 5, 2013 at least 196 patrons and 4 employees of Firefly who consumed food and/or drinks at Firefly restaurant during April 21-26, 2013 have been determined to be confirmed or probable cases […]
According to the Jackson County Health Department, an employee at the High Hampton Inn restaurant in Cashiers, N.C., has tested positive for Hepatitis A. The Jackson County Health Department is now asking anyone who ate at the restaurant between April 26 and 29, or May 1, 2013, to contact the health department to receive information […]
Consumption of imported cucumbers is the likely source of infection for the ill persons. On April 24, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed Daniel Cardenas Izabal and Miracle Greenhouse of Culiacán, Mexico on Import Alert. Cucumbers from these two firms will be denied admission into the United States unless the suppliers show that […]
It is expected that the Nevada and Southern Nevada Health District will update the public on the Firefly outbreak by the numbers ill and the likely serotype of the Salmonella. We learned today from a stool culture that the illnesses are Salmonella Group B, but the serotype has not yet been listed. Group B consists […]
The Brazos County Health Department and the Texas Department of State Health Services are investigating five cases of a possible fatal strain of E. coli O157:H7 found in Brazos County residents. The health department confirms that two children, Eighteen-month-old Noah Melton and 4-year-old Jack Melton, are in the hospital. According to news reports, the boys […]