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 have thought a lot over the last 20 years about what lessons can be drawn from the tragedy that was the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak. Knowing the children—many who are now nearing 30—who still bear the scars of eating a hamburger, and knowing the parents of those who died, […]
Knott’s Fine Foods, Inc. of Paris, TN, is voluntarily recalling its 3 ounce Chicken Salad Sandwiches with an expiration date of 1/29/13 and earlier because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with […]
Well, according to the Daily Meal: America’s 50 Most Powerful People in Food for 2013: These men and women decide what and how you eat, whether you realize it or not Bill Marler (#48), a leading food safety advocate and a personal injury lawyer who specializes in defending people who contract foodborne illnesses at the […]
In Australia a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to soft cheeses has sickened 18 people; two victims have died and one woman miscarried as a result of infection with the bacteria. The outbreak began in November of 2012, at which time an 84-year-old man from Victoria and a 44-year-old Tasmanian man died as a result of […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today that LJD Holdings, Inc., doing business as B and D Foods, a Boise, Idaho establishment, is recalling approximately 33,500 pounds of fully cooked meat and poultry products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. 10-lb. boxes, containing 2, 5-lb bags of “ROYAL […]
A new case of E. coli in New Brunswick brought the total number of victims in Canada’s E. coli lettuce outbreak to 30. E. coli O157:H7 Illnesses by province are now as follows: New Brunswick (7), Nova Scotia (10) and Ontario (13). According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, illness onsets began in late December […]
20 years ago today the State of Washington Department of Health sent out a press release announcing that an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak was occurring in the State and that it was likely linked to tainted, undercooked hamburgers served at local Jack in the Box restaurants. Eventually, the numbers of ill would be over 600, […]
According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, 1 additional case of E. coli O157:H7 illness was confirmed in Ontario as part of this outbreak. This brings the total number of cases to 29. These individuals became ill between late December and early January. New Brunswick reports six ill, Nova Scotia reports 10 ill and […]
Glenn’s Market and Catering, a Watertown, WI establishment, is recalling approximately 2,532 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The following products are subject to recall: • Various size packages of Glenn’s Market ground round, […]
A couple of headlines caught my attention this morning. The first, “China To Offer Up To $48,000 Reward For Food Safety Informers” might find some takers. Apparently, China will offer up to 300,000 Yuan ($48,200) as a cash reward to people who report on others who violate food safety laws. Frequent Chinese media reports refer […]
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has become aware of several cases of diarrheal illness from northwest Missouri, possibly caused by Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC), including one confirmed as E. coli O103. These may be related to the consumption of locally-produced, raw (unpasteurized) dairy products. In perhaps an unrelated action, the State […]
Last Friday the Public Health Agency of Canada (CFIA) announced 26 E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario linked to shredded lettuce distributed by FreshPoint Inc. served primarily at KFC and Taco Bell restaurants. FreshPoint Toronto has recalled shredded iceberg lettuce. The CFIA has traced the lettuce to California to an […]
In December 2009 the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) uploaded results of molecular testing by Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) of an E. coli O157:H7 isolate cultured from a patient stool specimen to PulseNet, a national database of molecular subtyping or “fingerprinting” of foodborne disease causing bacteria. The Minnesota isolate was assigned PulseNet 2-enzyme pattern designation […]
The Public Health Agency of Canada’s announced this evening a foodborne illness investigation indicating that the most probable cause of the E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in the Maritimes and Ontario is shredded lettuce distributed by FreshPoint Inc. primarily to some KFC and KFC-Taco Bell restaurants. The products were not distributed to grocery stores. As a […]
According to press reports, Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling the lettuce believed to be at the center of the outbreak. The source of the lettuce has not been announced. Dr. Frank Atherton, Nova Scotia’s deputy chief medical officer of health, says investigators believe that lettuce distributed to KFC and Taco Bell is behind the […]