This is simply unacceptable. This botulism outbreak, frankly any outbreak that sickens babies, should never have happened. We can do more to protect the most vulnerable. The stork in “operation stork speed” clearly flew into a brick wall and crash landed. This child’s parents bought ByHeart Infant Formula at a Walmart. ByHeart utilized powdered organic […]
The Gallatin City-County Health Department, the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS), other local health departments, and federal agencies continue to investigate the foodborne illness outbreak linked to eating food at Dave’s Sushi in Bozeman. The investigational activities are ongoing, and DPHHS and the Gallatin City-County Health Department acknowledge that the investigation […]
The Detroit Health Department is working with Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD), and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to assess an apparent increase in illnesses amongst students at Marcus Garvey Academy located in Detroit. After receiving reports of symptomatic students at Garvey, the Detroit Health Department responded by sending a team to […]
Despite practicing law in the food safety space for over 30 years, I am always learning something new and that usually is bad. With at least 30 sickened with 2 dead linked to Dave’s Sushi in Bozeman, Montana that appear to be linked to the consumption of morel mushrooms that Dave’s ownership has cited as […]
Perhaps I should send them a t-shirt? The Marion County Health Department (MCHD), in cooperation with La Cocina Mexicana Restaurant in Salem, is investigating a report of Hepatitis A virus exposure. As a preventative measure, MCHD is recommending that customers who consumed food, whether dine-in, or pickup, purchased on April 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd,24th, and […]
In August 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state partners conducted an outbreak investigation into a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to cantaloupe. However, the public was not told about the outbreak until a few days ago. Here are the numbers: This is the explanation from the […]
After its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival June 9, “Poisoned” will show July 1 (4:30PM) and July 2 (6:30PM) on Bainbridge Island. The theatre seats 225 and the events will be used as a fundraiser for Helpline House. The author, Jeff Benedict will be around to sign books. There will be a short Question […]
According to the Gallatin County Health Department, Dave’s Sushi in Bozeman is closed until further notice due to possible foodborne illnesses. The health department was notified of possible foodborne illness linked to eating at Dave’s Sushi on April 17. At this time, it is unclear what pathogen caused the illness. On April 18, the health […]
Well, I am clearly back on my pre-COVID travel schedule. Last week I was in Ontario speaking at the Ontario Food Protection Association. This week I had the pleasure to speak at the TH Chan School of Public Health at Harvard. Next week I will keynote at the Western Food Safety Summit Conference in Salinas. Then it is […]
CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are collecting different types of data to investigate a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections. A specific food item has not yet been identified as the source of this outbreak. Sick people’s samples were collected from July 3, 2018, […]
Just heard there will be three showings with tickets going on sale next week. See you in New York.
This was embargoed until a few moments ago. USDA Proposes Declaring Salmonella an Adulterant in Breaded Stuffed Raw Chicken Products WASHINGTON, April 25, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) released today a proposed determination to declare Salmonella an adulterant in breaded stuffed raw chicken products when they exceed a very low level of Salmonella contamination. This announcement […]
Poisoned at Tribeca – https://tribecafilm.com/films/poisoned-the-dirty-truth-about-your-food-2023
My GET THE F OUT OF THE FDA t-shirt has been a big hit. We have given out over 750 to Members of the House and the Senate and hundreds of others to food safety professionals around the world. Here are a few more ideas that are in the t-shirt pipeline – Vaccinating food services […]
On April 6, Revolution Farms expanded the recall announced on April 5, 2023 to include all products sold under the Revolution Farms brand. The recalled product has 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 […]
Or, I will send you this t-shirt. For Babies sake, make Cronobacter sakazakii reportable The Abbott infant formula recall could have been prevented. The FDA had reports of safety failures months before the contaminated formula sickened babies and caused two deaths. Here is what the head of the FDA said in testimony to congress months […]