I asked our AI friends – What are the pros and cons of replacing FDA Commissioner Makary with me – here is the response? This is a very timely question — Makary resigned as FDA Commissioner today, May 12, 2026, amid reports of internal tensions and policy clashes, with the vaping dispute reportedly being a […]
Chau Lam at newsday.com broke another story of E. coli illnesses tied to the consumption of hamburger. Seven people in Suffolk County were sickened in recent weeks after eating undercooked ground beef contaminated with E. coli bacteria, county health officials said Monday. Test results showed that the bacteria strain in three of Suffolk’s cases matched […]
As of noon today, a total of 736 people have reported that they became ill after they ate food purchased from the Pars Cove booth—up from the 717 reported Friday. One hundred twenty-four of the 736 are laboratory-confirmed cases of salmonellosis, with more results pending—up from the 116 reported on Friday. Of the 124, 98 […]
I got profiled in the Seattle University Alumni Magazine – “The Lawyer.” Click here to download the full article.
Please pass this on: I am 55 years old and having been married for 37 years, so I have been grocery shopping for at least that long. I got sick from spinach; last month I opened a can of Geisha brand peaches (from China but distributed from New York) only to find a dead fly […]
Duffie Dixon of My Atlanta TV reports that a Woman (a medical student) Hospitalized After Eating Castleberry’s Chili. An Atlanta woman remains hospitalized after eating what may be tainted chili included in the expanded recall issued Friday. Castleberry’s Food Co. of Augusta recalled more than 80 types of canned chili, beef stew, corned beef hash […]
Teresa Ann Boeckel of the Daily Record/Sunday News wrote this morning: Pennsylvania State officials say some customers got salmonella Stump Acres Dairy has stopped giving away raw milk after some customers became sick and were diagnosed with salmonella this month. This marks the third time this year that the North Codorus Township dairy has stopped […]
I was reading San Diego Union-Tribune writer, Diane Lindquist’s article: Keeping Greens Green – Industry-run program to improve food safety will begin tomorrow, about the hopeful use of the California Marketing Agreement as a way to prevent the next E. coli O157:H7 outbreak tied to California Leafy Greens, when I also spotted the following article […]
Abbott’s Meat Inc., a Flint, Mich., establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 26,669 pounds of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. Each box also bears the establishment number “Est. 10215” inside the USDA mark of inspection. The products […]
I have been posting about botulism over the last four months on www.foodpoisonblog.com: Foodborne botulism (as distinct from wound botulism and infant botulism) is a severe type of food poisoning caused by the ingestion of foods containing the potent neurotoxin formed during growth of the organism. The toxin is heat labile and can be destroyed […]
From the Chicago Health Department Press Release As of noon today, a total of 717 people have reported that they became ill after they ate food purchased from the Pars Cove booth—up from the 696 reported Thursday. One hundred sixteen of the 717 are laboratory-confirmed cases of salmonellosis, with more results pending—up from the 97 […]
Pars Cove Booth Blamed For Making 696 Sick Nearly 700 people have reported becoming ill after eating food from the Pars Cove Persian Cuisine booth at the Taste of Chicago. A total of 28 people have been hospitalized because of illness suffered after eating the tainted food, according to the city Department of Public Health. […]
Fox News Interviewed our clients last evening: A Voorheesville family thought a popular snack food was a healthy option for their 20-month-old triplets, but it turns out, that snack made their kids sick. A few months ago, 2 of the Scheels triplets came down with salmonella poisoning. Turns out the illness came from their snack […]
Georgia AP reported that, Castleberry, that makes the canned chili sauce suspected in a botulism outbreak had a production problem two months ago, a company official said Thursday. The Augusta plant made the sauce that is suspected of seriously sickening an Indiana couple and two children in Texas. Cans of chili sauce found in the […]
From Boston Public Radio: Bad Meat China may not be the only country encountering problems with food quality. Attorney William Marler says that although the meat industry has made recent improvements in quality control, he is still seeing more food poisoning cases. Listen
Georgia Firm Recalls Canned Meat Products That May Contain Clostridium botulinum Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-033-2007 HEALTH RISK: HIGH WASHINGTON, July 19, 2007 – Castleberry’s Food Company, an Augusta, Ga., establishment owned by Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, is voluntarily recalling approximately 721,389 pounds of canned meat products that may contain Clostridium botulinum as a […]