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 […]
The Georgia Department of Agriculture issued a consumer advisory regarding potential Salmonella contamination in chicken salad products prepared in-store at the Ingles supermarket located at 43 Hwy. 515, Blairsville, GA 30512. Consumers who have purchased these products are strongly advised to avoid consumption and dispose of them immediately. The affected items include Rotisserie Chicken Salad […]
County Public Health officials are warning people not to eat RAW FARM raw cheddar cheese because it has been linked to a Shiga-toxin producing E.coli outbreak that has made two people in San Diego sick. On April 2, the company issued a voluntary recall on its raw milk cheddar cheese (original and jalapeno flavored), shredded and block products. Nine […]
The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, investigated illnesses in a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Newport infections linked to recalled dietary supplements containing moringa leaf powder. As of March 17, 2026, CDC reported a total of 97 people from 32 states that have been infected with one of the outbreak strains of Salmonella. […]
A total of 42 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria monocytogenes were reported from 21 states – Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and West Virginia. Illnesses started on dates ranging from August 17, 2018, to March 13, 2025. […]
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 […]
A total of 27 people infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria have been reported from 18 states. Sick people’s samples were collected on dates ranging from August 1, 2024, to October 16, 2025. Of 26 people with information available, 25 have been hospitalized and 6 deaths have been reported. One death from each of the following […]
AP’s Jonel Aleccia reports: Two suppliers provided dried milk powder that could be a culprit in the outbreak of botulism tied to ByHeart infant formula that has sickened dozens of babies, The Associated Press has learned. Organic whole milk powder that tested positive for the type of bacteria that causes botulism was made from milk provided by Organic West […]
The CDC and FDA reported last Friday that two samples collected by FDA tested positive for Clostridium botulinum type A. One is a ByHeart powdered infant formula closed product sample that matches a clinical isolate from an infant included in this outbreak according to whole genome sequencing analysis (WGS). The second whole milk powder sample was […]
Today, January 23, 2026, the CDC and FDA reported that two samples collected by FDA tested positive for Clostridium botulinum type A: One is a ByHeart powdered infant formula closed product sample that matches a clinical isolate from an infant included in this outbreak according to whole genome sequencing analysis (WGS). The second whole milk powder […]
The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program (IBTPP), and other state and local partners, continue to investigate a multistate outbreak of infant botulism. Epidemiologic and laboratory analyses indicate that ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula is the source of this multistate outbreak of […]
The CDC reports no new cases of infant botulism linked to ByHeart formula. New Key Finding: As of January 23, 2026, two samples collected by FDA tested positive for Clostridium botulinum type A: One is a ByHeart powdered infant formula closed product sample that matches a clinical isolate from an infant included in this outbreak according to whole genome […]
We filed two lawsuits yesterday in the Southern District of New York on behalf of two men stricken by consuming Live it Up Greens. As of January 14, 2026, 45 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from 21 states. Alabama 1, Connecticut 1, Delaware 1, Iowa 1, Maine 1, Michigan […]
Given that is was infant formula, you would think that the FDA and CDC investigators would be updating the public more often on the size and scope of the outbreak and if a cause for the outbreak has been found (ingredient or production contamination). Setting aside that recall product was still being found on store […]
Jonel Aleccia Reports: A Portland, Oregon, boy is struggling to recover from infant botulism after drinking contaminated ByHeart baby formula donated through a program that aims to help poor and homeless families. Ashaan Carter, now 10 months old, was hospitalized twice and remains on a feeding tube after contracting the dangerous infection that has sickened more than 50 babies across […]
Honestly, I am trying to take a few days off and enjoy time away for my wife’s birthday. However, I just got the below photo from the father of one of the 51 children impacted by the ByHeart botulism outbreak. He found the formula still on the shelf at a Safeway in Flagstaff, Arizona – […]