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 […]
We were provided today with the report prepared by “The California Food Emergency Response Team (CalFERT).” The “Executive Summary” in part reads: On December 13, 2006 the Office of Emergency Operations of the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted both the San Francisco District Office and the Emergency Response Unit of the California […]
Frozen pot pies linked to salmonella outbreak The Illinois Department of Public Health is again warning consumers to throw out frozen pot pies that could be linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak. ConAgra Foods voluntarily recalled all varieties of frozen pot pie products last month, produced under multiple brand names. These frozen pot pies include […]
I read the headline of Julie Schmit’s article in USA TODAY and had the overwhelming desire to say “duhh!” as my 15-year-old often says of me to me. I then read further: The federal government may move to keep meat off the market until its tests confirm the meat doesn’t have harmful bacteria, a step […]
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (usually pronounced in short as "Mursa" or spelled out as MRSA), is a bacterium responsible for some difficult-to-treat infection in humans. Heather Moore Heather Moore, senior writer for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, wrote a concerning Op-ed “Your supper & superbugs” on MRSA and its relationship with antibiotics fed […]
A “science junkie” friend of mine emailed me a link to this months American Scientist. The article by Jorge M. Fonseca, a professor and vegetable/postharvest specialist at the University of Arizona’s Yuma Agricultural Center and Sadhana Ravishankar, a research professor in the Department of Veterinary Science and Microbiology at the University of Arizona in Tuscon […]
As of two weeks ago, at least 21 isolates of E. coli O157:H7 with an indistinguishable genetic fingerprint have been collected from ill persons in 10 states: Illinois (1 person), Kentucky (3), Missouri (2), New York (2), Ohio (1), Pennsylvania (1), South Dakota (1), Tennessee (8), Virginia (1), and Wisconsin (1). Persons became ill between […]
Hormel Foods Corporation Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Ettinger , center, flanked by Anova Foods, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Doug Brinsmade, left, and Cargil Chief Executive Officer Gregory Page, right, are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, prior to testifying before the House Energy and Commerce […]
According to a press statement by Bioniche Life Sciences Inc., the two articles in the Journal of Food Protection relate to field challenge studies conducted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln involving close to 900 animals in 2002 and 2003. The first article, “Efficacy of dose regimen and observation of herd immunity from a vaccine against […]
Texas Firm Recalls Frozen Sausage Roll Products For Possible Listeria Contamination Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-053-2007 HEALTH RISK: HIGH Double B Foods, Inc., a Meridian, Texas, firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 98,000 pounds of frozen sausage roll products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection […]
Josh Funk once again reports on how our government, despite finding errors at industrial food facilities, does not feel the necessity to inform the public of its findings. This despite pot pies having been linked to at least 272 cases of salmonella (65 hospitalized) in 35 states. Mr. Funk’s story follows: USDA inspectors found flaws […]
Ashley Rowland of Stars and Stripes reported this evening on the ongoing failure of business and government to protect consumers, even military families, from dangerous, recalled products. She wrote from Korea that military officials are urging shoppers at Pacific bases to make sure they don’t have recalled frozen pizzas and cat vitamins in their homes. […]
CNN Money reported this afternoon that food maker giant, ConAgra Foods (NYSE:CAG) Inc., said that it has resumed producing Banquet and private label pot pies a month after they were recalled after being linked to salmonella illnesses. The pot pies made by ConAgra have been linked to at least 272 cases of salmonella in 35 […]
The pizza recall may have a local Nebraska tie according to Channel 3 news – Frozen Pizza Recall May Have Local Connection – The University of Nebraska Medical Center confirms it tested a sample from the Douglas County Health Department. A spokesperson says it matches the strain of E. coli identified in a recent national […]
The FDA sent out a Press Release for Del Rey Tortilleria, Inc., of Chicago, Illinois, announcing the recall of its flour tortilla products. Included in the recall are flour tortillas of all sizes White Flour Tortillas; Tortillas de Harina(6 inch); Burritos 2, 3, and 4; and Fajita 8" size with the name "Del Rey" on […]
Phuong Cat Le of the Seattle PI reported: A Pasco man is suing ConAgra Foods Inc. for salmonella poisoning after eating a Banquet pot pie that had been recalled. His attorneys from Seattle-based Marler Clark filed a complaint Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. It’s the fourth lawsuit that the […]