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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
By Sandi Doughton , Seattle Times staff reporter Our stories on the E. coli outbreak 30 years ago drew memories and advice SINCE OUR FEB. 26 cover story on food safety, Bill Marler, and regulatory gaps 30 years after the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak in the Pacific Northwest, federal agencies have issued 15 recalls for mislabeled, […]
Well, rumor has it that the documentary version of the story of the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak will be out in June 2023. When all thought it would go to the “silver screen” in January there was a rush to reprint the book. Here are a few pages that made it […]
I know we expect to have an update on a Listeria outbreak linked again to leafy greens early this coming week. And, I appreciate the transparency of the FDA now listing investigation – even it the cause is not determined. The bigger question is how to prevent them from happening in the first place?
CDC’s MMWR published an article this week about the 2021 Hepatitis A Outbreak linked to a ill worker at a Virginia restaurant – over 50 were sickened – 4 died and one person had a liver and kidney transplant. Perhaps we need a new t-shirt campaign? This was such a preventable tragedy. Here is something my clients […]
Someone asked me in an email this morning. I said, I was not done trying to Get the F out of the FDA. Far too many lives depend on the FDA paying more attention to food safety and human nutrition. We all should not stop pushing the House, the Senate, the HHS Secretary and the […]
According to press reports of a recent FDA inspection, Global Pharma, the maker of eye drops linked to a deadly outbreak of drug-resistant infections in the US had a slew of manufacturing violations—from brown slime on filling equipment to a lack of basic measures and systems to ensure sterility—according to an inspection report released by the Food and Drug […]
Over the last few months I have been dipping my toe into in-person conferences. This week I am off to Food Safety Tech’s Hazards Conference Series + CFI Think Tank in Ohio. I am looking forward to seeing some old and good friends.
With another flour-related foodborne illness outbreak brewing – this time Salmonella – a bit(e) of history might be on the menu. Here is the latest one: As of March 30, 2023, 12 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from 11 states – California, Oregon, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, […]
I have the Honor to speak today at this conference. It is our pleasure to invite you to a symposium sponsored by the University of Minnesota. There is no fee for this in-person symposium designed to bring together academia, veterinary science and research, public health, agriculture, and affiliated industry in Minnesota to discuss foodborne outbreaks […]
This is frightening. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacteria that’s commonly found in the environment, for example in soil and water. It can be spread to people in health care settings through contaminated surfaces, hands, and equipment. It can cause serious infections in certain people. As of March 14, 2023, CDC, in partnership with state and […]