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 […]
According to STAT News, health authorities in North Carolina say they are investigating two cases of hepatitis in young children, making the state the second to report cases that appear to be linked to an outbreak that is being seen in a growing number of countries. Alabama first noticed a cluster of five cases last November […]
If Salmonella is deemed an adulterant – at least those that sicken and kill us – the sky will not fall – history as a guide. On Jan. 19, 2020, we filed a petition with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), on behalf of Rick Schiller, Steven Romes, the Porter family, Food & Water […]
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Adenoviruses is one of the possible causes being investigated. According to the Jerusalem Post, 12 cases of hepatitis (liver inflammation) from an unexplained source have been reported in children at Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Schneider Children’s Medical Center for Israel, the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday night. Earlier this year, Britain reported an outbreak […]
Fraich’UP frozen pizza and E. coli: French prosecutors this week searched a Buitoni Fraich’UP frozen pizza factory in northern France, the suspected source of an E. coli outbreak that has left dozens of children sick, as well as the headquarters of its owner Nestle France. Buitoni is owned by the Swiss food conglomerate Nestle, An […]
I could not have said it better. Here is the full post from the amazing and insightful Phylliis Entis who posts the best at eFoodAlert. Between September 1, 2019 and September 20, 2021, Abbott Nutrition received seventeen consumer complaints regarding multiple Similac powdered formula products. Fifteen of the complaints related to infants testing positive for […]
A few days ago Politico posted “The FDA’s Food Failure,” Clearly,. the FDA has much work to do. However, the last years have brought a level of transparency to the FDA that it had not shown in the past – at least as it relates to the fact and the status of outbreak investigations. On it […]
I have a lot of food safety friends – some who will and will not admit it publicly. Here is one of the best emails I received recently after Politico posted “The FDA’s Food Failure,” a 36-page investigation (Pulitzer Prize eligible) by Helena Bottemiller Evich that details the fact that food safety is not a high […]
First published in Insider. Bill Marler is an attorney who specializes in food borne illness cases. Most of the cases he’s worked on have involved either undercooked or prepackaged foods. He’s learned to always order food cooked well done and to avoid salads to reduce his risk of food poisoning. When it comes to eating […]
In 2014 Stewart Parnell was found guilty of 72 counts of conspiracy and fraud, and sentenced to 28 years in federal prison. Michael Parnell, a food broker, was found guilty of conspiracy and sentenced to 20 years. The brothers are currently in federal prison after their 2014 trial where they were found guilty of deliberately sending […]
Rafael Bernal had a interesting story this morning on Sodexo’s apparent mismanagement of the cafeterias in the House of Representatives complex – see, cafeteria workers denounce working conditions. Perhaps not the risk to our democracy as January 6th, it might well give our representatives a “taste” of how important food safety really is. Here is […]
Helena Bottemiller Evich’s well done piece in Politico “The FDA’s Food Failure,” that hit the internet very early this morning, is a stunning, but not surprising, indictment of our government’s food safety failures that transcends political parties and administrations. Note, for someone who has been directly involved in food safety for the last almost 30 […]
Canada reports: As of April 8, 2022, there have been 328 cases of norovirus and gastrointestinal illness linked to consumption of British Columbia oysters reported in the following provinces: British Columbia (293), Alberta (3), Saskatchewan (1), Manitoba (15) and Ontario (16). Individuals became sick between mid-January and early April 2022, and no deaths have been […]
Well, first, don’t eat British Columbia, Canada oysters for a bit. What is the Norovirus? Nature has created an ingenious bug in norovirus. The round blue ball structure of norovirus is actually a protein surrounding the virus’s genetic material. The virus attaches to the outside of cells lining the intestine, and then transfers its genetic […]
Food Safety Talk 259: No Bill, You Pay Us April 4, 2022 The guys are joined by friend of the show and food safety lawyer Bill Marler, for his second time on the show (but first in 8 years). The group talks about food safety advocacy, how the civil legal system supports change within the […]