Just landed in Norway, and the first thing I read off the plane was Tom Gremillion’s new piece for the Consumer Federation of America, “Food Safety and Corruption.” Read the whole thing. Nobody in Washington connects the dots on food safety better than Tom, and nobody says it more plainly. Thank you, Tom — for the piece, […]
Another organic product, another Shiga toxin-producing E. coli outbreak, and another family who did nothing wrong except buy blueberries at their neighborhood grocery store. The FDA and CDC, along with state and local partners, are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli O145:H28 infections linked to frozen GreenWise-brand organic blueberries recalled by Frutas y Hortalizas […]
FSIS has a new pilot. The agency is inviting poultry plants to volunteer to measure Salmonella more precisely as birds move through slaughter and processing — either by biomapping the plant top to bottom, or by building a validated critical control point for Salmonella into their HACCP plan, quantifying and serotyping as they go. In return, a plant that signs […]
Location on Illnesses – Florida and Georgia. The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, are investigating illnesses in a multistate outbreak of E. coli O145:H28 infections linked to frozen GreenWise brand-organic blueberries recalled by Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A, of San Carlos, Chile. On July 1, 2026, the Florida Department of Health […]
On July 6, 2026, the CDC and FDA updated their joint investigation of the infant botulism outbreak linked to Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic Powdered Infant Formula. A fourth infant has now been confirmed sick. All four babies — every one of them a boy between two and five months old — were hospitalized and treated […]
Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A., San Carlos, Chile is recalling frozen GreenWise Organic IQF Blueberries 10 oz. Because it may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O145:H28 (E. coli O145). E. coli O145 is a Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) that can cause illness characterized by severe stomach cramps, diarrhea (which may be bloody), and vomiting. While most healthy individuals recover within […]
The Honorable Bill Cassidy, M.D., ChairmanThe Honorable Bernie Sanders, Ranking MemberCommittee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsUnited States Senate428 Senate Dirksen Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510 Re: Finish what the Senate started — botulism in infant formula, the shared milk and powdered-milk supply behind two outbreaks, and the case for hearings and parent testimony Dear Chairman Cassidy, […]
Today the FDA updated its Nara Organics infant botulism outbreak page with two findings that matter. First, FDA’s traceback determined that the Nara formula lots fed to the three sick infants were made with milk supplied by Organic West Milk (Organic West) and spray-dried by Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) — the same two suppliers behind the ByHeart botulism outbreak […]
On June 2 you toured a formula plant in Eau Claire and, the same day, stood on a dairy farm and praised whole milk. I represent the families whose babies were hospitalized by what was in that milk — in powdered form. They have not been in the room. Dear Secretary Kennedy: You know I […]
You spent years as a lawyer defending an infant-formula maker against claims that it failed to warn. Now you hold the pen at the FDA. I am writing to ask you, one formula lawyer to another, to require the testing and inspection that would actually meet the standard of care — across the whole chain […]
Illnesses reported in Illinois, Maryland, New York and Virginia. 10 have been hospitalized and 1 death has been reported from Maryland. Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback data show that some requesón cheeses supplied by Clover Hill Dairy are contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and are making people sick. The investigation is ongoing to determine the source of […]
Here is the full letter The Honorable Brett Guthrie, Chairman The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr., Ranking Member Committee on Energy and Commerce U.S. House of Representatives 2125 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Re: Support for H.R. 7867, the Infant Formula Safety Modernization Act of 2026 Dear Chairman Guthrie, Ranking Member Pallone, and Members of […]
Thank goodness for Helena Bottemiller. Full Story at https://foodfix.co/federal-court-halts-snap-restriction-pilots-in-five-states/ Here is her story that just broke. Nara Organics, the formula company that recently recalled its entire production history after three infant botulism cases were linked to its products, used the same whole milk powder supplier as ByHeart – the formula company linked to dozens of infant […]
Second infant-formula botulism outbreak in seven months; Marler Clark says the danger in whole-milk powder was documented and public long before three babies were hospitalized SEATTLE, WA — Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm, has filed suit on behalf of an infant who was hospitalized with botulism after consuming Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic Powdered […]
Clostridium botulinum is an obligate anaerobic, spore-forming, Gram-positive bacillus whose primary, native habitat is the soil.[1] The bacterium that thrives in low-oxygen environments and produces botulinum neurotoxin, one of the most lethal biological substances known. While the bacteria themselves are usually harmless, the toxin they create attacks the nervous system and causes botulism, a severe paralytic illness. […]