Norovirus is best known as the cruise ship virus. Ask anyone who does not work in food safety what norovirus is and you will hear about a ship, a buffet, and a few thousand people confined to their cabins.
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Infant botulism is normally sporadic; most cases involve one infant, one household, and no single identified commercial source. Bacterial spores are widely present in soil and dust around the country and therefore may cause sporadic, random infections. A
Two separate sprout outbreaks are under investigation in the United States right now, and Salmonella is in both of them. Sixteen people in Washington, Montana and Idaho are sick with Salmonella Bovismorbificans after eating broccoli sprouts grown by Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC of Moyie
Saturday, September 5, 2026
This is the ninth Saturday column. Last Saturday’s edition ran under the headline The Federal CyclosporaOutbreak Added 528 People, 41 Hospitalizations and Three New States on the Last Thursday of the Season, and it closed on a
On September 2 the Washington State Department of Health posted an outbreak notice linking thirteen Salmonella Bovismorbificans illnesses in seven Washington counties to broccoli sprouts produced by Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC of Moyie Springs, Idaho. Two more people are sick in Montana
Nara Organics posted an update on August 27, 2026, the same day the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the infant botulism outbreak linked to its Whole Milk Organic Infant Formula over,
On August 27, the same day FDA and CDC declared the Nara Organics infant botulism outbreak over, the company posted an update announcing that it plans to bring its formula back to U.S. shelves with European dairy and what it
Elizabeth Hanley has joined the nationally renowned plaintiff firm Stritmatter Law as an equity partner effective September 1, 2026.
Elizabeth is a past President of the Washington Association for Justice and the President Elect of the American Association for Justice
Can employees be fired for organizing a protest at work that violates workplace rules if the protest isn’t actually about work? According to a recently released Advice Memorandum from the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), the answer may be yes.
