We here at Your ERISA Watch hope all our readers had a relaxing Labor Day weekend, and that you were all able to take a moment to reflect on the massive contributions laborers have made to this country. This is
This is my second Fall Semester offering students at Penn State Dickinson Law the opportunity to dig deeply into a wide range of topics that connect to concerns of older people. I encourage students to identify topics where they will
The price to beat in Amazon’s advertising auctions may not have come from another advertiser at all, according to a lawsuit filed Aug. 31 by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In the complaint, the FTC alleges that Amazon quietly set
CDC updated its backyard poultry investigation on August 27, and the numbers have not gotten the attention they deserve. Ten multistate Salmonella outbreaks — Altona, Enteritidis, Indiana, Infantis, Kedougou, Mbandaka and Saintpaul — are tied to one thing: contact with
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
