As of Monday, November 2, 2026, Washington has three confirmed human H5N1 infections, all in Yakima County residents exposed to infected cattle at dairies, and one of them, a person with underlying health conditions who had been hospitalized with severe
As of Monday, November 2, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is telling parents not to buy or serve any Once Upon a Farm Tractor Wheels Organic Toddler Soft-Baked Bars, in any flavor, lot or expiration date, after “several
Here we go again
I have been doing this since the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak in 1993. In the thirty-plus years since, I have heard one defense argument more than any other: “Nobody ever found the bacteria
In 2026 Nara Organics sold its formula as a “European-made” product, manufactured in Germany. But the milk inside those cans started on California dairy farms. It was the same organic milk, from the same supplier, dried by the same cooperative,
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Last Saturday’s edition was about two sets of books — the record the agencies keep and the one they publish. This week (week 17) the published record started saying what the working record already knew, some
Vitality Works Inc. of Albuquerque, New Mexico recalled one lot of 365 Whole Foods Market Standardized + Full Spectrum Blend Ashwagandha Capsules on October 30, 2026 because it may be contaminated with Salmonella. The 120-count bottles carry lot number 2025-26227 and
D&M Smoked Fish Inc., doing business as Haifa Smoked Fish of Jamaica, Queens, New York, recalled all lots of its Cold Smoked Sprats on October 27, 2026, about 560 pounds, because they may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that
CDC updated its investigation of the Salmonella Telelkebir outbreak linked to raw oysters from Little Wicomico Oyster Company (VA-1421-SP) this morning, October 30, 2026. The count is now 28 sick in 13 states, one new case and one new state since the
The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health today updated its investigation into the outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) suspected to be linked to an exposure at Brookshire Farms, the pumpkin patch and corn maze on Los Osos
The FDA updated its CORE Investigations of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks table on October 28, 2026. Here is what’s new:
New outbreak: A new outbreak of Salmonella Javiana (ref #1424) has been added to the table. Fifty-nine people are sick. The product
