Democrats will control both the House and the Senate when the 120th Congress convenes in January. NBC News projected both chambers before the night was over. By this morning the people who write agendas for a living were already writing
Josh Swiger, a defense lawyer I know and like, has a new piece in Food Safety Magazine today, November 3, 2026, under the title “The Best Defense Against Foodborne Illness Litigation Begins Before an Outbreak.” Josh has spent 25 years
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
The most dangerous thing at a pumpkin patch may not be the pumpkin. And the greatest health risk at an apple orchard may have nothing to do with the apples.It could be the pony your child rides. The goat they
Counterfeit packs of gummies containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) from the United States have been found in Europe.The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) reported the distribution of gummies containing THC, the main psychoactive substance in cannabis, sold in counterfeit packs of an unnamed
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days
A Salmonella outbreak in the United Kingdom linked to eggs from Ukraine has sickened almost 80 people across two years.The strain is associated with 40 illnesses in England in 2026 and 36 in 2025. As part of a large Salmonella Enteritidis
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,
