The West Virginia Department of Health sent a health advisory to doctors, hospitals and labs today warning of an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium, according to WDTV. Forty-one people have been sickened since early September, and five have been hospitalized.
Those sickened
Today HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., standing at a children’s center in Des Moines, announced the first major update to infant formula nutrient standards in nearly thirty years. The FDA issued the first of three planned proposed rules. It
A hat tip to Anna Edney at Bloomberg News, who has done as much as any reporter in the country to keep infant formula safety in front of the public, for breaking the news today that the people who
Authorities in the Czech Republic have warned people not to consume certain products containing sliced almonds because of a Clostridium botulinum risk.One of the products is called “MC Mandle jádra plátky.” Affected 220-gram batches are L26222612 with a best before date
More than 60 people have fallen sick in Costa Rica as part of a Salmonella outbreak connected to a hospital. The the U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica has issued an alert.Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported an outbreak of
The FDA still has not named Trader Joe’s as the source of chicken wraps that sickened 50 people in an E. coli outbreak, but the agency has declared that the outbreak is over.Neither the Food and Drug Administration nor the
On October 28, the FDA declared over the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to “multi-ingredient wraps with chicken” – FDA reference #1421, USDA 2026-04. Fifty people sick. Here is the agency’s explanation, in full:
“The wrap identified through the investigation is past
Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) is now investigating nine confirmed cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC), up from seven on Tuesday. The one common thread: every patient visited the State Fair of Texas before falling ill.
I have been retained by the family of a woman who was hospitalized with a Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infection after visiting Brookshire Farms, the pumpkin patch and corn maze at 4747 Los Osos Valley Road in San Luis Obispo.
On Tuesday, October 27, the County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health confirmed five cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and said it is investigating a possible link to Brookshire Farms, the pumpkin patch and corn maze at 4747 Los
