A month ago, I posted drafts of two citizen petitions I intend to file with the FDA – one asking for a warning statement on cheese made from unpasteurized milk, the other on raw and lightly cooked sprouts – and
Earlier this month I posted that I had drafted two citizen petitions to the FDA and asked anyone who wanted a copy to email me. The first asks the agency to establish by rule that the identity of a firm
On October 19, CDC announced a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Telelkebir infections linked to raw oysters harvested by the Little Wicomico Oyster Company (VA-1421-SP) from the Little Wicomico River on Virginia’s Northern Neck: 27 sick, five hospitalized, no deaths, 12
Saturday, October 24, 2026
Last Saturday’s Weekend Wrap-Up was about the wrong door: a chicken wrap outbreak at 50 sick whose first brand name came from a courthouse, an Oregon Salmonella advisory that reached doctors and no one else, and three FDA
On Friday, October 23, 2026, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service confirmed that Trader Joe’s Tarragon Chicken Salad Wraps are the source of the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that has sickened at least 50 people. FSIS did not say it
Petting zoos and E. coli. Here we go again. But instead of just reporting the case count, let’s walk through what we actually know, what we don’t, and the questions that public health officials – and parents – should be
The FDA updated its CORE Investigations of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks table on October 21, 2026. The CDC updated its Current Outbreaks page the same day. Here is where things stand.
What’s new at FDA this week
For the Listeria monocytogenes outbreak (ref
Fifty people have been sickened with E. coli O157:H7 in a multistate outbreak that FDA and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service are investigating together as reference #1421 (USDA 2026-04). The government knows the product. It knows the retailer. It
Fifty people are sick with E. coli O157:H7 in an outbreak that the FDA and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) are investigating together as FDA reference #1421 (USDA 2026-04). The government’s public investigation table lists the vehicle as
On October 21, 2026, FDA’s outbreak investigation table marked reference #1403, a Salmonella Newport outbreak first posted August 26 with 84 sick, as ended at 119 cases. In 56 days the file never named a food, never drew an on-site inspection, never
