Topic
Botulism
716 published works
Food Poison Journal
FDA Asked Haifa Smoked Fish to Recall Its Cold Smoked Sprats for Botulism Risk. The Company Said No. Four Days Later It Recalled All of Them: About 560 Pounds, Sold Loose and Often Without a Label.
By Bill Marler
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…
Marler Blog
ByHeart Is “Discontinued” – But Its Founders Are Buying Perrigo’s Infant Formula Business
By Bill Marler
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…
Food Poison Journal
FDA Warns Not to Eat Haifa Smoked Fish Cold Smoked Sprats: Made Without Botulism Controls, and the Company Refused to Recall Them. Sold in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, Possibly Beyond. Check Your Freezer.
By Bill Marler
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers, retailers, wholesalers, restaurants and food service customers not to eat, sell or serve any cold smoked sprats sold by D&M Smoked Fish Inc.,…
Food Poison Journal
Connecticut Warns Consumers Not to Eat Phire in the Hole Hot Sauces Over Botulism Risk — and the Company Has Refused to Recall
By Bill Marler
Connecticut is telling consumers to throw away every bottle of Phire in the Hole hot sauce they own. On September 11, 2026, the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection issued a…
Food Safety News
Pesto linked to botulism cases in Poland
A batch of pesto has been recalled in Poland as officials investigate two cases of botulism.Testing commissioned by the State Sanitary Inspectorate indicated the possible presence of botulinum toxin in…
Marler Blog
Abbott Is Selling Sterility as a Feature. In Liquid Formula It Is Already the Rule.
By Bill Marler
On August 31, 2026, Abbott announced Similac 360 Total Care Made With Whole Milk, the first and only commercially sterile, ready-to-feed liquid infant formula made with whole milk sold in the United…
Marler Blog
ByHeart and the Dairy Industry Paid for a Report on the Formula Botulism Outbreaks. It Has 22 Recommendations, No Parent in the Room, and No Rule.
By Bill Marler
The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA has published Applying the Science of Infant Formula Safety, a 44-page report on a July 13, 2026 roundtable about Clostridium botulinum in powdered infant formula. Two lines…
Botulism Blog
Nara Organics Says It Will Sell Infant Formula Again. Four Babies Were Hospitalized With Botulism From Its Last Formula, and FDA Matched One of Them to the ByHeart Outbreak. What Parents Should Know Before Buying It.
By Bill Marler
Nara Organics posted an update on August 27, 2026, the same day the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the infant botulism outbreak linked…
Marler Blog
FDA’s Own ByHeart Botulism File: 48 Babies, 17 Strains, a Death Complaint, No Root Cause, and Six Company Names Blacked Out
By Bill Marler
The Food and Drug Administration’s outbreak response network, CORE, closed the ByHeart infant botulism investigation with an Executive Incident Summary dated May 1, 2026, filed as CARA #1350. It counts 48…
Food Safety News
Ukraine shares outbreak data and reports deadly botulism cases
By News Desk
Ukraine recorded 31 outbreaks in the first half of this year including 19 botulism cases and two deaths.Data from the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection…