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Marler Blog
Thank You. Your Comments Made the Outbreak Disclosure and Recall Consignee Petitions Better. Trader Joe’s Tarragon Chicken Salad Wraps Show Why They Matter. One More Week for Comments.
By Bill Marler
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…
Food Safety News
Lidl recalls gelato because of Listeria contamination
By News Desk
Lidl US is recalling one lot of Gelatelli Coffee & Vanilla Gelato with Coffee Sauce & Cookie Pieces because testing showed contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.The recalled product was distributed between…
Food Safety News
More than 1.5 million pounds of hot dogs, bacon, sausage, turkey breasts and more meat products of various brands recalled
By News Desk
Kayem Foods Inc., of Chelsea, MA, is recalling more than 1.5 million pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry products because they may have experienced temperature abuse during storage, the…
Food Safety News
When risk management and consumer trust collide
The decision about whether or not to recall, and how broadly, is rarely simple. There are factors that consumers will never see, as companies weigh evolving information, public health risks,…
Marler Blog
A Tip of the Pen to Consumer Reports’ Paris Martineau: She Wrote the Clearest Account Yet of What Went Wrong in the Cyclospora Outbreak. Here Is What I Would Add to Each of Her Four Takeaways.
By Bill Marler
Paris Martineau is an investigative reporter at Consumer Reports, and on October 9 she published the best post-mortem anyone has written on the 2026 Cyclospora outbreak: The Cyclospora Outbreak Is Over. The Gaps It Exposed…
Food Poison Journal
Gardeners Basics and Eden Brothers Recall Broccoli Seeds Linked to Salmonella Sprout Outbreak
By Bill Marler
Two more companies have recalled broccoli seeds traced to bulk seed lot #W4105, the lot at the center of the multistate Salmonella Bovismorbificans outbreak linked to broccoli sprouts and microgreens. Gardeners Basics…
Food Poison Journal
Starfish Seafood Trio Cold Smoked Fish Recalled for Possible Listeria Contamination
By Bill Marler
Krasnyi Oktyabr Inc. of Brooklyn, New York, is voluntarily recalling Starfish Seafood Trio – Cold Smoked Salmon, Halibut, and Trout, 8 oz (227 g) packages, because the product has the potential to…
Marler Blog
Thirty-Eight People Are Sick From Chicken Wraps Nobody Will Name. The Wraps Were “Proactively Removed,” So There Is No Recall, No Store List and No Alert. This Outbreak Fell Through Both Holes My Two Citizen Petitions Are Written to Close.
By Bill Marler
On October 7, 2026, FDA’s outbreak investigation table named the vehicle in the E. coli O157:H7 outbreak it shares with USDA, FDA #1421 and FSIS 2026-04: “ready-to-eat multi-ingredient chicken wraps.” Thirty-eight people are sick.…
Food Poison Journal
FDA Confirms Seed Lot W4105 Is the Source of the Evergreen Broccoli Sprout SalmonellaOutbreak, and Eden Brothers Is the Second Home-Sprouting Seed Recall on That Lot in Five Days: 32 Sick in Six States, Supplier Still Unnamed. If You Sprout at Home, Check the Packet.
By Bill Marler
As of October 8, 2026, FDA’s outbreak advisory on the Salmonella Bovismorbificans outbreak linked to Evergreen Fresh Sprouts broccoli sprouts says a seed sample the agency collected from the seed supplier tested positive and…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Conair Recalls All Cuisinart Wire Bristle Grill Brushes: What Consumers Need to Know
At the end of August, Conair LLC recalled every Cuisinart wire bristle brush, more than 3.6 million. Conair is the third manufacturer to pull wire grill brushes this year, following…