Bill Marler

MARCH 5, 2024

A former raw milk cheese manufacturer and the company he owned and managed pleaded guilty today to charges related to cheese that was linked to a 2016-2017 outbreak of listeriosis, the disease caused by the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria specimens from ill people were collected from September 1, 2016 to March 13, 2017.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

the producer of the onions, cooperated with the FDA throughout the investigation and is continuing to engage with the FDA on the agency’s findings and recommendations. FDA issued an assignment to follow up with the associated firms. Thomson International Inc.,

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Clearly, the FDA now recognizes that leafy greens grown in proximity to cattle is at best problematic. So, assuming my tipster is correct, what does that say about the leafy green industry and its Jack-in-the-Box and their 911 moments? Cleary, the growers, through the California and Arizona LGMAs have made modest progress. coli O157:H7.

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

The FDA has released two new chapters to the Draft Guidance for Industry: Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food. FDA-2016-D-2343). The post FDA Releases New Draft Guidance Chapters on Food Allergens and Acidified Foods appeared first on FoodSafetyTech.

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Bill Marler

JANUARY 4, 2021

As far back as September 1998, FDA issued a warning against sprouts urging: Children, pregnant women and the elderly should not eat alfalfa sprouts until growers find a way to reduce the risk of a potentially deadly bacteria that infects some sprouts, the Food and Drug Administration said this week. May-July 2016. Multistate, U.S.:

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

According to the FDA , Sprouts Unlimited of Marion Iowa is recalling clover spouts in 4 oz packages because it may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O103 bacteria ( E. In an effort to reduce these outbreaks, the FDA in 2017 collected 825 samples of sprouts from across the U.S.; coli O103 ). with a blue label on the lid.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Over the last week both the CDC and FDA, along with various State Departments of Health and Agriculture, have been investigating two Listeria outbreaks linked to the consumption of various leafy greens. Dole Lettuce Listeria Outbreak Lawsuits – Midwest (2016). coli Outbreak Lawsuits – Minnesota, Wisconsin, Oregon (2005).

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Food Quality & Safety

AUGUST 23, 2023

On August 23, James “Jim” Jones was named as FDA’s first-ever deputy commissioner of the Human Foods Program, effective September 24, 2023. Califf, MD, FDA commissioner, and exercise decision-making authority over all the program’s entities. In this role, Jones will report directly to Robert M. food supply.

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Food Safety Tech

AUGUST 23, 2023

Jones is scheduled to begin at the FDA on September 24, 2023. At the EPA, he was a principal architect of the 2016 overhaul of the Toxic Substances Control Act, the first update of that statute in more than 40 years. I’m delighted to welcome Jim to the FDA. For more than 30 years, Jones has held various positions in the U.S.

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

FDA Commissioner Robert Calif appointed Jones after the agency’s embarrassing turmoil over the lack of a clear chain of command on the food side of its responsibilities. Congressional hearings regarding the infant formula crisis revealed the internal failures at the FDA regarding food safety and a tangled chain of command system.

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Bill Marler

OCTOBER 21, 2022

In pleading guilty, Chermala admitted that between June 2016 and June 2018, he directed subordinates to not report certain information to Kellogg’s about conditions at the Gridley facility. Burdelik, FDA Office of Criminal Investigations Chicago Field Office. In June 2018, the U.S.

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JANUARY 21, 2024

The FDA’s largest reorganization in history, involving about 8,000 employees, is far more than just “moving some boxes around.” The proposed changes and updates to an FDA-wide reorganization plan have been out for external reviews and clearances since Dec. 17, 2022, ordered work to begin that May on the FDA-wide reorganization plan.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Illnesses started on dates ranging from July 26, 2016, to October 19, 2021. FDA, with assistance from the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, inspected the Old Europe Cheese facility in Michigan and collected samples for testing. All 10 people were hospitalized. One death was reported from Pennsylvania.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

The FDA must require, and the industry must implement, better environmental controls and more rigorous testing of products. coli outbreak: The FDA, CDC, state and Canadian health authorities are presently investigating an outbreak of illnesses caused by E. This has to stop,” added Marler. What to know about the E. States/Provinces.

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Bill Marler

MARCH 10, 2020

Outbreak appears to have begun in 2016. Listeria samples from ill people were collected from November 23, 2016 to December 13, 2019. FDA is working to identify the source of the enoki mushrooms distributed by Sun Hong Foods, Inc. Four deaths have been reported from California, Hawaii, and New Jersey.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JULY 10, 2024

The owner of a NY cheese company was sentenced this week for his company's failure to protect product from Listeria contamination which resulted in an Listeria outbreak in 2016 thru 2017. FDA issued a report of the investigation of the facility in April of 2017. Vulto Creamery of Walton, NY has been shut down.

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Food Safety News

AUGUST 23, 2023

EPA’s James “Jim” Jones was named Wednesday as the first FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, who came on board in February 2022, had little choice but to work on a reorganization plan. Jones is scheduled to begin at the FDA on Sept. I’m delighted to welcome Jim to the FDA.

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Bill Marler

JANUARY 17, 2022

CDC and FDA recommend that you not eat, sell, or serve fresh whole red, white, or yellow onions distributed by ProSource Produce LLC or Keeler Family Farms that were imported from the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. Illnesses started on dates ranging from July 26, 2016 through October 19, 2021. All 10 people have been hospitalized.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 10, 2021

4] However, three months later, at a meeting with the FDA, Jimmy John’s Franchise, LLC changed its position and stated that it would serve only clover sprouts sourced from specific suppliers. [5]. In 2016, Roark Capital, a private equity firm that would go on to form Inspire Brands, Inc., In late 2019, an outbreak of E.

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Bill Marler

AUGUST 15, 2023

coli O145 7 3:MD, SC, VA June 2016 Mesclun Mix E. coli O157:H7 109 Multistate And, this does not count the leafy green outbreaks that are not linked to a particular product or that the FDA and CDC choose not to publicly report. /Dec. coli O145 7 3:MD, SC, VA June 2016 Mesclun Mix E. 2006 Lettuce E. coli O157:H7 9 1:WA Oct.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

February 2016 – Freshpoint Vancouver Ltd. March 2016 – A Bi-Lo grocery store in Glennville, GA, is recalling freshcut cantaloupe three days after state officials notified the chain that a random sample collected at the store tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. Heeren Brothers alerted the retailers the positive test result.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The FDA, CDC, along with state and local partners, investigated the illnesses associated with the outbreak. Five people have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure. No deaths have been reported. Canada has reported one illness. 23 people sickened and 11 hospitalized. Here is just a sample of E. States/Provinces.

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

Illnesses started on dates ranging from July 26, 2016 through October 19, 2021. The FDA, CDC, and Blue Bell all issued public recall notifications on March 13, 2015. Sick people range in age from 44 to 95 years, with a median age of 80, and 60% are female. All 10 people have been hospitalized.

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Bill Marler

AUGUST 20, 2022

The FDA is reporting that the likely ingredient is a hybrid romaine iceberg lettuce used on hamburgers. I wonder when the leafy green industry and the FDA will take the challenge that the beef industry and FSIS took and “put me out of business – please.”. coli O145 7 3:MD, SC, VA June 2016 Mesclun Mix E. 2006 Lettuce E.

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Bill Marler

MAY 24, 2021

A fact from the CDC: “Since the hepatitis A outbreaks were first identified in 2016, more than 39,000 cases, 24,000 hospitalizations, and 374 deaths as a result of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection have been reported.”. despite FDA approval of hepatitis A vaccine in 1995.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 20, 2019

According to the FDA , there are presently three outbreaks under investigation. Note: According to the FDA – “The FDA, CDC and our state partners have identified a common grower between each of the outbreaks, which is a notable development.” FDA posted an update on on their investigation on December 12, 2019.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

According to the FDA, gastroenteritis (or non-invasive illness) has an onset time of a few hours to 3 days, while invasive illness can have an onset varying from 3 days to 3 months. The amount of time from infection to the onset of symptoms—typically referred to as the incubation period—can vary to a significant degree. [6] Abdel-Moein, K.,

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Food Safety Tech

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In September, Jim Jones, former EPA employee and member of the Reagan-Udall Expert Panel for Foods, became the first FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. Jones : People often want to know why I came to the FDA. I also came to the FDA because I believe in Commissioner Califf’s proposal for a unified Human Foods Program.

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Bill Marler

JANUARY 1, 2021

However, in their “spare” time they, and their partners at the FDA and FSIS, have had more than a few food safety outbreaks to contend with. Additionally, FDA identified the outbreak strain of E. FDA completed traceback investigations for several types of leafy greens ill people reported eating. coli – Sprouts.

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FoodLogiQ

JANUARY 8, 2025

This year, 19% of Americans have resolved to "eat healthier", making it the second most popular resolution of 2025 , and one that's about to get a little easier to stick to, thanks to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s recently released final rule for "healthy" food claims on packaged foods.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

FDA issued the updated Appendix 1 of their Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food: Draft Guidance for Industry document. link] FDA Publishes Revised Draft Introduction and Appendix to the Preventive Controls for Human Food Guidance Constituent Update January 30, 2024 The U.S.

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Food Safety Tech

MARCH 17, 2024

Johannes Vulto, a former raw milk cheese manufacturer and his company, Vulto Creamery LLC, pleaded guilty to charges related to cheese that was linked to a 2016-2017 outbreak of listeriosis, the U.S. Department of Justic announced earlier this month.

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FoodInsight

JANUARY 20, 2025

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversees the safety of food additives and allows only the use of those that are deemed safe. the FDA is responsible for determining the safety of all food colors for their specified intended use. In 2025, the FDA completed its reevaluation of Red Dye No. In the United States, the U.S.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Product traceback efforts by local health jurisdictions, state health departments, and FDA could not identify a single product lot, processor, or farm as the source of the entire outbreak. FDA, CDC and state partners conducted an EA in the growing region, which consisted of farms in Imperial County, CA and Yuma County, AZ.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

2011) (applying 5 USC § 555(b) to an FDA citizen’s petition); Fund for Animals v. Sites, 2016-2019. Pierce, Administrative Law Treatise 517 (5th ed. 2013) (“At a minimum, the right to petition for rulemaking entitles a petitioning party to a response to the merits of the petition.”). [4] 4] In re. 3d 400, 406 (D.C.

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Food Safety News

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Since the initial outbreak in 2016, 37 states across the country have reported cases to the CDC. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversees the regulation of radiation sources used in food irradiation. Approval for the use of radiation on food is granted by the FDA only when it is determined to be safe.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The FDA and CDC continue investigating a multistate outbreak of E. 28 outbreak update from the FDA. thru April October 2015 Campylobacter Raw Milk Recall January 2016 E.coli Raw Milk Outbreak: 9 ill/2 HUS Court action related to Organic Pasteurs This past summer, U.S. Whole genome sequencing analysis of E.

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