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Is trying to sell a recalled food product illegal – Hell, yes!

Bill Marler

Setting aside that it is stupid to try and sell (at an outrageous mark-up) a recalled product that was known to be contaminated with Salmonella , the answer is that it is illegal as viewed from the FDA and is against eBay’s own policies. Illnesses started on dates ranging from January 4, 2017 to April 18, 2017.

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Listeria illnesses from 2017 prompt Almark Foods egg recall in 2019?

Bill Marler

Almark Foods and the FDA need to explain why positive product tests and illnesses in 2017 did not stop positive product tests and illnesses in 2019. Listeria specimens from ill people were collected from April 10, 2017, to November 12, 2019. Of six ill people with information available, four hospitalizations have been reported.

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Vulto pleads Guilty to selling Listeria-tainted Raw Milk Cheese

Bill Marler

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. In March 2017, after the U.S. The Listeria family includes both harmless species and L.

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FDA and FSIS active investigations – Lots of Salmonella, Listeria and E. coli – and, a few questions

Bill Marler

It is good that FDA and FSIS has been being more transparent on what is “cooking” in outbreak investigation. Here are the FDA Reports – Salmonella, Listeria, E. Of 14 people with information available, 13 have been hospitalized. Sick people’s samples were collected from August 6, 2017, to August 5, 2022.

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After multiple Jimmy John’s outbreaks the FDA warns them to fix the problems

Bill Marler

From the FDA: Although you stated that corrective actions were implemented following the 2019 and 2012 outbreaks, you have not provided FDA with any information demonstrating long-term, sustainable corrections have been implemented throughout your organization to prevent this violation from recurring in the future. All 8 were female.

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FDA to California Leafy Green Growers: It is Past Time to Fix this “Reasonably Foreseeable Hazard”

Bill Marler

. “The updated plan includes a renewed emphasis on actions to prevent contamination stemming from activities on adjacent land,…” The FDA has made clear the the Leafy Green Industry is NOT doing enough to protect consumers from persistent environment contamination – specifically by E. coli O157:H7. April 6, 2021.

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FDA publishes rule for production of sprouts

Food Safety News

The FDA has released its final food safety guidance for producers of sprouts, a food that has been linked to several outbreaks in recent years. Between 1996 and 2020, the FDA reported 52 foodborne illness outbreaks linked to sprouts, which are produced in conditions ideal for pathogen growth. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852.

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