Bill Marler

APRIL 13, 2022

Here is one of the best emails I received recently after Politico posted “The FDA’s Food Failure,” a 36-page investigation (Pulitzer Prize eligible) by Helena Bottemiller Evich that details the fact that food safety is not a high priority at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A new emailed comment: Good Morning Bill.

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

The FDA issued this warning this morning – Recall underway. The FDA has reviewed and supports NCDHHS’s analytical findings and found that analytical results at this level could result in acute toxicity. WanaBana has agreed to voluntarily recall all WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches regardless of expiration.

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JULY 29, 2022

Over the last 30 years I have gotten to know many that work or worked at both the FDA and CFIA. We are testing a variety of Daily Harvest and Revive products and have shared the results with both the FDA and Daily Harvest. So, FDA, CFIA, what the hell are you doing?

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AUGUST 17, 2022

New or fairy new outbreaks should remind us all how much the FDA does with the limited resources it has. coli O157:H7 (ref# 1081) in an unidentified product was added to the table and FDA has initiated a traceback investigation. Here is a link to the FDA. Here is most of the latest: An outbreak of E.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “We The FDA, CDC, and Blue Bell issued public recall notifications on March 13, 2015. The charges announced today show that if an individual violates food safety rules or conceals relevant information, we will seek to hold them accountable,” said Judy McMeekin, Pharm.D.,

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

The FDA says it’s conducting an inspection of that facility. But so far all of the signals we’re getting lead to an intentional act on the part of someone in the supply chain and we’re trying to sort of figure that out,” Jones said in an exclusive interview.

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JANUARY 6, 2024

The food industry as a whole and the FDA should be embarrassed and actually do something to make sure that something like this never happens again. Updates about the investigation can be found on the FDA’s website, Investigation of Elevated Lead Levels: Cinnamon Applesauce Pouches (November 2023) | FDA.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The FDA is busy trying to keep our food supply save and get dangerous foods off the market.

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DECEMBER 11, 2021

There is an ongoing need for coordination of outbreak response within the FDA and with other federal and state agencies that touch on food safety.There is clearly an ongoing need to more effectively coordinated the multiple acronyms that make up governmental food safety responses at the federal, state, and local levels.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

Eshoo (D-CA), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Ranking Member Kathy Castor (D-FL) wrote to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf to request a briefing regarding the possible intentional contamination of applesauce pouches.

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Bill Marler

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The FDA is reporting today for the first time an active investigation to a Listeria Outbreak that has sickened 20. The FDA continues to investigate a Salmonella Thompson outbreak that has sickened 93. Both outbreaks have yet to be linked to a food product.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

The FDA’s proposed reorganization package includes new updates that not only shift how the agency’s food and field work is conducted, but also impacts a number of additional FDA offices outside of these programs. We are hopeful that implementation can begin in calendar year 2024.

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JULY 20, 2022

What is perplexing is the FDA’s silence if not downplaying of the link. The FDA provided this statement to the press yesterday: It seems like this is the perfect time for the FDA to “float down to Peru” and see what is up with Tara? In litigation, I will force that disclosure.

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Bill Marler

JULY 8, 2022

We are presently testing about 40 samples and have offered samples to the FDA, and have offered to share our test results with the FDA and with Daily Harvest and Revive. We have asked all clients to report their illnesses to the FDA hotline. No positive clinical (human) test for a causative agent has yet to be determined.

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

“HACCP: A systematic approach to the identification, evaluation, and control of food safety hazards.” – So says the FDA. This is the latest step in the agency’s implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and it proposes to replace some of the existing requirements for agricultural water in the Produce Safety Rule (PSR).

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JULY 14, 2022

Here is the latest from the FDA: Case Counts. Estimate based on Consumer Complaint and CAERs reports received by the FDA. Thank you also providing leftover product to both the lab we are using and the FDA as we search for the common contaminate that is causing these common symptoms. Total Adverse Illness Events: 277*.

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JULY 21, 2022

According to the FDA, the Investigation of Adverse Event Reports: French Lentil & Leek Crumbles (June 2022) and no mention of Revive Pineapple and Mango Smoothies. The FDA warns: Do not eat, sell, or serve recalled French Lentil & Leek Crumbles from Daily Harvest.

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AUGUST 24, 2022

I took Ashley’s story with me when I was given unfettered access to the chiefs at the FDA. One FDA chief just called it bad luck. I remember her father looking at me misty-eyed and saying, “Fathers are supposed to protect their daughters… in this case, there was nothing I could do.” The culprit was a green, leafy piece of spinach.

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Bill Marler

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

I have been spending the long Labor Day weekend digging deep into the state health departments, FDA and CDC documents surrounding the 2022 Wendy’s E. Here is the FDA Traceback Diagram – expect subpoenas. coli Outbreak that sickens 109, putting dozens in the hospital, with several children suffering acute kidney failure.

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JUNE 30, 2022

The FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, is investigating consumer complaints of gastrointestinal illness and abnormal liver function that may be attributable to eating Daily Harvest French Lentil & Leek Crumbles frozen product. Product Distribution: Nationwide.

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JUNE 29, 2022

Although the FDA does not out Daily Harvest by name, over the last week I have directed over 100 people to report their illnesses to the FDA. Hopefully between our tests and the testing being done by Daily Harvest and the FDA, we will figure out what is causing these illnesses, and what, if any, long-term impacts are of concern.

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MARCH 13, 2023

In the waning days of 2022, FDA issued an updated Food Code with several important updates. FDA is responsible for more than a quarter of the U.S. Generally speaking, FDA continues to leave a wide range of discretion to food service providers. economy, and the Food Code impacts virtually every American. goes uneaten.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

coli outbreak is still linked to Wendy’s, but a specific food item has not been called by the FDA, although lettuce is the prime suspect. The FDA did close the Lucky Charms investigation without determining a causative agent. For the Salmonella Braenderup outbreak (ref# 1075) the FDA investigation has closed.

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JULY 12, 2022

We have asked all to contact the FDA, and many have offered leftover product (opened and unopened) to test. Where the FDA has not offered to test, we are testing. We will provide those test results to the FDA and Daily Harvest. FDA, time to update your chart. Hospitalizations: 42. Last illness onset: June 21, 2022.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Now the question is will Congress and the FDA Commissioner take the recommendations to heart? FDA should increase the visibility and prominence of the Human Foods Program. . When compared to the medical products programs within FDA, the Human Foods Program continuously struggles for visibility and prominence.

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JUNE 22, 2022

Today the FDA added two new Salmonella Outbreaks that have sickened 53 to its investigation chart. No other information – type of product or states of illness were added. Three other outbreaks – 2 Listeria and 1 E. coli O157:H7 (sickening a total of 41) are also listed as products not identified.

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AUGUST 12, 2023

Over at FDA, things are a bit more active with active outbreak investigations with 1 Listeria outbreak tied to ice cream that has sickened 2 and 1 hepatitis an outbreak linked to frozen strawberries that has impacted 10. It seems quiet over at USDA/FSIS with only one active investigation of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 16.

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Bill Marler

JANUARY 25, 2024

This just came up on the FDA Outbreak Table: What is Listeria? Listeria is a bacterium that causes a serious infection called listeriosis. Around 300 deaths in the United States are caused by Listeria infection each year, according to estimates from a 2011 CDC report. Listeria bacteria are most found in raw foods.

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JUNE 2, 2022

HHS, OIG posted this morning: The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to safeguard the Nation’s food supply, including infant formula, and ensure that all ingredients are safe. Food and Drug Administration. Food and Drug Administration’s Actions Regarding the Abbott Infant Formula Recall.

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Bill Marler

JULY 28, 2022

The FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, is investigating consumer complaints of gastrointestinal illness and abnormal liver function that may be attributable to eating Daily Harvest French Lentil & Leek Crumbles frozen product. FDA’s investigation is ongoing, and more information will be provided as it becomes available.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 30, 2022

How confident should we feel with this waring from the FDA: “those seeking access [to the formula] should consult with their healthcare provider in considering whether the benefit of consuming such product outweighs the potential risk of bacterial infection in the user’s particular circumstances.”.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

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. 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.

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Bill Marler

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Product Distribution: Nationwide*Estimate based on Consumer Complaint and CAERs reports received by the FDA. As of October 21, 2022, the FDA has received 393 CAERS reports and Consumer Complaints related to this product.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The FDA has confirmed that lead chromate is the source of lead and chromium in cinnamon applesauce marketed for children and imported from Ecuador. Leaders at the FDA continue to believe the contamination was intentional. FDA’s leading hypothesis remains that this was likely an act of economically motivated adulteration.”

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Bill Marler

MAY 14, 2022

This week the CDC declared an outbreak of Cronobacter infections over after the FDA received four complaints of Cronobacter infections in infants beginning on September 20, 2021, through January 11, 2022. Congress is set to hopefully get responses from the FDA to these questions in a hearing scheduled for May 25 th.

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JANUARY 28, 2024

Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Santa Monica, CA A California food firm with a facility in Maryland is on notice from the FDA for unsanitary storing of ingredients that could contaminate food products. After the inspection, FDA investigators issued a Form 483 (FDA-483), Inspectional Observations.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

Total Adverse Illness Events: 369* Hospitalizations: 125* Deaths: 0 Last illness onset: August 9, 2022* States with Adverse Illness Events: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, MD, MA, MN, MS, MI, MO, MT, NV, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI Product Distribution: Nationwide *Estimate based on Consumer Complaint (..)

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