Interesting testing project – paying attention that things that might be problematic in the long run, but not testing for pathogens that have rocked the infant formula world recently?
The USDA put out numbers from 2023. As noted:
Costs of illness estimates are often used to approximate the public’s willingness to pay to prevent foodborne illnesses. These cost estimates provide a conservative approximation because they do not include the willingness to pay to prevent non-financial impacts of illness, including pain and suffering.
The Cost
Food Safety News reports, A report from the Government Accountability Office says the FDA has still not met requirements of the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act.
The Act (FSMA) was written with the intent to shift the Food and Drug Administration’s focus away from reaction and toward the prevention of foodborne illnesses. The Government Accountability
The CDC and FDA have not updated the numbers of ill for a few weeks. Hopefully, the numbers have peaked at 51 – I just would not count on it.
Here, however, is the reality. I got off the phone a few days ago with a young, single mom whose baby was hospitalized for months
Public Health is investigating an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 (called STEC) associated with food from Tokyo Stop Teriyaki. We are aware of five King County residents who have gotten sick with the same type of STEC using DNA fingerprinting (whole genome sequencing or WGS) after eating food from Tokyo Stop Teriyaki in
Great story by CNN reporter Brenda Goodman. Reporting is important to help protect the public from stores that sell us food when they cannot seem to be unable to do the basics.
Here is Brenda’s story:
I was doing my regular weekly grocery shopping just before Christmas when I happened to cut through the baby
Arkansas 1, California 3, Connecticut 1, Georgia 2, Illinois 1, Minnesota 2, Missouri 3, Texas 1, Washington 1, Wisconsin 1.
CDC and public health officials in several states are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to certain home delivery meals made by Metabolic Meals. Do not eat affected Metabolic Meals products while the
Salmonella is widely distributed in nature and can be found in the intestinal tract of wild and domesticated animals and in humans. Salmonella poisoning can occur when a person ingests contaminated fecal particles transmitted by another infected human or animal.
CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug
ByHeath Botulism Infant Formula – 51 Sick and Hospitalized
As of December 17, 2025, this outbreak includes 51 infants with suspected or confirmed infant botulism from 19 states. Laboratory confirmation for some cases is ongoing. Illnesses started on dates ranging from December 24, 2023, through December 1, 2025.
All 51 infants were hospitalized and treated with BabyBIG®. No
