Most of the public would be shocked to know that during an outbreak investigation that a neighboring property owner with an animal feedlot can refuse entry to FDA investigators looking for the source of an outbreak. Rep. DeLauro and Sen. Booker aim to make this common sense idea the law.
Press Release: Today, U.S. Representative
Full Report – https://www.marlerblog.com/files/2025/02/gao-25-107606.pdf
Although the U.S. food supply is generally considered safe, tens of millions of Americans get sick from foodborne illness every year, and some die, according to estimates from the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In addition, according to CDC data, over 9,000
Here is the joint press statement:
Parties continue to engage towards bringing the listeriosis class action to a close as quickly as possible.
Johannesburg, 3 February 2025 – Tiger Brands, Richard Spoor Inc and LHL Attorneys today announced that they have reached agreement for advance payments to be made to the first of a number
Hard to know if there is no new news or if the edict from the new administration of no new updates has quieted the FDA?
Democratic senators are expressing alarm about planned budget reallocations at the Food and Drug Administration that they fear will threaten the nation’s food safety system. In a letter to FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones released Wednesday, Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), Tina Smith (Minn.), Cory Booker (N.J.) and Dick Durbin (Ill.) wrote
Federal Offices of Inspector’s General (OIGs) provide the vital role of:
On Friday night the
The FDA has an outbreak posting that as of 2/4/2024 an E. coli O157:H7 event is now tied to Romaine Lettuce.* The FDA says that 88 are sick and that the investigation is still Active and the notes that Traceback , Inspection and Sampling has been Initiated.
*Earlier the FDA said: The FDA and CDC
Multiple federal health agencies have stopped releasing some key health information — including updates on some outbreak investigations — amid a department-wide communications “pause” ordered by the Trump administration, though many other “mission critical” updates are still being released, CBS News has learned.
The Department of Health and Human Services “has
So says its lawyers.
Puffery or promises?
The lawyers for Boar’s Head have moved to dismiss certain claims brought against their client on behalf of a family whose mother died from Listeria – tainted Boars Head Liverwurst.
As its lawyers say:
“Plaintiff has brought a negligence per se claim based on Virginia Code § 3.2-5126
Since the last update on November 22, 2024, eight new illnesses were reported from five states. These sick people were identified after food and environmental sampling found a second strain of Listeria. As of December 5, 2024, 19 people from eight states have been infected with the outbreak strains of Listeria.
Sick people’s samples were
