The tragic death of 14-year-old Miller Gardner, the son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, highlights the critical need for food safety awareness while traveling abroad.
Authorities are investigating whether foodborne illness or a related complication caused the teen’s death.
What happened to this child is horrible.
Reminds me, where are the FDA and CDC in dealing with this unnamed E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce?
With no fanfare after 89 reported sick, the FDA closed its E. coli investigation into a romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak without telling
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I remember exactly where I was on Feb. 10, 1993. I was in the audience of President Bill Clinton’s nationally televised town hall from the studios of WXYZ-TV in Detroit. He fielded questions from the studio audience as well as studio audiences in Miami and Seattle, where
Continue Reading A legacy of loss and leadership: What America’s presidents teach us about food safety
In the summer of 2022 Parker Stine’s parents signed him up for a fun, educational stint at a day camp where he would care for a baby goat for a week. The week went fine and his family was so happy on the last day when they went to see
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Colton George, an active 10-year-old boy from Avon, IN, known for his prowess on the baseball field and his agility on the basketball court, was the embodiment of the limitless energy of childhood. But on Nov. 17, 2024, his life took a drastic and terrifying turn.
That morning, Colton was
Continue Reading Parents question federal response after son’s near-death encounter with E. coli
What should have been happy vacation memories turned into a horrific nightmare of foodborne illness from salad after 55-year-old Julie Packard returned home from Hawaii.
Packard, now 58, and her family vacationed in paradise in December 2021. It was their second trip to the island state, and they thought they
Continue Reading Vacation in paradise capped off by severe case of rat lungworm disease
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The sad thing about doing this kind of work for over 30 years is that my memory still functions and I recall too much.
On New Years Eve Day, FSIS push out the following recall notice:
Valley Meats, LLC, a Coal Valley, Ill. establishment, is recalling approximately
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Remembering another Valley Meats E. coli recall
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Today, September 18, would be my son, Riley Detwiler’s 32nd birthday.
Earlier this year, I had the privilege and heartache of being part of the recently released Netflix documentary, “Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food.” In addition to offering insights from my food safety career over the past 30 years
Continue Reading Poisoned: A memorial and a call for courage in food safety
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Editor’s note: This column was originally published by MEDPAGETODAY and is reposted here with permission.
In August 2006, Ruby Trautz of Omaha, Nebraska was the first person of several to die in a foodborne outbreak after eating uncooked baby spinach laced with E. coli 0157:H7, a
Continue Reading Netflix documentary ‘Poisoned’ shows tragic truth about food safety in America
It’s prime mushroom hunting time in much of the United States, but foragers need to have a keen eye or an expert opinion to avoid serious consequences.
A recent mushroom poisoning case in Massachusetts has illustrated again how people who forage mushrooms can find themselves carrying home a basket of
Continue Reading Misidentification increases the risk of poisoning as mushroom hunters head out to forage