I.M. Healthy – goodness the irony.
For a bit(e) of history: In the Spring of 2017, the CDC reported that thirty-two people infected with the outbreak strains of E. coli O157: H7 were reported from 12 states – Arizona 4, California 5, Florida 2, Illinois 1, Massachusetts 1, Maryland
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Northern Illinois today is expected to award the remainder of insurance coverage held by I.M. Healthy and Dixie Dew to victims of 2017’s E. coli O157: H7 outbreak involving the two companies.
Epidemiologic, laboratory, and traceback evidence indicated that I.M. Healthy brand Soy Nut Butter
Continue Reading Bankruptcy court awards soy nut butter E. coli victims $11.25 million
After sickening more than 30 people with E. coli O157:H7 – including several kids with acute kidney failure – you would think that all this tainted product would be off the market – but no.
So one must ask, Food and Drug Administration, companies, what are you doing?
I received
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On March 7, 2017, The SoyNut Butter Company recalled all varieties of I.M. Healthy SoyNut Butters and all varieties of
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If Jeff Bezos and the little online book-selling company he founded in a Seattle garage in 1994 can employ more than 314,000 people and buy Whole Foods Markets for $13.7 billion;
If he and the company known simply as Amazon can post a 25 percent revenue increase, quarter-to-quarter, taking in
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Earlier today, Amazon.com was still selling I.M. Healthy soy nut butter that was recalled in March when federal officials traced an E. coli outbreak to the product.
No one from Seattle-based Amazon immediately responded to mid-morning requests for comment from Food Safety News, but by 11 a.m. Pacific time, the
Continue Reading Amazon today removed nut butter recalled in March for E. coli
The SoyNut Butter Co. has filed for bankruptcy, citing an E. coli outbreak linked to its I.M. Healthy brand peanut butter substitute and manufacturer Dixie Dew Products as the causes for its financial failure.
The Glenview, IL, soy butter company’s president and 90-percent shareholder Stephen Grubb listed some victims of
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Although the government has posted its final update on the E. coli outbreak traced to SoyNut Butter Co. products — reporting 32 people across a dozen states confirmed sick — there is an ongoing threat and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is repeating earlier warnings.
“The recalled SoyNut
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ICYMI, as the texters say, the FDA finally came clean about a dirty food production operation, naming Dixie Dew Products Inc. as the manufacturer of soy-based goo marketed as an allergen-free alternative to peanut butter.
The revelation Friday evening came weeks after FDA inspectors found filthy conditions, insect infestation and
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The FDA has finally named and shut down the manufacturer of soy nut butter implicated in an ongoing nationwide E. coli outbreak, noting that records and employees at Dixie Dew Products Inc. revealed food safety violations going back at least 15 years.
Federal officials say they believe all of the
Continue Reading FDA shuts down soy nut butter maker linked to E. coli outbreak
