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E. coli found in SoyNut Butter I.M. Healthy

Publisher’s Platform: Journal of Pediatrics weighs in on E. coli Outbreak linked to Soy Nut Butter

By Bill Marler on September 16, 2019
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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

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Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Journal of Pediatrics weighs in on E. coli Outbreak linked to Soy Nut Butter

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Bankruptcy court awards soy nut butter E. coli victims $11.25 million

By Dan Flynn on January 10, 2019

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…
Continue Reading Bankruptcy court awards soy nut butter E. coli victims $11.25 million

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Publisher’s Platform: What the Hell?

By Bill Marler on October 13, 2017

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.
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Publisher’s Platform: It’s past time for FDA to out retailers

By Bill Marler on September 30, 2017
This peanut butter substitute was still on the shelf at a Luckys Market earlier this week, despite having been recalled in March for E. coli contamination.

On March 7, 2017, The…
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Beach Beat: It’s not rocket science, it’s computer science

By Coral Beach on September 6, 2017

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…
Continue Reading Beach Beat: It’s not rocket science, it’s computer science

Amazon today removed nut butter recalled in March for E. coli

By Coral Beach on September 5, 2017

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…
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SoyNut Butter Co. bankrupt because of E. coli outbreak

By Coral Beach on May 17, 2017

SoyNut Butter bankruptcy factsThe 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…
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CDC says soy nut butter outbreak ‘over’ — but threat continues

By Coral Beach on May 6, 2017

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…
Continue Reading CDC says soy nut butter outbreak ‘over’ — but threat continues

Beach Beat: Public’s right to know should trump trade secrets

By Coral Beach on April 2, 2017

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.
Continue Reading Beach Beat: Public’s right to know should trump trade secrets

FDA shuts down soy nut butter maker linked to E. coli outbreak

By Coral Beach on March 31, 2017

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…
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