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Happy Hens Eggs Are Linked to the San Diego Salmonella Outbreak by DNA. Twenty-Three People Are Sick. There Is Still No Recall.
San Diego County announced on the afternoon of September 4, 2026 that Salmonella found inside the hen houses at Happy Hens, a poultry farm in Ramona, is genetically linked to the strain that has been making people sick across the county. The U.S. Food and...
E. coli O145:H28 in Frozen Organic Blueberries: 17 Sick in Florida and Georgia, and the Recall Now Reaches Walmart
Seventeen people in Florida and Georgia have been confirmed infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O145:H28 linked to frozen organic blueberries from Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A. of San Carlos, Chile. Six have been hospitalized. No deaths have been...
Clover Hill Dairy Requesón Listeria Outbreak Is Over: 15 Sick, 14 Hospitalized, 1 Dead in Four States
CDC declared this outbreak over on August 26, 2026, and FDA closed its investigation the same day. Fifteen people in four states — Illinois, Maryland, New York and Virginia — were infected with the outbreak strain of Listeria...
Foods Alive Recalls Organic Moringa Leaf Powder for Salmonella — and Still Nobody Will Name the Supplier
Foods Alive Inc. of Angola, Indiana is recalling its 8-ounce packages of organic moringa leaf powder because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. FDA posted the company announcement on September 4, 2026. If you have an 8-ounce stand-up pouch of Foods...
One Strain, Two Brands: The Sequencing That Ties ByHeart, Nara Organics and Dairy Farmers of America Together
Fifty-two infants were hospitalized with botulism in two outbreaks seven months apart. Forty-eight of them had been fed ByHeart Whole Nutrition powdered infant formula. Four had been fed Nara Organics Whole Milk Organic. The two products were made by...
The Salmonella in the Happy Hens Barns Matches the Ramona Outbreak Strain. The State Asked the Farm to Recall Its Eggs. It Has Not.
San Diego County published a new release at 4:37 this afternoon, and it closes the hole that has sat in the middle of this outbreak for six weeks. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration collected samples inside the Happy Hens hen houses in Ramona. Salmonella...
CDC Is Ending Weekly Updates on the Cyclospora Outbreak. Indiana Stopped Counting Wednesday. Only Thirteen of the Forty-One Counting States Still Maintain a Page.
Yesterday I wrote that CDC’s Thursday numbers had not landed and said to watch the investigation page that evening. They did not land. Something else did. CDC’s outbreak investigation page now carries a September 3 date stamp, and the Key points...
2027’s Potential New Employment Laws Are Sitting on Governor Newsom’s Desk — Here Are the Key Measures
The Legislature adjourned on Monday night, August 31, 2026, and everything it passed is now on Governor Newsom’s desk. He has until September 30 to sign or veto each bill. This is his last signing period before his term ends in January, so there is no next year...
Peter Barton Hutt, 1934–2026: The Lawyer Who Built the Food Law the Rest of Us Practice
Peter Barton Hutt died on Wednesday, September 2, 2026. He was 91. The Critical Path Institute, where he sat on the board, announced it the next day. The Personal Care Products Council called him the “Father of Modern Food and Drug Law,” which is...