The recent recall of By Heart’s powdered infant formula (PIF) is a major food safety event—one that should prompt all stakeholders to pause and critically examine not just what happened, but what must improve going forward. While recent FDA Warning Letters to major retailers are capturing headlines, the more important question is how this situation could have been prevented in the first place—so that a recall was never necessary at all? The company has had prior food safety i

It’s Thanksgiving week and, while there are certainly plenty of negative stories related to foodborne outbreaks, you may have noticed that you haven’t seen any news about romaine lettuce recalls this year. Unfortunately, these types of recalls and advisories were common around this time in years past—but not over the last few years. Between 2009 and 2018, the FDA and CDC identified 40 foodborne outbreaks of Shiga toxin–producing E. coli  (STEC) infections in the U.S. with a

FDA has announced a "rare" multi-state outbreak of Infant Botulism linked to the consumption of powdered infant formula (PIF)  made by ByHeart . Straight Talk on points often left out in updates and the media reports: There have been 13 cases to date among infants with illnesses linked to the consumption of PIF produced by ByHeart. The California Department of Health (CDOH) appears to have picked up the outbreak through their Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program a