New FDA commissioner reassigns inspectors by specialty By Dan Flynn  New Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is reassigning inspectors based on what they inspect instead of where they inspect it, as has been the plan for four years. It does not mean any change in the 4,000 inspectors assigned by FDA to inspect domestic and foreign facilities or to respond to consumer complaints.... Continue Reading
Miami cheese maker recalls product from California for Listeria By News Desk  Three tons of cheese produced by Miami’s La Nica Products Inc. was recalled Tuesday for possible Listeria contamination. No illnesses are yet associated with the recall, but Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. While healthy adults may suffer only short-term symptoms such... Continue Reading
SoyNut Butter Co. bankrupt because of E. coli outbreak By Coral Beach  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 the E. coli outbreak as... Continue Reading
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A mother of three who turns 33 today is among victims who are hospitalized with botulism poisoning after eating at Valley Oak Food & Fuel, a gas station in Sacramento County, CA. Lavina Kelly remains partially paralyzed and on a ventilator as her family and friends wonder whether this will be her last birthday. She... 
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