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By the Time FDA Names the Food, Your Lot Is Gone
FDA closed a 14-case E. coli O157:H7 investigation this summer. Its note says the product was already beyond shelf life...
Steven Moussawer · Sep 22, 2026 · 6 min read
The Lot Code Was on the Case. You Threw the Case Away.
Open a master case and the only lot code the product ever had goes in the baler with the cardboard. Send that ingredient...
Steven Moussawer · Sep 17, 2026 · 10 min read
Your Supplier's Other Customer Had an Outbreak. Nobody Told You.
Nara Organics and ByHeart never shared a label, a plant, or a brand. They shared a milk supplier. Seven months after ByH...
Steven Moussawer · Jun 29, 2026 · 5 min read
Raw Farm's Tests Came Back Clean. The Outbreak Still Traces to Them.
FDA tested 19 Raw Farm cheese samples. One came back positive for E. coli O157:H7, but whole-genome sequencing showed a...
Steven Moussawer · Apr 21, 2026 · 5 min read
When Your Supplier Causes a Recall, You Have 24 Hours
Seven deaths. Twenty-eight illnesses. Nineteen states. The Listeria outbreak that pulled Marketside, Home Chef, and Trad...
Steven Moussawer · Apr 14, 2026 · 6 min read
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