HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents that all ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula products have been recalled by ByHeart Inc. due to potential contamination by Clostridium botulinum. The recalled products are under investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the agency has ...
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HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents to a recall issued by ByHeart Inc. for select lots of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula product, due to potential contamination of Clostridium botulinum. The recalled product is under investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and ...
Read More DOH ALERTS PUBLIC ABOUT RECALL OF BYHEART INFANT FORMULA DUE TO POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION
HONOLULU — To protect public health, ensure consumer transparency and maintain the integrity of the local hemp marketplace, the Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) Office of Medical Cannabis Control and Regulation (OMCCR) is launching an outreach and education initiative to encourage voluntary compliance among hemp retailers and distributors, including online and out-of-state businesses. Act 269, ...
Read More DOH LAUNCHES OUTREACH AND EDUCATION INITIATIVE AHEAD OF 2026 HEMP RETAIL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents to a recall issued by Moonlight Companies for its Moonlight yellow and white peaches due to potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes identified in the packing facility environment. The recalled product was distributed nationwide between Sept. 16, 2025 and Oct. ...
Read More DOH ALERTS PUBLIC TO MOONLIGHT COMPANIES RECALL OF ITS YELLOW AND WHITE PEACHES DUE TO POTENTIAL LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES CONTAMINATION
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food Safety Branch (FSB) issued Leonard Jr’s Hot Malasadas & Expresso (359 WEN) a green placard and approved its reopening after a follow-up inspection found that all critical food safety violations were corrected. Leonard Jr’s Hot Malasadas & Expresso, located at Waikele Shopping Center, had received a ...
Read More DOH APPROVES REOPENING OF LEONARD JR’S HOT MALASADAS & EXPRESSO IN WAIKELE
Families in Need of Food Assistance Encouraged to Apply HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program announces that WIC clinics across the state will remain open and fully operational during the federal government shutdown. This includes continued services and open enrollment for new participants. “As more Hawaiʻi families ...
Read More HAWAIʻI WIC CLINICS AND ENROLLMENT REMAIN OPEN
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) authorized the reopening of Leonard Jr’s Hot Malasadas & Expresso (359 WEN) at Waikele Center, 95 Lumiʻāina St. on O‘ahu, after issuing a red placard on Oct. 28, 2025. The food establishment, operated by Frank Leonard Rego, Jr., initially received a red placard and was shut down ...
Read More DOH ISSUES RED PLACARD TO LEONARD JR’S HOT MALASADAS & EXPRESSO IN WAIKELE
HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) is monitoring a positive wastewater sample for measles virus, the first wastewater detection of the virus for Kauaʻi County. The sample was collected Sept. 24, 2025, at a site in East Kauaʻi County and DOH was notified of the result on Oct. 20, 2025. No suspected measles ...
Read More DOH MONITORING FIRST WASTEWATER DETECTION OF MEASLES IN KAUAʻI COUNTY
HONOLULU — Low levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were detected in water samples collected at the Kulaʻimano Well A of the Pepeʻekeo water system, Public Water System HI0000106, owned by the Hawaiʻi County Department of Water Supply (DWS). Kulaʻimano Well A serves Pepeʻekeo area of the island of Hawaiʻi. The detections of Perfluorooctane ...
Read More LOW LEVELS OF PFAS DETECTED IN PEPEʻEKEO WATER SYSTEM
HILO, Hawaiʻi — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) issued a red “closed” placard and immediately shut down White Guava Cafe, located at 54 E. Pūʻainakō St., in Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island, due to a roach infestation and multiple critical food safety violations. The food establishment, operated by AJ & Sons Catering, LLC, received a ...
Read More DOH CLOSES WHITE GUAVA CAFE FOR ROACH INFESTATION AND MULTIPLE CRITICAL FOOD SAFETY VIOLATIONS
Take a Quiz to See if Your Child is at Increased Risk of Lead Exposure HONOLULU — Lead is a toxic metal that is dangerous to your health at any age — and there is no known safe level of lead in the blood. Oct. 19 to 25 is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and ...
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HAWAI‘I — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) is alerting residents of a recall issued by Meadow Gold Dairy for half-pint sized chocolate milk marked with an October 16, 2025, expiration date. The chocolate milk, made and packaged out of state, is being voluntarily recalled due to potential quality control issues. Approximately 70,000 units were ...
Read More DOH ALERTS PUBLIC TO RECALL OF MEADOW GOLD HALF-PINT CHOCOLATE MILK
HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) issued a Notice of Violation and Order (NOVO) against Wailehua I, LLC for discharging soil and other construction materials into wetlands, which are considered state waters, without state permits and DOH authorization. “Wetlands are critical to Hawaiʻi’s environment,” said Kathleen Ho, Deputy Director for Environmental Health. “Wetlands ...
Read More DOH ISSUES .4 MILLION FINE TO WAILEHUA I, LLC FOR UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE INTO WETLANDS, A CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE
HONOLULU — Three state agencies are on alert after laboratory testing identified a presumptive case of avian influenza on Friday in an ailing duck that was found earlier in the week at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Preliminary testing of the bird revealed an unconfirmed result of the H5 subtype of influenza A virus. ...
Read More DOH, DAB, DLNR INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE AVIAN FLU CASE IN WATERFOWL
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a case of neuroangiostrongyliasis, or rat lungworm disease, in an adult on the island of Kaua‘i. Rat lungworm disease is known to be endemic in all islands of the state of Hawai‘i. This individual had no history of travel to other neighbor islands, or outside ...
Read More RAT LUNGWORM DISEASE DETECTED ON KAUAʻI
HONOLULU — Low levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were detected in water samples collected at the Pearl City Wells I Pump #2 of the Honolulu-Windward-Pearl Harbor water system, as well as Public Water System HI0000331, owned by the Honolulu Board of Water Supply (BWS). Pearl City Wells I Pump #2 serves the Pearl ...
Read More LOW LEVELS OF PFAS DETECTED IN HONOLULU-WINDWARD-PEARL HARBOR WATER SYSTEM
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food and Drug Branch (FDB) is alerting residents to a recall issued by Demers Food Group for select lots of Scott & Jon’s Shrimp Scampi with Linguini product, due to potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. The shrimp scampi product contains a recalled linguini pasta ingredient supplied by Nate’s ...
Read More DOH ALERTS PUBLIC ABOUT SCOTT & JON’S SHRIMP SCAMPI WITH LINGUINI DUE TO POTENTIAL LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES CONTAMINATION
HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a case of mumps in an individual on Hawaiʻi Island. The case is community-acquired and not travel-related, suggesting that mumps may currently be circulating on the island. The individual attended an event at Harold H. Higashihara Park in Kailua-Kona on Thursday, Sept. 25, between 4:30 and ...
Read More DOH CONFIRMS CASE OF MUMPS IN HAWAIʻI COUNTY
HONOLULU — The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program announces that WIC clinics across the state will remain open and fully operational, providing essential nutrition services and food benefits to qualifying families. All scheduled appointments, nutrition education and benefit issuance services are proceeding as normal. “While we closely monitor the ...
Read More HAWAIʻI WIC CLINICS REMAIN OPEN AND FOOD BENEFITS ARE FULLY AVAILABLE
HONOLULU — Vaccination rates among kindergartners in Hawaiʻi improved for the 2024-2025 school year compared to the 2023-2024 school year. However, religious exemptions continue to increase across grades K-12. According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Hawaiʻi kindergartner vaccination rates have been improving over the past three years, but ...
Read More STUDENT IMMUNIZATION RATES SHOW MIXED RESULTS