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Publisher's Platform: This FDA official got it right

I have spent more than 30 years representing people sickened by contaminated food. I do not often read a speech by an FDA official and find myself agreeing with nearly every line. This week I did.

By Bill Marler

/ 18 Sep 2026

Publisher's Platform: This FDA official got it right

Before the next food safety headline

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By Darin Detwiler

/ 18 Sep 2026

The last mile of a food safety recall: It is not complete until consumers are protected

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By Hal King

/ 15 Sep 2026

The last mile of a food safety recall: It is not complete until consumers are protected

We must stick to a zero tolerance policy for listeria

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By Guest Contributor

/ 14 Sep 2026

We must stick to a zero tolerance policy for listeria

Publisher's Platform: The chronic disease groups have been in a different room, and they should not be

Here are 10 of them, and 10 things all 40 Food Safety organizations could work on together.

By Bill Marler

/ 9 Sep 2026

Publisher's Platform: The chronic disease groups have been in a different room, and they should not be

Publisher's Platform: Harvard read the FRESH Act line by line

Nearly all of the public argument about this bill has been about food chemicals: dyes, PFAS, the GRAS loophole. That is where the fight started, and it is where the coalition backing the bill would prefer the fight to stay.

By Bill Marler

/ 3 Sep 2026

Publisher's Platform: Harvard read the FRESH Act line by line

Confusion has been the constant in the Cyclospora outbreak

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By Guest Contributor

/ 2 Sep 2026

Confusion has been the constant in the Cyclospora outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Food Safety Education Month starts Today – Here is what I want from government, industry academia and you

The National Restaurant Association created National Food Safety Month in 1994 through its Educational Foundation, to heighten awareness about the importance of food safety education.

By Bill Marler

/ 1 Sep 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Food Safety Education Month starts Today – Here is what I want from government, industry academia and you

Publisher's Platform: Hamburger E. coli was 95 percent of my practice until federal inspection ended it. On-farm slaughter would bring it back.

On Aug. 28, 2026, President Trump said he would give farmers and ranchers the right to process their own food, in a Truth Social post calling the four largest meat

By Bill Marler

/ 28 Aug 2026

Publisher's Platform: Hamburger E. coli was 95 percent of my practice until federal inspection ended it. On-farm slaughter would bring it back.

Publisher’s Platform: The Secretary Is Right About Real Food. Forty Percent of Americans Say They Are Eating Less of It Because of Cyclospora. Here Are Six Things HHS Could Do About That, and One Thing the Secretary Should Stop Doing.

The Secretary is asking Americans to build their health around fresh, whole, minimally processed food, and this summer a great many of them looked at the lettuce and quietly decided against it. Nobody gets talked back into the produce aisle. You make the produce safe, and then you show your work.

By Bill Marler

/ 27 Aug 2026

Publisher’s Platform: The Secretary Is Right About Real Food. Forty Percent of Americans Say They Are Eating Less of It Because of Cyclospora. Here Are Six Things HHS Could Do About That, and One Thing the Secretary Should Stop Doing.

Publisher's Platform: Thirteen letters to FDA, CDC, HHS and Taylor Farms, and not one published answer

Meanwhile, the answers are appearing — in newspapers and on a company FAQ page. Congress should hold a hearing.

By Bill Marler

/ 25 Aug 2026

Publisher's Platform: Thirteen letters to FDA, CDC, HHS and Taylor Farms, and not one published answer

Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-One Outbreaks Is a Normal Year. Ten Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Sick From One of Them Is Not.

What none of this is, at any point, is a consumer behavior problem. The field for next summer gets planted in a few months. Nobody chooses what is living in the water when it does, and washing will not help then either.

By Bill Marler

/ 22 Aug 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-One Outbreaks Is a Normal Year. Ten Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Sick From One of Them Is Not.

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

Publisher's Platform: This FDA official got it right

Before the next food safety headline

The last mile of a food safety recall: It is not complete until consumers are protected

We must stick to a zero tolerance policy for listeria

Publisher's Platform: The chronic disease groups have been in a different room, and they should not be

Publisher's Platform: Harvard read the FRESH Act line by line

Confusion has been the constant in the Cyclospora outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Food Safety Education Month starts Today – Here is what I want from government, industry academia and you

Publisher's Platform: Hamburger E. coli was 95 percent of my practice until federal inspection ended it. On-farm slaughter would bring it back.

Publisher’s Platform: The Secretary Is Right About Real Food. Forty Percent of Americans Say They Are Eating Less of It Because of Cyclospora. Here Are Six Things HHS Could Do About That, and One Thing the Secretary Should Stop Doing.

Publisher's Platform: Thirteen letters to FDA, CDC, HHS and Taylor Farms, and not one published answer

Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-One Outbreaks Is a Normal Year. Ten Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Sick From One of Them Is Not.

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