According to South African press reports, Tiger Brands, South Africa’s biggest food manufacturer, announced yesterday that it is immediately recalling about 20 million Koo and Hugo’s canned vegetable products that were produced from May
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Tiger Brands back in hot seat; recalls millions of cans of vegetables
Over 1,000 sickened with over 200 dead from Listeria tainted polony. I have the honor to be working with counsel in South Africa – See Listeria Class Action. See also recent video update done by
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Three years after world’s largest Listeria Outbreak justice has yet to be served
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with an estimated 600 million cases of foodborne illnesses annually, unsafe food is a threat to human
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Some thoughts on June 7 – World Food Safety Day
This week the CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) announced a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections linked to raw
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: These raw breaded chicken products seem to be a problem
I felt another blog post coming on after reading Spectrum 1’s headline:
“More vaccination clinics offered this week after possible Hepatitis A exposure at Fredonia restaurant”
There were two more hepatitis A vaccination clinics in
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Hepatitis A vaccines cost a lot less than lawsuits
I don’t watch Fox, I value my grey matter.
Someone sent me Tucker’s Friday segment “asking” about the CDC warning of the risks of poultry and Salmonella.
The Fox News host invited Tiara Soleim,
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Tucker, shut the cluck up!
2018 and 2019 were not good years for consumers of romaine lettuce grown in the fields of the southwestern United States, specifically the Yuma growing region of Arizona and the Salinas Valley of California. Although
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Hey FDA, Leafy Green Industry, please don’t forget those you should have protected
A few days ago, “Down Under” a.k.a. Australia, my friend, food safety guru, and for some strange reason, eater of raw shellfish, Dr. Julian Cox, was speaking about the risk of pregnant women consuming unpasteurized
I was managing the barbecue last night cooking chicken breasts.
Of course, before they hit the grill, I had carefully removed them from the plastic-covered tray from the store, and placed them into a triple-strength
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: How hot does a food safety lawyer cook – High! As Doug Powell says, ‘stick it in’
In 1998, Marler Clark was formed by the unlikely pairing of Bill Marler, who represented the victims in the 1993 Jack-in-the-Box E. coli Outbreak, and Bruce Clark, who defended the company. Since then,
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Reprinted by Bill Marler in full without permission from Tim York’s column in The Packer.
Food safety attorney Bill Marler was heavily promoting his appearance a couple weeks ago at the Food and Drug
Continue Reading President Biden, ask your FDA leadership to visit a lettuce farm!
