Bill Marler

Accomplished personal injury lawyer, Food Safety News founder and publisher, and internationally recognized food safety expert. Bill's advocacy work has led to testimony before Congress and his blog reaches 1M+ readers annually.

Publisher’s Platform: Project 2027 – We Already Agree on More Than We Think

I have said for years that I would like to be put out of business. I cannot do that alone, and neither can any one organization. Together, on the things we already agree on, we might.

By Bill Marler

/ 14 Nov 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Project 2027 – We Already Agree on More Than We Think

Publisher's Platform: FDA scientists map which Salinas Valley farms sit downstream of the cows

This is the closest thing I have seen to a map of the plumbing that keeps sending E. coli O157:H7 into our salad bowls.

By Bill Marler

/ 9 Nov 2026

Publisher's Platform: FDA scientists map which Salinas Valley farms sit downstream of the cows

Publisher's Platform: Shipping romaine across the country isn’t the problem. Good. Now let’s talk about what is.

– OPINION –

By Bill Marler

/ 6 Nov 2026

Publisher's Platform: Shipping romaine across the country isn’t the problem. Good. Now let’s talk about what is.

Publisher’s Platform: Radical transparency? What I am asking the FDA to do Is not radical at all

Two citizen petitions, a phrase HHS made its motto, and a DOJ opinion that says the agency can act now

By Bill Marler

/ 31 Oct 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Radical transparency? What I am asking the FDA to do Is not radical at all

Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-two years of asking whether we should ban petting zoos: After Brookshire Farms, Bengtson’s and the State Fair of Texas, it is time I answered my own question

In 2004 I wrote that ignoring these risks “makes good business for lawyers like me. But I’ll gladly give up that business if it means not having to see four-year-olds hooked up to kidney dialysis machines.”

By Bill Marler

/ 28 Oct 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-two years of asking whether we should ban petting zoos: After Brookshire Farms, Bengtson’s and the State Fair of Texas, it is time I answered my own question

Publisher's Platform: USDA finally on the record; names Trader Joe's in E. coli outbreak

Naming the product cost the government nothing on Oct. 23. It would have cost nothing on Sept. 23.

By Bill Marler

/ 24 Oct 2026

Publisher's Platform: USDA finally on the record; names Trader Joe's in E. coli outbreak

Publisher's Platform: Fifty people sick, a known supplier, and FDA still won’t say its name. That is wrong, and here is how we fix it.

The public learned these were Trader Joe’s Tarragon Chicken Salad Wraps from a federal lawsuit, not from either agency charged with protecting it.

By Bill Marler

/ 23 Oct 2026

Publisher's Platform: Fifty people sick, a known supplier, and FDA still won’t say its name. That is wrong, and here is how we fix it.

Publisher's Platform: The food Traceability Rule has been law since 2022 – nobody has to follow it until 2028. Here is how that happened, and what FDA is doing with the time.

– OPINION –

By Bill Marler

/ 23 Oct 2026

Publisher's Platform: The food Traceability Rule has been law since 2022 – nobody has to follow it until 2028. Here is how that happened, and what FDA is doing with the time.

Publisher's Platform: Comments sought on FDA petition to add botulism to the infant formula testing list

No new law is needed. The list is FDA’s own, and the Commissioner can amend it.

By Bill Marler

/ 19 Oct 2026

Publisher's Platform: Comments sought on FDA petition to add botulism to the infant formula testing list

Publisher’s Platform: Seven Petitions, One Message: Tell Us What You Know, Test for What Kills, and Warn People Before They Eat It

Every one of these petitions comes back to the same idea. If the government knows something that would keep people from getting sick, it should test for it, write it down and tell the public. That is not a radical ask. It is the job.

By Bill Marler

/ 16 Oct 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Seven Petitions, One Message: Tell Us What You Know, Test for What Kills, and Warn People Before They Eat It

Publisher's Platform: Americans have lost faith in our food safety system: Here are 10 ways to win it back

Seventy-three percent of respondents say they avoided certain brands or types of food in the past year because of a recall or advisory, up from 53 percent in 2024.

By Bill Marler

/ 8 Oct 2026

Publisher's Platform: Americans have lost faith in our food safety system: Here are 10 ways to win it back

Publisher’s Platform: Put me out of the lettuce business, please

The largest Cyclospora outbreak in American history is over, and the next crop is going in the ground. Washington dismantled the system that would have caught it, Congress wrote letters instead of holding a hearing, and the produce industry pointed at the water.

By Bill Marler

/ 3 Oct 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Put me out of the lettuce business, please

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Bill Marler

Publisher’s Platform: Project 2027 – We Already Agree on More Than We Think

Publisher's Platform: FDA scientists map which Salinas Valley farms sit downstream of the cows

Publisher's Platform: Shipping romaine across the country isn’t the problem. Good. Now let’s talk about what is.

Publisher’s Platform: Radical transparency? What I am asking the FDA to do Is not radical at all

Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-two years of asking whether we should ban petting zoos: After Brookshire Farms, Bengtson’s and the State Fair of Texas, it is time I answered my own question

Publisher's Platform: USDA finally on the record; names Trader Joe's in E. coli outbreak

Publisher's Platform: Fifty people sick, a known supplier, and FDA still won’t say its name. That is wrong, and here is how we fix it.

Publisher's Platform: The food Traceability Rule has been law since 2022 – nobody has to follow it until 2028. Here is how that happened, and what FDA is doing with the time.

Publisher's Platform: Comments sought on FDA petition to add botulism to the infant formula testing list

Publisher’s Platform: Seven Petitions, One Message: Tell Us What You Know, Test for What Kills, and Warn People Before They Eat It

Publisher's Platform: Americans have lost faith in our food safety system: Here are 10 ways to win it back

Publisher’s Platform: Put me out of the lettuce business, please