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: Playing 'Romaine Roulette'

Between 2015 and 2021, E. coli O157-contaminated romaine was implicated in seven outbreaks in the United States, resulting in 4,274 laboratory-confirmed illnesses, 766 hospitalizations, and 11 deaths.

By Bill Marler

/ 4 May 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Playing 'Romaine Roulette'

Publisher's Platform: It's time to get the S*%! out of chicken and declare Salmonella an adulterant

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that Salmonella causes approximately 1.35 million illnesses, 26,500 hospitalizations, and 420 deaths in the United States every year.

By Bill Marler

/ 28 Apr 2026

Publisher's Platform: It's time to get the S*%! out of chicken and declare Salmonella an adulterant

Publisher's Platform: Our Babies Deserve Better: It's Time to Fix Infant Formula Safety

We are the wealthiest nation in the history of human civilization. We spend countless billions on wars, artificial intelligence, ballrooms and arches. We can make infant formula safe. We have chosen, thus far, not to do the hard regulatory work required to ensure it.

By Bill Marler

/ 24 Apr 2026

Publisher's Platform: Our Babies Deserve Better: It's Time to Fix Infant Formula Safety

Publisher’s Platform: Hepatitis A and the Food Service Industry: A Case for Universal Vaccination

Few pathogens frustrate me more than Hepatitis A, because we have had a safe, effective vaccine against it since 1995, and we still can't seem to get it into the arms of the people who need it most.

By Bill Marler

/ 23 Apr 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Hepatitis A and the Food Service Industry: A Case for Universal Vaccination

Publisher's Platform: Raw Farm has a history of outbreaks linked to its raw milk products

The dairy's raw cheddar cheese is currently linked to an E. coli outbreak, but its owners refuse to initiate a recall.

By Bill Marler

/ 1 Apr 2026

Publisher's Platform: Seriously, Do Not Drink Raw Milk and watch out for Cheese

Since the last update on March 15, 2026, 2 additional illnesses have been reported from California. A total of 9 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli have

By Bill Marler

/ 27 Mar 2026

Publisher's Platform: Seriously, Do Not Drink Raw Milk and watch out for Cheese

Publisher's Platform: We still need to address Salmonella in chicken

USDA/FSIS has the authority to deem Salmonella and other pathogens adulterants – they just need to use it.

By Bill Marler

/ 25 Mar 2026

Publisher's Platform: We still need to address Salmonella in chicken

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By Bill Marler

/ 22 Mar 2026

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Publisher's Platform: To Safer Infant Formulas and doing away with Botulism, Cronobacter sakazakii, Salmonella and Bacillus cereus

Infant formula has until recently been considered low risk for C. botulinum (and, then there are other pathogens – Cronobacter sakazakii, Salmonella and recently, Bacillus cereus of concern).

By Bill Marler

/ 22 Mar 2026

Publisher's Platform: To Safer Infant Formulas and doing away with Botulism, Cronobacter sakazakii, Salmonella and Bacillus cereus

Sunday Edition: Food imports

The United States imports as much as 20 percent of its food supply, with horticultural products, seafood, and specialty foods dominating, sourced primarily from Mexico, Canada, and the European Union.

By Bill Marler and Dan Flynn

/ 1 Mar 2026

Sunday Edition: The F in FDA

FDA food regulation is a trade-off between safety and efficiency

By Bill Marler , Dan Flynn and Morgan Holm

/ 15 Feb 2026

Publisher's Platform: ByHeart, Safeway, FDA and ADHS – Botulism in a can still on a store shelf?

Honestly, I am trying to take a few days off and enjoy time away for my wife’s birthday. However, I just got the below photo from the father of one of the 51 children impacted by the ByHeart botulism outbreak. He found the formula still on the shelf at a Safeway in Flagstaff, Arizona – TODAY.

By Bill Marler

/ 18 Jan 2026

Publisher's Platform: ByHeart, Safeway, FDA and ADHS – Botulism in a can still on a store shelf?

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Bill Marler

Publisher’s Platform: Playing 'Romaine Roulette'

Publisher's Platform: It's time to get the S*%! out of chicken and declare Salmonella an adulterant

Publisher's Platform: Our Babies Deserve Better: It's Time to Fix Infant Formula Safety

Publisher’s Platform: Hepatitis A and the Food Service Industry: A Case for Universal Vaccination

Publisher's Platform: Raw Farm has a history of outbreaks linked to its raw milk products

Publisher's Platform: Seriously, Do Not Drink Raw Milk and watch out for Cheese

Publisher's Platform: We still need to address Salmonella in chicken

Publisher's Platform - Get your FSN SWAG

Publisher's Platform: To Safer Infant Formulas and doing away with Botulism, Cronobacter sakazakii, Salmonella and Bacillus cereus

Sunday Edition: Food imports

Sunday Edition: The F in FDA

Publisher's Platform: ByHeart, Safeway, FDA and ADHS – Botulism in a can still on a store shelf?