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: Health officials should report what restaurant is linked to outbreak

— OPINION — I must admit, in 30 years of doing food safety, I seldom recall a health department withholding from the public the source of an outbreak – even Norovirus. I am

By Bill Marler

/ 25 May 2023

Publisher’s Platform: Health officials should report what restaurant is linked to outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: For babies’ sake, make Cronobacter sakazakii reportable

— OPINION — The Abbott infant formula recall could have been prevented. The FDA had reports of safety failures months before the contaminated formula sickened babies and caused two deaths. I sent

By Bill Marler

/ 10 May 2023

Publisher’s Platform: For babies’ sake, make Cronobacter sakazakii reportable

Publisher’s Platform: It’s time to get Salmonella out of chicken products

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released a proposed determination to declare Salmonella an adulterant in breaded stuffed raw chicken products

By Bill Marler

/ 28 Apr 2023

Publisher’s Platform: It’s time to get Salmonella out of chicken products

Publisher’s Platform: ‘Poisoned’ scheduled on Netflix in June and the mystery missing updates

Well, rumor has it that the documentary version of the story of the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak will be out in June 2023. When all thought

By Bill Marler

/ 13 Apr 2023

Publisher’s Platform: ‘Poisoned’ scheduled on Netflix in June and the mystery missing updates

Publisher’s Platform: Get the F out of the FDA

A few weeks ago I offered the first 100 people who emailed me at bmarler@marlerclark.com, and gave me their mailing address, that I would send them a free

By Bill Marler

/ 7 Apr 2023

Publisher’s Platform: Get the F out of the FDA

Publisher’s Platform: A history of flour outbreaks in recent years

With another flour-related foodborne illness outbreak brewing – this time Salmonella – a bit(e) of history might be on the menu. Here is the latest one: As of March 30, 2023,

By Bill Marler

/ 4 Apr 2023

Publisher’s Platform: A history of flour outbreaks in recent years

Publisher’s Platform: Be Best or Be Better

— OPINION — I must admit, I seldom borrow anything from the former President or the First Lady, but this seemed to fit all too well. Late in 2022 the public learned

By Bill Marler

/ 13 Mar 2023

Publisher’s Platform: Be Best or Be Better

Publisher’s Platform: I have changed my mind – it is time to ‘GET THE F OUT OF THE FDA’

— OPINION — A few weeks ago I posted, “Putting the F – Food – back into the FDA.” I was wrong. It is time to “GET THE F OUT OF THE FDA.” The

By Bill Marler

/ 8 Mar 2023

Publisher’s Platform: I have changed my mind – it is time to ‘GET THE F OUT OF THE FDA’

Publisher’s Platform: It’s time to deal with hepatitis A and food service workers

— OPINION — ACIP Secretariat Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., Mailstop H24-8 Atlanta, GA 30329-4027 acip@cdc.gov Re: Letter to the CDC’s Committee on Immunization

By Bill Marler

/ 6 Mar 2023

Publisher’s Platform: It’s time to deal with hepatitis A and food service workers

Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-eight minutes with FDA Commissioner Califf

— EXCLUSIVE — I was given some time to talk with Dr. Califf about the recent call by the Regan-Udall task force he empowered to give recommendations as to how the food

By Bill Marler

/ 27 Feb 2023

Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-eight minutes with FDA Commissioner Califf

Mr. President, Mr. HHS Secretary, FDA Commissioner, Put me out of business, please!

Opinion I am a trial lawyer who has for the last 30 years built a practice on food pathogens. Since the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak in 1993,

By Bill Marler

/ 9 Feb 2023

Mr. President, Mr. HHS Secretary, FDA Commissioner, Put me out of business, please!

Publisher’s Platform: Putting the F — Food — back into the FDA

— OPINION — Dr. Califf, I have deep admiration for your past and ongoing public service. The hard work of trying to protect the food and drug supply in the United States

By Bill Marler

/ 27 Jan 2023

Publisher’s Platform: Putting the F — Food — back into the FDA

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Publisher’s Platform: Health officials should report what restaurant is linked to outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: For babies’ sake, make Cronobacter sakazakii reportable

Publisher’s Platform: It’s time to get Salmonella out of chicken products

Publisher’s Platform: ‘Poisoned’ scheduled on Netflix in June and the mystery missing updates

Publisher’s Platform: Get the F out of the FDA

Publisher’s Platform: Be Best or Be Better

Publisher’s Platform: I have changed my mind – it is time to ‘GET THE F OUT OF THE FDA’

Publisher’s Platform: It’s time to deal with hepatitis A and food service workers

Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-eight minutes with FDA Commissioner Califf

Mr. President, Mr. HHS Secretary, FDA Commissioner, Put me out of business, please!

Publisher’s Platform: Putting the F — Food — back into the FDA