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.

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

Publisher’s Platform: Context for criminal prosecutions in food safety cases

Editor’s note: The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation of Abbott Nutrition, which last year was closed for several months because of food safety issues

By Bill Marler

/ 23 Jan 2023

Publisher’s Platform: Context for criminal prosecutions in food safety cases

Publisher’s Platform: Is it past time for a warning label on sprouts?

— OPINION — According to the CDC, as of December 29, 2022, a total of 15 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from three states Nebraska (8)

By Bill Marler

/ 3 Jan 2023

Publisher’s Platform: Is it past time for a warning label on sprouts?

Publisher’s Platform: History of ‘sprout breaks’ and why food safety folks avoid them

— OPINION — This is something I posted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you www.barfblog.com As far back as September 1998, FDA issued a warning against sprouts urging: Children, pregnant

By Bill Marler

/ 30 Dec 2022

Publisher’s Platform: History of ‘sprout breaks’ and why food safety folks avoid them

Publisher’s Platform: National Restaurant Association, protect your members from bankruptcy, suggest hepatitis A vaccines for all restaurant workers

— OPINION — Famous Anthony’s “About Us” Page in its website tells the story of a family run, Roanoke institution that has been taken to its knees in bankruptcy because one

By Bill Marler

/ 28 Dec 2022

Publisher’s Platform: National Restaurant Association, protect your members from bankruptcy, suggest hepatitis A vaccines for all restaurant workers

Publisher’s Platform: A little food safety fiction – sorta

— OPINION — A produce nightmare at retail – the only thing those consumers will remember is your father’s restaurant Your father had a great idea for a restaurant when he was

By Bill Marler

/ 20 Dec 2022

Publisher’s Platform: A little food safety fiction – sorta

Publisher’s Platform: Memories of a Naughty and Nice List

— OPINION — I have been thinking it has been some time since I dug into a Naughty or Nice list. Here is one we at Food Safety News put together (with

By Bill Marler

/ 27 Nov 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Memories of a Naughty and Nice List

Publisher’s Platform: My 5 minutes with FDA

Its a long flight from the “other Washington” for my 5 minutes of testimony before the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA’s Independent Expert Panel yesterday, but here it is:

By Bill Marler

/ 30 Sep 2022

Publisher’s Platform: My 5 minutes with FDA

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about E. coli O157:H7 and its complications during an outbreak

— ANALYSIS — E. coli O157:H7 is one of thousands of serotypes of Escherichia coli. E. coli O157:H7 was first recognized as a pathogen in 1982 during an investigation into

By Bill Marler

/ 1 Sep 2022

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about E. coli O157:H7 and its complications during an outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: I’m getting closer to finding the grower, processor, shipper of the lettuce linked to the Wendy’s E. coli outbreak

We know that Wendy’s knows, but is not yet saying – they will eventually and I continue to sue them. It is also possible the FDA knows, but also is

By Bill Marler

/ 22 Aug 2022

Publisher’s Platform: I’m getting closer to finding the grower, processor, shipper of the lettuce linked to the Wendy’s E. coli outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Come on Roanoke, you can do better against hepatitis A

The departments have been recommending the vaccines to those in the Roanoke Valley since the rise in cases, including the exposures at Famous Anthony’s, Tuco’s, and Luigi’s.

By Bill Marler

/ 17 Jul 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Come on Roanoke, you can do better against hepatitis A

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Bill Marler

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

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

Publisher’s Platform: Context for criminal prosecutions in food safety cases

Publisher’s Platform: Is it past time for a warning label on sprouts?

Publisher’s Platform: History of ‘sprout breaks’ and why food safety folks avoid them

Publisher’s Platform: National Restaurant Association, protect your members from bankruptcy, suggest hepatitis A vaccines for all restaurant workers

Publisher’s Platform: A little food safety fiction – sorta

Publisher’s Platform: Memories of a Naughty and Nice List

Publisher’s Platform: My 5 minutes with FDA

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about E. coli O157:H7 and its complications during an outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: I’m getting closer to finding the grower, processor, shipper of the lettuce linked to the Wendy’s E. coli outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Come on Roanoke, you can do better against hepatitis A