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: Some light reading about poison chicken

Opinion Thank you ProPublica for the searing story about industry’s and government’s failures: “America’s Food Safety System Failed to Stop a Salmonella Epidemic. It’s Still Making

By Bill Marler

/ 30 Oct 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Some light reading about poison chicken

Publisher’s Platform: What did we learn – or not – from the 2020 onion outbreak

Opinion The last few weeks have sounded remarkably familiar to Spring 2020 when we faced a nationwide (and Canada) Salmonella outbreak linked to California grown onions. We are now facing

By Bill Marler

/ 24 Oct 2021

Publisher’s Platform: What did we learn – or not – from the 2020 onion outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Famous Anthony’s should pay hepatitis A victims’ medical expenses and wage loss and vaccinate its employees, now!

Opinion Over the last weeks I have talked to and been retained by dozens of Roanoke area residents sickened, and the family members of a man who died, from hepatitis

By Bill Marler

/ 16 Oct 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Famous Anthony’s should pay hepatitis A victims’ medical expenses and wage loss and vaccinate its employees, now!

Publisher’s Platform: Two foods the Queen does not eat and the 6 foods I do not

Recently I saw an article that reported that the Queen avoids both rare meat and seafoods. Well, we at least have that in common. A few years ago I was

By Bill Marler

/ 11 Oct 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Two foods the Queen does not eat and the 6 foods I do not

Publisher’s Platform: Vaccinate restaurant employees against hepatitis A or suffer the consequences

Opinion The RCAHD is currently investigating nine cases of hepatitis A associated with this exposure. An employee who worked at three Famous Anthony’s restaurant locations in Roanoke has been

By Bill Marler

/ 25 Sep 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Vaccinate restaurant employees against hepatitis A or suffer the consequences

Publisher’s Platform: Request for update on petition to deem Salmonella an adulterant

Opinion Editor’s note: Following is a letter sent to the USDA’s deputy undersecretary for food safety regarding a petition filed by several consumer groups and individuals who are

By Bill Marler

/ 3 Sep 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Request for update on petition to deem Salmonella an adulterant

Publisher’s Platform: Hey FDA, Listeria can cause SAHCODHA ( Serious Adverse Health Consequences or Death to Humans or Animals)

Opinion So, why not use the authority granted under the FSMA and use the FDA’s mandatory recall authority? According to the FDA, before the FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act)

By Bill Marler

/ 29 Aug 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Hey FDA, Listeria can cause SAHCODHA ( Serious Adverse Health Consequences or Death to Humans or Animals)

Publisher’s Platform: Tiger Brands back in hot seat; recalls millions of cans of vegetables

Opinion 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

By Bill Marler

/ 26 Jul 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Tiger Brands back in hot seat; recalls millions of cans of vegetables

Publisher’s Platform: Three years after world’s largest Listeria Outbreak justice has yet to be served

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

By Bill Marler

/ 10 Jun 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Three years after world’s largest Listeria Outbreak justice has yet to be served

Publisher’s Platform: Some thoughts on June 7 – World Food Safety Day

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

By Bill Marler

/ 7 Jun 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Some thoughts on June 7 – World Food Safety Day

Publisher’s Platform: These raw breaded chicken products seem to be a problem

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

By Bill Marler

/ 6 Jun 2021

Publisher’s Platform: These raw breaded chicken products seem to be a problem

Publisher’s Platform: Hepatitis A vaccines cost a lot less than lawsuits

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

By Bill Marler

/ 30 May 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Hepatitis A vaccines cost a lot less than lawsuits

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Publisher’s Platform: Some light reading about poison chicken

Publisher’s Platform: What did we learn – or not – from the 2020 onion outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Famous Anthony’s should pay hepatitis A victims’ medical expenses and wage loss and vaccinate its employees, now!

Publisher’s Platform: Two foods the Queen does not eat and the 6 foods I do not

Publisher’s Platform: Vaccinate restaurant employees against hepatitis A or suffer the consequences

Publisher’s Platform: Request for update on petition to deem Salmonella an adulterant

Publisher’s Platform: Hey FDA, Listeria can cause SAHCODHA ( Serious Adverse Health Consequences or Death to Humans or Animals)

Publisher’s Platform: Tiger Brands back in hot seat; recalls millions of cans of vegetables

Publisher’s Platform: Three years after world’s largest Listeria Outbreak justice has yet to be served

Publisher’s Platform: Some thoughts on June 7 – World Food Safety Day

Publisher’s Platform: These raw breaded chicken products seem to be a problem

Publisher’s Platform: Hepatitis A vaccines cost a lot less than lawsuits