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: FDA investigating at least 3 salad outbreaks linked to E. coli or Listeria

– OPINION – Well the bad news about outbreaks linked to leafy greens is spilling over from 2021 to 2022. The more things change, the more things stay the same. Outbreaks associated

By Bill Marler

/ 10 Feb 2022

Publisher’s Platform: FDA investigating at least 3 salad outbreaks linked to E. coli or Listeria

Publisher’s Platform: Apply now for 2022-2023 Dave Theno Food Safety Fellowship

The national nonprofit public health organization STOP Foodborne Illness is accepting applicants for its 2022-2023 Dave Theno Food Safety Fellowship. Applications must be submitted by March 31. The fellowship program

By Bill Marler

/ 1 Feb 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Apply now for 2022-2023 Dave Theno Food Safety Fellowship

Publisher’s Platform: Eh? Kimchi with E. coli O157:H7 and corn with Salmonella in Canada?

As of January 28, there have been 14 laboratory-confirmed cases of E. coli O157 illness linked to this outbreak in the following provinces: Alberta (13) and Saskatchewan (1). Individuals became

By Bill Marler

/ 31 Jan 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Eh? Kimchi with E. coli O157:H7 and corn with Salmonella in Canada?

Publisher’s Platform: The World’s Largest and Deadliest Listeria Outbreak is turning 4 in March

Over 200 died, many were the young and the unborn who will never turn 4. In March of this year it will be 4 years since I boarded a flight

By Bill Marler

/ 25 Jan 2022

Publisher’s Platform: The World’s Largest and Deadliest Listeria Outbreak is turning 4 in March

Publisher’s Platform: Why didn’t health department report deadly hepatitis A outbreak earlier?

– OPINION – Unanswered questions: * If the exposure at the restaurant occurred at the end of November 2021, why was the public not alerted until January 2022? * For those that became sick,

By Bill Marler

/ 22 Jan 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Why didn’t health department report deadly hepatitis A outbreak earlier?

Publisher’s Platform: whether it is for moral or business reasons, offer hepatitis A vaccination to your employees

– Opinion – Today the Roanoke Times reported that owners of Famous Anthony’s filed bankruptcy for two of their Roanoke five restaurant locations after a hepatitis A outbreak originating from one

By Bill Marler

/ 11 Jan 2022

Publisher’s Platform: whether it is for moral or business reasons, offer hepatitis A vaccination to your employees

Publisher’s Platform: Message to Public Health — It is time, past time, to change views on hepatitis A vaccines for food handlers

– OPINION – I will spare you the list of hepatitis A cases that I have been involved with since 1998 when I represented 30 people exposed in a Seattle, Washington Subway

By Bill Marler

/ 7 Jan 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Message to Public Health — It is time, past time, to change views on hepatitis A vaccines for food handlers

Publisher’s Platform: Pennsylvania Health Official must name Italian Restaurant and dates of exposure to Hepatitis A

– OPINION – The clock is ticking. Not naming the restaurant and the dates of exposure deny Pennsylvania residents vital information in order to know if they were exposed and to have

By Bill Marler

/ 7 Jan 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Pennsylvania Health Official must name Italian Restaurant and dates of exposure to Hepatitis A

Publisher’s Platform: Another E. coli outbreak in leafy greens – given the time of the year likely linked again to Yuma

– Opinion – On Dec. 29, 2021, The CDC Announced That 13 People Infected With The Outbreak Strain Of E. Coli O157:H7 Have Been Reported From Six States. Illnesses Started On

By Bill Marler

/ 2 Jan 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Another E. coli outbreak in leafy greens – given the time of the year likely linked again to Yuma

Publisher’s Platform: 53 sick, 30 hospitalized, 4 with kidney failure and 3 dead

– Opinion – I suppose it should not be a surprise. Outbreaks associated with lettuce, specifically the “pre-washed” and “ready-to-eat” varieties, are by no means a new phenomenon. In fact, the frequency

By Bill Marler

/ 31 Dec 2021

Publisher’s Platform: 53 sick, 30 hospitalized, 4 with kidney failure and 3 dead

Publisher’s Platform: Could Dole and Fresh Express face criminal charges for Listeria outbreaks?

Opinion Congress passed the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in 1938 in reaction to growing public safety demands. The primary goal of the Act was to protect the health

By Bill Marler

/ 23 Dec 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Could Dole and Fresh Express face criminal charges for Listeria outbreaks?

Publisher’s Platform: Enoki mushroom recall a reminder of 2020 deadly Listeria outbreak

– Opinion – The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) late Saturday told consumers not to eat the following brand of fresh enoki mushrooms after a sample tested positive for

By Bill Marler

/ 6 Dec 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Enoki mushroom recall a reminder of 2020 deadly Listeria outbreak

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Publisher’s Platform: FDA investigating at least 3 salad outbreaks linked to E. coli or Listeria

Publisher’s Platform: Apply now for 2022-2023 Dave Theno Food Safety Fellowship

Publisher’s Platform: Eh? Kimchi with E. coli O157:H7 and corn with Salmonella in Canada?

Publisher’s Platform: The World’s Largest and Deadliest Listeria Outbreak is turning 4 in March

Publisher’s Platform: Why didn’t health department report deadly hepatitis A outbreak earlier?

Publisher’s Platform: whether it is for moral or business reasons, offer hepatitis A vaccination to your employees

Publisher’s Platform: Message to Public Health — It is time, past time, to change views on hepatitis A vaccines for food handlers

Publisher’s Platform: Pennsylvania Health Official must name Italian Restaurant and dates of exposure to Hepatitis A

Publisher’s Platform: Another E. coli outbreak in leafy greens – given the time of the year likely linked again to Yuma

Publisher’s Platform: 53 sick, 30 hospitalized, 4 with kidney failure and 3 dead

Publisher’s Platform: Could Dole and Fresh Express face criminal charges for Listeria outbreaks?

Publisher’s Platform: Enoki mushroom recall a reminder of 2020 deadly Listeria outbreak