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: 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

Publisher’s Platform: Tucker, shut the cluck up!

Opinion I don’t watch Fox, I value my grey matter. Someone sent me Tucker’s Friday segment “asking” about the CDC warning of the risks of poultry and Salmonella.

By Bill Marler

/ 23 May 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Tucker, shut the cluck up!

Publisher’s Platform: Hey FDA, Leafy Green Industry, please don’t forget those you should have protected

2018 and 2019 were not good years for consumers of romaine lettuce grown in the fields of the southwestern United States, specifically the Yuma growing region of Arizona and the

By Bill Marler

/ 8 May 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Hey FDA, Leafy Green Industry, please don’t forget those you should have protected

Publisher’s Platform: Food Safety Suggestions to Expecting Moms from a Food Safety Lawyer

A few days ago, “Down Under” a.k.a. Australia, my friend, food safety guru, and for some strange reason, eater of raw shellfish, Dr. Julian Cox, was speaking about

By Bill Marler

/ 5 May 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Food Safety Suggestions to Expecting Moms from a Food Safety Lawyer

Publisher’s Platform: How hot does a food safety lawyer cook – High! As Doug Powell says, ‘stick it in’

I was managing the barbecue last night cooking chicken breasts. Of course, before they hit the grill, I had carefully removed them from the plastic-covered tray from the store, and

By Bill Marler

/ 4 May 2021

Publisher’s Platform: How hot does a food safety lawyer cook – High! As Doug Powell says, ‘stick it in’

Publisher’s Platform: Pathogen information at your fingertips on our ‘bug’ sites

Opinion In 1998, Marler Clark was formed by the unlikely pairing of Bill Marler, who represented the victims in the 1993 Jack-in-the-Box E. coli Outbreak, and Bruce Clark, who defended

By Bill Marler

/ 15 Apr 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Pathogen information at your fingertips on our ‘bug’ sites

President Biden, ask your FDA leadership to visit a lettuce farm!

Reprinted by Bill Marler in full without permission from Tim York’s column in The Packer. Food safety attorney Bill Marler was heavily promoting his appearance a couple weeks ago

By Bill Marler

/ 6 Apr 2021

President Biden, ask your FDA leadership to visit a lettuce farm!

Publisher’s Platform: Killing two birds with one stone still works

Opinion This weekend I continued to work on the Parker and Jarboe E. coli cases — both linked to the consumption of tainted romaine lettuce that was caused by E. coli

By Bill Marler

/ 29 Mar 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Killing two birds with one stone still works

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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

Publisher’s Platform: Tucker, shut the cluck up!

Publisher’s Platform: Hey FDA, Leafy Green Industry, please don’t forget those you should have protected

Publisher’s Platform: Food Safety Suggestions to Expecting Moms from a Food Safety Lawyer

Publisher’s Platform: How hot does a food safety lawyer cook – High! As Doug Powell says, ‘stick it in’

Publisher’s Platform: Pathogen information at your fingertips on our ‘bug’ sites

President Biden, ask your FDA leadership to visit a lettuce farm!

Publisher’s Platform: Killing two birds with one stone still works