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.
Hundreds sicken and hospitalized, dozens with kidney failure and 7 deaths from romaine in the last 12 months in the U.S. and Canada and the response from industry and
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2017 and 2018 Romaine E. coli Outbreaks in the United States and Canada
Total Sick – 339
Hospitalized – 159
Kidney Failure – 31
Deaths – 7
In 2017 in Canada, a total,
Since I posted the below last week, we have received about a dozen really qualified resumes. If anyone is interested, or knows someone who might be, please contact me before
As some of the readers might know, in my spare time I am the managing partner at Marler Clark in Seattle. Our long-time Epidemiologist, Patti Waller, has moved into semi-retirement
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Seventeen people are infected with Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- in an outbreak across four states. Eight people have been hospitalized. One person in New York has
I just learned one of my friends is pregnant, It made me think about food safety during pregnancy and I thought I would share my thoughts.
1. Raw/undercooked meat
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Although the brand was recalled, the Best Buy Date was not part of the recall. My apologies to my friends at Safeway.
On July 23rd Pepperidge Farms recalled Goldfish crackers
I am off to IAFP in the morning to Salt Lake City to participate on this panel discussion on Tuesday AM. I look forward to a reasoned and lively discussion.
Two weeks ago, the FDA published the “FDA Update on Traceback Related to the E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Linked to Romaine Lettuce.” The diagram entitled “Redacted draft traceback diagram
After 25 years doing food litigation, I am seldom surprised by the announcement of a foodborne illness outbreak. It was no different last Friday when Indiana announced a multi-state Salmonella
