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.
A few weeks ago I was looking at the 2009 FoodNet data and started thinking about the upcoming release of new numbers on the burden of foodborne illness in the
According to U.S. Customs, in 2007 the United States imported 3.048 billion pounds of beef or 10.7 percent of the overall beef consumption for the year. That
Honestly, I have lost track of how often I have done the back and forth to “the other Washington” over the last several years.
For the longest time (when the
Over the last two years, food producers large and small, consumer and public health groups, and Congressional leaders have come together to support legislation that would bring the most significant
Most of you likely have not followed the story of 5-year-old Mason Jones, who died of E. coli O157:H7 poisoning in 2005 after eating a school lunch.
I have
I know people get worked up over legislation–health care being a recent example–but the blather coming from the Tea Party types about food safety is a bit over
I am finally sitting on a plane (an hour and a half late) heading home to Seattle from Atlanta nearly two weeks after leaving Seattle for Los Angeles and from
In between traveling to give speeches on food safety, I had the chance to follow the unfolding story of the Estrella Family Cheese Makers and their struggle with Listeria and
With Halloween trick or treating and parties comes common sense advice to avoid unwrapped candy or treats that appear to have been tampered with. Beyond prepackaged candy, there are a
It is time to pass S. 510 BEFORE this is on the Senate Dining Room Menu:
Next week I will be co-chairing the ACI Foodborne Illness Litigation Conference in Chicago
Food Safety News and the Foodborne Illness Outbreak Database turned a year old a few weeks ago.
Like most of the things I do in life, both of them began
