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: The infant formula industry was warned about Botulism long before outbreak

-- OPINION --

By Bill Marler

/ 2 Jun 2026

Publisher’s Platform: We Haven’t Finished the Job - A Warning From the Kebab Shop

I have spent more than thirty years representing people whose lives were shattered by a single meal. I have sat across from parents in hospital waiting rooms, watched children in kidney failure, and held the hands of families who buried kids who just wanted a hamburger.

By Bill Marler

/ 30 May 2026

Publisher’s Platform: We Haven’t Finished the Job - A Warning From the Kebab Shop

Publisher's Platform: What industry doesn't want you to know about cantaloupe

Cantaloupe is almost perfectly designed to make people sick

By Bill Marler

/ 22 May 2026

Publisher's Platform: What industry doesn't want you to know about cantaloupe

Publisher's Platform: The Justice Department is still enforcing the FDCA

Many of the below criminal cases stemmed from outbreaks that sickened consumers that I had the honor to represent. It appears that the risk of criminal prosecution for food crimes is still real.

By Bill Marler

/ 21 May 2026

Publisher's Platform: The Justice Department is still enforcing the FDCA

Publisher’s Platform: After over 30 years suing food companies, here’s what I won’t eat

After all of those cases, after all of those depositions and funerals, you stop thinking of food safety as an abstraction.

By Bill Marler

/ 10 May 2026

Publisher’s Platform: After over 30 years suing food companies, here’s what I won’t eat

Publisher’s Platform: Playing 'Romaine Roulette'

Between 2015 and 2021, E. coli O157-contaminated romaine was implicated in seven outbreaks in the United States, resulting in 4,274 laboratory-confirmed illnesses, 766 hospitalizations, and 11 deaths.

By Bill Marler

/ 4 May 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Playing 'Romaine Roulette'

Publisher's Platform: It's time to get the S*%! out of chicken and declare Salmonella an adulterant

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that Salmonella causes approximately 1.35 million illnesses, 26,500 hospitalizations, and 420 deaths in the United States every year.

By Bill Marler

/ 28 Apr 2026

Publisher's Platform: It's time to get the S*%! out of chicken and declare Salmonella an adulterant

Publisher's Platform: Our Babies Deserve Better: It's Time to Fix Infant Formula Safety

We are the wealthiest nation in the history of human civilization. We spend countless billions on wars, artificial intelligence, ballrooms and arches. We can make infant formula safe. We have chosen, thus far, not to do the hard regulatory work required to ensure it.

By Bill Marler

/ 24 Apr 2026

Publisher's Platform: Our Babies Deserve Better: It's Time to Fix Infant Formula Safety

Publisher’s Platform: Hepatitis A and the Food Service Industry: A Case for Universal Vaccination

Few pathogens frustrate me more than Hepatitis A, because we have had a safe, effective vaccine against it since 1995, and we still can't seem to get it into the arms of the people who need it most.

By Bill Marler

/ 23 Apr 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Hepatitis A and the Food Service Industry: A Case for Universal Vaccination

Publisher's Platform: Raw Farm has a history of outbreaks linked to its raw milk products

The dairy's raw cheddar cheese is currently linked to an E. coli outbreak, but its owners refuse to initiate a recall.

By Bill Marler

/ 1 Apr 2026

Publisher's Platform: Seriously, Do Not Drink Raw Milk and watch out for Cheese

Since the last update on March 15, 2026, 2 additional illnesses have been reported from California. A total of 9 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli have

By Bill Marler

/ 27 Mar 2026

Publisher's Platform: Seriously, Do Not Drink Raw Milk and watch out for Cheese

Publisher's Platform: We still need to address Salmonella in chicken

USDA/FSIS has the authority to deem Salmonella and other pathogens adulterants – they just need to use it.

By Bill Marler

/ 25 Mar 2026

Publisher's Platform: We still need to address Salmonella in chicken

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Publisher's Platform: The infant formula industry was warned about Botulism long before outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: We Haven’t Finished the Job - A Warning From the Kebab Shop

Publisher's Platform: What industry doesn't want you to know about cantaloupe

Publisher's Platform: The Justice Department is still enforcing the FDCA

Publisher’s Platform: After over 30 years suing food companies, here’s what I won’t eat

Publisher’s Platform: Playing 'Romaine Roulette'

Publisher's Platform: It's time to get the S*%! out of chicken and declare Salmonella an adulterant

Publisher's Platform: Our Babies Deserve Better: It's Time to Fix Infant Formula Safety

Publisher’s Platform: Hepatitis A and the Food Service Industry: A Case for Universal Vaccination

Publisher's Platform: Raw Farm has a history of outbreaks linked to its raw milk products

Publisher's Platform: Seriously, Do Not Drink Raw Milk and watch out for Cheese

Publisher's Platform: We still need to address Salmonella in chicken