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: Fresh Start Produce – I would not claim that your cucumbers are not the cause of the Salmonella outbreak

— OPINION — I am lucky to have an epidemiologist on staff. Perhaps Fresh Start needs one too. Let me make a prediction, Fresh Start will eat its press release because the

By Bill Marler

/ 13 Jun 2024

Publisher’s Platform: Fresh Start Produce – I would not claim that your cucumbers are not the cause of the Salmonella outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: A primer on Salmonella

What is the Salmonella Bacteria? Salmonella is a bacterium that causes one of the most common enteric (intestinal) infections in the United States – salmonellosis. The term Salmonella refers to a

By Bill Marler

/ 3 Jun 2024

Publisher’s Platform: A primer on Salmonella

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about Salmonella during the Basil Outbreak

As of April 17, 2024, a total of 12 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from 7 states – Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Rhode

By Bill Marler

/ 22 May 2024

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about Salmonella during the Basil Outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about E. coli during the Walnut Outbreak

As of May 16, CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are collecting different types of data to investigate

By Bill Marler

/ 22 May 2024

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about E. coli during the Walnut Outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Will importing an ingredient deemed an adulterant subject an importer to potential criminal liability?

First, thank you to the people that work at the FDA. Yes, I have often been a critic of the organization (or lack thereof), but the people at the FDA

By Bill Marler

/ 15 May 2024

Publisher’s Platform: Will importing an ingredient deemed an adulterant subject an importer to potential criminal liability?

Publisher’s Damn Proud Platform

A food safety hero of mine, Mike Taylor, during the debate over the Food Safety Modernization Act, called Food Safety News, “The newspaper of record on food safety.” To that

By Bill Marler

/ 5 May 2024

Publisher’s Platform: Basil Salmonella Outbreak is likely 38.6 times larger than reported

Only a small proportion of all Salmonella infections are diagnosed and reported to health departments. It is estimated that for every reported case, there are approximately 38.6 undiagnosed infections.

By Bill Marler

/ 5 May 2024

Publisher’s Platform: Basil Salmonella Outbreak is likely 38.6 times larger than reported

Publisher’s Platform: Walnut E. coli Outbreak is likely 20 times larger than reported

According to the CDC and FDA, the true number of sick people in the walnut E. coli O157:H7 outbreak is likely much higher than the number reported, and the

By Bill Marler

/ 4 May 2024

Publisher’s Platform: Walnut E. coli Outbreak is likely 20 times larger than reported

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about E. coli during an Outbreak

Sources, Characteristics and Identification E. coli is an archetypal commensal bacterial species that lives in mammalian intestines. E. coli O157:H7 is one of thousands of serotypes Escherichia coli.[1]

By Bill Marler

/ 30 Apr 2024

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about E. coli during an Outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Congrats to Biden, Vilsack, Esteban and Eskin

USDA finalizes policy to protect consumers from Salmonella in raw breaded stuffed chicken products — OPINION — Food Safety, like politics, is the art of the possible. Sure, it would be great

By Bill Marler

/ 30 Apr 2024

Publisher’s Platform: Congrats to Biden, Vilsack, Esteban and Eskin

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about Norovirus

What Is Norovirus? When someone talks about having “the stomach flu,” they are probably describing acute-onset gastroenteritis caused by one of the noroviruses, which are members of the “calcivirus” family

By Bill Marler

/ 29 Apr 2024

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about Norovirus

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about Botulism

Botulism—A Rare, But Deadly Disease Botulism is a rare, life-threatening paralytic illness caused by neurotoxins produced by an anaerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium, Clostridium botulinum.[1] Unlike Clostridium perfringens, which

By Bill Marler

/ 20 Apr 2024

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about Botulism

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Publisher’s Platform: Fresh Start Produce – I would not claim that your cucumbers are not the cause of the Salmonella outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: A primer on Salmonella

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about Salmonella during the Basil Outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about E. coli during the Walnut Outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Will importing an ingredient deemed an adulterant subject an importer to potential criminal liability?

Publisher’s Damn Proud Platform

Publisher’s Platform: Basil Salmonella Outbreak is likely 38.6 times larger than reported

Publisher’s Platform: Walnut E. coli Outbreak is likely 20 times larger than reported

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about E. coli during an Outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Congrats to Biden, Vilsack, Esteban and Eskin

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about Norovirus

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about Botulism