Fresh off the first weekend of the return of college football, and with kids heading back to school, the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) has two useful press releases to
Swine Flu is NOT a foodborne illness. Now called the 2009 H1N1 flu, scientists originally called it “swine flu” because laboratory testing showed genes in the new virus were like
In this public comment on a proposed change in policy by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, I offer strong support for the idea of requiring all meat and
Food safety took center stage in Iowa yesterday as Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee participated in a food safety panel discussion at Drake University
“A Future Uncertain: Food Irradiation from a Legal Perspective” was written for the Institute of Food Technologists’ book,
Food Irradiation Research and Technology
. The book’s publisher states: Food Irradiation
Marler Clark epidemiologist Patti Waller and I collaborated to write, “Where’s the Meat? The Need for Full Public Disclosure in Meat Recalls” for the Journal of Environmental Health’s
“It’s Not Just Montezuma’s Revenge Anymore . . .” was published in the November, 2007 issue of the Journal of Environmental Health. The article begins, “Last night you attended a catered
“Why Hepatitis A Vaccinations are Bad for (My) Business,” appeared in the July/August 2002 issue of Food Quality Magazine. It begins: “Let’s be honest: as an attorney who
In “An Introduction to Product Liability Law,” I explain that when a person is injured by a defective product that is unreasonably dangerous or unsafe, the injured person may have
“An E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak at a Chain Restaurant: A Case Study on How Easily Legal Liability Can Spread to a Franchisor” was written for the February 2004 Law
In “How to document a food poisoning case,” an article printed in the November, 2004 issue of Trial Magazine, Dave Babcock and I explain: As a general rule, food poisoning
Written for the February, 2005 Food Safety In-Sight newsletter by Environ Health Associates, Inc, “Food Claims and Litigation” begins, “In a perfect food safety world, operators of food facilities