Bill Marler

Publisher's Platform: Botulism on the Shelf - Retailers - greedy or stupid?

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By Bill Marler

/ 15 Dec 2025

Publisher's Platform: Botulism on the Shelf - Retailers - greedy or stupid?

Publisher's Platform: We still need the risk of criminal sanctions in food poisoning cases

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By Bill Marler

/ 13 Dec 2025

Publisher's Platform: We still need the risk of criminal sanctions in food poisoning cases

The Sunday Edition: Food Traceability

Food companies can track a package from a warehouse to your door. So why can't the FDA trace where your food actually comes from? The answer involves politics, lobbying, and a lot of delay.

By Bill Marler and Dan Flynn

/ 7 Dec 2025

Publisher's Platform: Why food retailers really don’t care

If you were not legally responsible for the food you sell, why would you give a %^&$ about food safety?

By Bill Marler

/ 6 Dec 2025

Publisher's Platform: Why food retailers really don’t care

Publisher’s Platform: I wrote this 21 years ago about E. coli and petting zoos

Two decades later, the same preventable outbreaks continue to threaten children at fairs and petting zoos.

By Bill Marler

/ 24 Nov 2025

Publisher’s Platform: I wrote this 21 years ago about E. coli and petting zoos

Publisher’s Platform: Study shows one in five UTI’s caused by contaminated meat

A new study estimates that nearly one in five urinary tract infections in Southern California may be caused by E. coli strains transmitted through contaminated meat – and pose a hidden

By Bill Marler

/ 27 Oct 2025

Publisher’s Platform: Study shows one in five UTI’s caused by contaminated meat

Publisher’s Platform: World Hepatitis Day is a good reminder to vaccinate food service workers

Letter to the CDC’s Committee on Immunization Practices – It is time to deal with Hepatitis A and Food Service Workers Dear ACIP Secretariat: The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

By Bill Marler

/ 28 Jul 2025

Publisher’s Platform: World Hepatitis Day is a good reminder to vaccinate food service workers

Publisher’s Platform: A letter to the CDC’s Committee on Immunization Practices – It is time to deal with hepatitis A and foodservice workers

Dear ACIP Secretariat, The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) provides advice and guidance to the Director of the CDC regarding use of vaccines and related agents for control of

By Bill Marler

/ 30 Jun 2025

Publisher’s Platform: A letter to the CDC’s Committee on Immunization Practices – It is time to deal with hepatitis A and foodservice workers

Publisher’s Platform: World Food Safety Day celebrates ‘Science in Action’

Every June 7, we celebrate World Food Safety Day (WFSD), and in 2025 we commemorate its seventh edition. This day aims to raise awareness and promote concrete actions to prevent,

By Bill Marler

/ 6 Jun 2025

Publisher’s Platform: World Food Safety Day celebrates ‘Science in Action’

Publisher’s Platform: With a felon at the helm, what would you expect?

I have tried to steer clear of politics with respect to the Felon in Chief, but this is nuts, or at least peanuts. According to yet another edict from the

By Bill Marler

/ 14 May 2025

Publisher’s Platform: With a felon at the helm, what would you expect?

Michigan State University program to feature food safety leader Frank Yiannas

Michigan State University (MSU) Online Food Safety Program is offering an Executive Education program, “Creating a Food Safety Culture,” scheduled for June 10-12, 2025. This event will bring together food

By News Desk

/ 6 May 2025

Taylor Farms named as romaine grower behind deadly outbreak of E. coli infections

For months now the FDA and CDC have withheld from the public the name of the farm behind a deadly E. coli outbreak that sickened 89 people across 15 states.

By Coral Beach

/ 18 Apr 2025

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Publisher's Platform: Botulism on the Shelf - Retailers - greedy or stupid?

Publisher's Platform: We still need the risk of criminal sanctions in food poisoning cases

The Sunday Edition: Food Traceability

Publisher's Platform: Why food retailers really don’t care

Publisher’s Platform: I wrote this 21 years ago about E. coli and petting zoos

Publisher’s Platform: Study shows one in five UTI’s caused by contaminated meat

Publisher’s Platform: World Hepatitis Day is a good reminder to vaccinate food service workers

Publisher’s Platform: A letter to the CDC’s Committee on Immunization Practices – It is time to deal with hepatitis A and foodservice workers

Publisher’s Platform: World Food Safety Day celebrates ‘Science in Action’

Publisher’s Platform: With a felon at the helm, what would you expect?

Michigan State University program to feature food safety leader Frank Yiannas

Taylor Farms named as romaine grower behind deadly outbreak of E. coli infections