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Publisher’s Platform: Combating E. coli — A call for vigilance in food safety practices

— OPINION — Escherichia coli, commonly known as E. coli, is a versatile bacterium. While many strains are harmless and a natural part of our intestinal flora, some can cause severe illness,

By Bill Marler

/ 8 Feb 2025

Publisher’s Platform: Combating E. coli — A call for vigilance in food safety practices

Government Accountability Office says the country needs a unified food safety system

A new report from the Government Accountability Office states that most goals to reduce foodborne illnesses in America have not been met. The GAO report points out that the safety

By Coral Beach

/ 5 Feb 2025

Government Accountability Office says the country needs a unified food safety system

Publisher’s Platform: Administration puts clamps on foodborne illness outbreak announcements

— OPINION — Multiple federal health agencies have stopped releasing some key health information — including updates on some outbreak investigations — amid a department-wide communications “pause” ordered by the Trump administration, though many

By Bill Marler

/ 24 Jan 2025

Publisher’s Platform: Administration puts clamps on foodborne illness outbreak announcements

Publisher’s Platform: Have I missed any outbreaks over the last few months?

You must admit that with Christmas around the corner, the folks keeping our food supply safe may well be on Santa’s naughty list and might be finding a lump

By Bill Marler

/ 7 Dec 2024

Publisher’s Platform: Have I missed any outbreaks over the last few months?

Publisher’s Platform: Outbreak linked to St. Louis caterer

State test results of lettuce thought to be linked to an outbreak of E. coli infections in St. Louis County have come back negative, but officials say a caterer’s

By Bill Marler

/ 1 Dec 2024

Publisher’s Platform: Outbreak linked to St. Louis caterer

Publisher’s Platform: Time to bring back the Microbiological Data Program (MDP) to help Make Produce Safe Again (MPSA)

So as Food Safety News Editor, Dan Flynn, said in 2012, let us thank United Fresh Produce Association for: – Killing the nation’s only (real) produce surveillance program (it was

By Bill Marler

/ 30 Nov 2024

Publisher’s Platform: Time to bring back the Microbiological Data Program (MDP) to help Make Produce Safe Again (MPSA)

Publisher’s Platform: What’s up with E. coli and Carrots?

As of Nov. 17, there have been 39 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli reported from 18 states according to the CDC. the states impacted are as

By Bill Marler

/ 30 Nov 2024

Publisher’s Platform: What’s up with E. coli and Carrots?

Publisher’s Platform: What has happened to the “Safest Food Supply in the World?”

“Over the last few months, we have seen a stunning number of outbreaks, and I know because I have been doing this work since the 1993 Jack-in-the-Box E. coli Outbreak,

By Bill Marler

/ 29 Nov 2024

Publisher’s Platform: What has happened to the “Safest Food Supply in the World?”

Publisher’s Platform: Safe Salads for Thanksgiving

Preparing a safe and delicious salad for Thanksgiving involves following safe food handling practices to minimize the risk of foodborne illness. Here’s how you can do that. Wash Your

By Bill Marler

/ 28 Nov 2024

Publisher’s Platform: Safe Salads for Thanksgiving

Publisher’s Platform: An undercooked hamburger E. Coli Outbreak

At least 19 people in Minnesota have been sickened by E. coli O157:H7 tied to a national recall of more than 167,000 pounds of potentially tainted ground beef,

By Bill Marler

/ 27 Nov 2024

Publisher’s Platform: An undercooked hamburger E. Coli Outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Does it seem like the Wheels of the Food Safety Bus are coming off?

Damn, the last few months have been maddening, saddening and exhausting. What is going on? Yu Shang Food Listeria Outbreak As of November 22, 2024, 11 people infected with the

By Bill Marler

/ 23 Nov 2024

Publisher’s Platform: Does it seem like the Wheels of the Food Safety Bus are coming off?

Publisher’s Platform: A Bit(e) of McDonald’s E. coli history

Several years ago, I was giving a talk at the Association of Health Care Journalists’ conference in Boston. My talk was primarily an overview of where food safety has come

By Bill Marler

/ 24 Oct 2024

Publisher’s Platform: A Bit(e) of McDonald’s E. coli history

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Publisher’s Platform: Combating E. coli — A call for vigilance in food safety practices

Government Accountability Office says the country needs a unified food safety system

Publisher’s Platform: Administration puts clamps on foodborne illness outbreak announcements

Publisher’s Platform: Have I missed any outbreaks over the last few months?

Publisher’s Platform: Outbreak linked to St. Louis caterer

Publisher’s Platform: Time to bring back the Microbiological Data Program (MDP) to help Make Produce Safe Again (MPSA)

Publisher’s Platform: What’s up with E. coli and Carrots?

Publisher’s Platform: What has happened to the “Safest Food Supply in the World?”

Publisher’s Platform: Safe Salads for Thanksgiving

Publisher’s Platform: An undercooked hamburger E. Coli Outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Does it seem like the Wheels of the Food Safety Bus are coming off?

Publisher’s Platform: A Bit(e) of McDonald’s E. coli history