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When clean hands harm: Global Glove Safety Day returns with a warning too dangerous to ignore

On September 18 the world marks Global Glove Safety Day, led once again by food safety icon Darin Detwiler with specialist glove supplier Eagle Protect. But this year, it comes

By Guest Contributor

/ 18 Sep 2025

When clean hands harm: Global Glove Safety Day returns with a warning too dangerous to ignore

What has public health done for us lately? Soon, we may not know

Earlier this month, when the recommendations of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s “Make America Healthy Again” Commission were leaked, I had an unhappy exchange with

By Center for Science in the Public Interest

/ 2 Sep 2025

What has public health done for us lately? Soon, we may not know

Radioactive shrimp and rodent-infested warehouses: Why food recalls still shock us

— OPINION — Imagine buying a bag of shrimp, only to learn weeks later that it may have been exposed to radiation. Or opening your child’s lunchbox to find peanut butter

By Darin Detwiler

/ 26 Aug 2025

Radioactive shrimp and rodent-infested warehouses: Why food recalls still shock us

What submarines and Food Safety have in common: Leading against invisible threats

You can’t see it. You can’t smell it. You can’t taste it. But it can kill you. I first learned that lesson not in terms of food

By Darin Detwiler

/ 15 Aug 2025

What submarines and Food Safety have in common: Leading against invisible threats

Every American should be able to afford and have access to a healthy diet

— OPINION — We have entered into an escalating dialogue about food in America — what we should be eating, how we should be preparing it, what constitutes a nutritious meal, the need

By Steven Grossman

/ 11 Aug 2025

Every American should be able to afford and have access to a healthy diet

Publisher’s Platform: Colonel Colon and his League of Fecal Fighters

— OPINION — Colonel Colon is the leader of four fecal fighters: Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill. Each is a superhero, but Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill have unique superpowers. Clean: Separate: Cook: Chill: (To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here)

By Bill Marler

/ 7 Aug 2025

Publisher’s Platform: Colonel Colon and his League of Fecal Fighters

Publisher’s Platform: Secretary Kennedy and Commissioner Makary, live up to ‘Radical Transparency’ or even just transparency

— OPINION — I mailed this letter to Secretary Kennedy and Commissioner Makary – two weeks ago – still no response. Full letter: https://www.marlerblog.com/files/2025/06/Draft-FOIA-Exemption-4-Letter-6.17.25-FINAL.pdf

By Bill Marler

/ 6 Aug 2025

Publisher’s Platform: Secretary Kennedy and Commissioner Makary, live up to ‘Radical Transparency’ or even just transparency

Publisher’s Platform: Why does Public Health not inform victims of the source of their illnesses?

— OPINION — I spoke with a family today to inform them that their husband/father died after suffering a Listeria infection. Until today the family did not know the cause of

By Bill Marler

/ 5 Aug 2025

Publisher’s Platform: Why does Public Health not inform victims of the source of their illnesses?

Publisher’s Platform: Mystery Listeria outbreak investigation needs to be reopened

— OPINION — On July 24, 2024, John tested positive for Listeria, while in the ICU. John’s sample was genetically linked, by Whole Genome Sequencing, to a cluster of Listeria associated

By Bill Marler

/ 5 Aug 2025

Publisher’s Platform: Mystery Listeria outbreak investigation needs to be reopened

Modernizing recall communication: Industry steps forward as FDA renews the call

Co-authors: Roger Hancock, CEO of Recall InfoLink, and Gillian Kelleher, president and CEO of Kelleher Consultants LLC. — OPINION — On July 9, the FDA issued a renewed call to action urging

By Darin Detwiler

/ 5 Aug 2025

Modernizing recall communication: Industry steps forward as FDA renews the call

Publisher’s Platform: FDA, why not use your mandatory recall authority to protect pets and humans?

— OPINION — In less than one year Darwin’s Natural Pet Products have been found to be contaminated with Listeria, Salmonella (three times) and E. coli O157:H7. This year Dawin’

By Bill Marler

/ 4 Aug 2025

Publisher’s Platform: FDA, why not use your mandatory recall authority to protect pets and humans?

Publisher’s Platform: Thank you FSN writers & contributors for 16 years of insight

I just returned from IAFP (International Association for Food Protection) a few days ago. It was great to see old friends (most of mine are) and meet new ones. People

By Bill Marler

/ 2 Aug 2025

Publisher’s Platform: Thank you FSN writers & contributors for 16 years of insight

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

When clean hands harm: Global Glove Safety Day returns with a warning too dangerous to ignore

What has public health done for us lately? Soon, we may not know

Radioactive shrimp and rodent-infested warehouses: Why food recalls still shock us

What submarines and Food Safety have in common: Leading against invisible threats

Every American should be able to afford and have access to a healthy diet

Publisher’s Platform: Colonel Colon and his League of Fecal Fighters

Publisher’s Platform: Secretary Kennedy and Commissioner Makary, live up to ‘Radical Transparency’ or even just transparency

Publisher’s Platform: Why does Public Health not inform victims of the source of their illnesses?

Publisher’s Platform: Mystery Listeria outbreak investigation needs to be reopened

Modernizing recall communication: Industry steps forward as FDA renews the call

Publisher’s Platform: FDA, why not use your mandatory recall authority to protect pets and humans?

Publisher’s Platform: Thank you FSN writers & contributors for 16 years of insight

Your Support Protects Public Health