Opinion & Contributed Articles

Publisher’s Platform: If I was part of Caito Foods, I’d be nervous

Opinion Criminal prosecutions in food cases have been quiet for the last few years. Outbreak 2: The recent multistate investigation began on April 2, 2019, when CDC’s PulseNet identified

By Bill Marler

/ 29 Apr 2019

Publisher’s Platform: If I was part of Caito Foods, I’d be nervous

Publisher’s Platform: Beef and Cut Fruit Manufacturers should pay medical bills and wage loss of Salmonella and E. coli Victims

Opinion Bill Marler, food safety advocate and foodborne attorney since 1993, whose Seattle law firm, Marler Clark, has been contacted by victims of the recent E. coli O103 ground meat

By Bill Marler

/ 27 Apr 2019

Publisher’s Platform: Beef and Cut Fruit Manufacturers should pay medical bills and wage loss of Salmonella and E. coli Victims

Publisher’s Platform: Beef Industry, Seriously, I thought you were putting me out of Business?

Opinion On the anniversary of my 5,000th blog post (I’m now at 6,388) I wrote: In 2002, I wrote an Op-ed for the Denver Post entitled: “Put

By Bill Marler

/ 26 Apr 2019

Publisher’s Platform: Beef Industry, Seriously, I thought you were putting me out of Business?

Salmonella and campylobacter performance standards a ‘good idea’ but . . .

Opinion Not all Salmonella are alike. Camplyobacter likely similar. Preharvest economic incentives haven’t eliminated STEC but imagine what the data would be like if there were none. Leafy greens

By Carl Custer

/ 26 Apr 2019

Salmonella and campylobacter performance standards a ‘good idea’ but . . .

FDA refuses to reconsider decision on hazardous chemical in food packaging

Opinion Today, the FDA doubled-down on its flawed 2005 and 2017 decisions to allow the hazardous chemical perchlorate to be added to dry food packaging. The FDA denied a request

By Guest Contributor

/ 24 Apr 2019

FDA refuses to reconsider decision on hazardous chemical in food packaging

Publisher’s Platform: It’s past time to offer foodservice workers Hep A vaccinations

Opinion Vaccinating food service workers will not solve the entire HAV problem — we need a nationwide focus on homelessness and drug use as well. According to a recent health warning,

By Bill Marler

/ 22 Apr 2019

Publisher’s Platform: It’s past time to offer foodservice workers Hep A vaccinations

Publisher’s Platform: On the road again — Salmonella sick tour revisited

Opinion Yesterday the CDC and FDA announced that Jensen Tuna of Louisiana was recalling frozen ground raw tuna sourced from JK Fish of Vietnam due to possible Salmonella Newport contamination.

By Bill Marler

/ 17 Apr 2019

Publisher’s Platform: On the road again — Salmonella sick tour revisited

Publisher’s Platform: An Outbreak of Salmonella linked to Caito Cut Fruit

The 2018 Salmonella Adelaide Outbreak As of July 24, 2018, 77 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Adelaide were reported from nine states – Arkansas 1, Florida 1, Illinois

By Bill Marler

/ 15 Apr 2019

Publisher’s Platform: An Outbreak of Salmonella linked to Caito Cut Fruit

Letter From The Editor: More on the CEHA Media Award

Opinion I’ve been coming to this stretch of California’s coast running from San Luis Obispo to Ventura for more years than I care to remember. It’s the

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 Apr 2019

Letter From The Editor: More on the CEHA Media Award

Publisher’s Platform: Hey, President Trump, what are you eating tonight? Fresh Fruit or Hamburger – Pick your Poison

Opinion Salmonella: Tonight the FDA reported that Caito Foods is voluntarily recalling fresh cut watermelon, fresh cut honeydew melon, fresh cut cantaloupe and fresh cut mixed fruit containing one of

By Bill Marler

/ 12 Apr 2019

Publisher’s Platform: Hey, President Trump, what are you eating tonight? Fresh Fruit or Hamburger – Pick your Poison

Publisher’s Platform: What to do during an E. coli Outbreak

Today the CDC reported that 96 people have been infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O103 in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia. Illnesses started on dates from

By Bill Marler

/ 9 Apr 2019

Publisher’s Platform: What to do during an E. coli Outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Western Sizzlin’ in Ooltewah Tennessee closing due to Hepatitis A

Opinion My bet vaccinating employees looks very good at this point. In March, an employee at the Western Sizzlin’ in Ooltewah was diagnosed with hepatitis Aand on one Sunday, the

By Bill Marler

/ 7 Apr 2019

Publisher’s Platform: Western Sizzlin’ in Ooltewah Tennessee closing due to Hepatitis A

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

Publisher’s Platform: If I was part of Caito Foods, I’d be nervous

Publisher’s Platform: Beef and Cut Fruit Manufacturers should pay medical bills and wage loss of Salmonella and E. coli Victims

Publisher’s Platform: Beef Industry, Seriously, I thought you were putting me out of Business?

Salmonella and campylobacter performance standards a ‘good idea’ but . . .

FDA refuses to reconsider decision on hazardous chemical in food packaging

Publisher’s Platform: It’s past time to offer foodservice workers Hep A vaccinations

Publisher’s Platform: On the road again — Salmonella sick tour revisited

Publisher’s Platform: An Outbreak of Salmonella linked to Caito Cut Fruit

Letter From The Editor: More on the CEHA Media Award

Publisher’s Platform: Hey, President Trump, what are you eating tonight? Fresh Fruit or Hamburger – Pick your Poison

Publisher’s Platform: What to do during an E. coli Outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Western Sizzlin’ in Ooltewah Tennessee closing due to Hepatitis A