Opinion & Contributed Articles

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

-- OPINION --

By Bill Marler

/ 13 Dec 2025

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

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

Food safety and the Campbell Soup Company

The company provided the following response: The company learned of the litigation and first heard segments of the audio on Nov. 20. Neither Mr. Garza nor his lawyer ever notified

By Guest Contributor

/ 3 Dec 2025

Food safety and the Campbell Soup Company

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

Lessons unlearned – Powdered infant formula making babies sick again

FDA has announced a rare multi-state outbreak of Infant Botulism linked to the consumption of powdered infant formula (PIF) made by ByHeart. Straight Talk on points often left out

By Frank Yiannas

/ 9 Nov 2025

Lessons unlearned – Powdered infant formula making babies sick again

The need for preharvest control of Salmonella in chicken

— OPINION — Preharvest control of zoonotic pathogens, including Salmonella is important to public health. Processors cannot eliminate zoonoses carried in by animals, especially raw products from carcasses that have been mechanically

By Carl Custer

/ 5 Nov 2025

The need for preharvest control of Salmonella in chicken

The Litigated Dish: Five years of USDA data reveal widespread poultry contamination

— OPINION — A new report by Farm Forward analyzes five years of monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection data from major poultry plants — and the findings are alarming. Poultry plants

By Ilana Korchia

/ 3 Nov 2025

The Litigated Dish: Five years of USDA data reveal widespread poultry contamination

Listeria outbreak linked to pasta meals — the rest of the untold story

— OPINION — Almost half a year (that’s right, half a year!) after Fresh Realm ready-to-reheat meals were originally linked to a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak and the original recalls

By Frank Yiannas

/ 1 Nov 2025

Listeria outbreak linked to pasta meals — the rest of the untold story

Publisher’s Platform: Check your Freezers – Listeria Outbreak is Ongoing – “When it doubt, throw it out”

Despite the Listeria outbreak beginning months ago and multiple recalls happening the number of ill and death linked to the outbreak has been growing. Please check your freezers. “When it

By Bill Marler

/ 31 Oct 2025

Publisher’s Platform: Check your Freezers – Listeria Outbreak is Ongoing – “When it doubt, throw it out”

Introducing the SHAM GRAS Act, a bill to weaken food chemical safety

— OPINION — By Sarah Sorscher Last week, some of the biggest players in Big Food, including household names like Nestlé, Coca-Cola, General Mills, Hormel and PepsiCo, teamed up to launch

By Guest Contributor

/ 30 Oct 2025

Introducing the SHAM GRAS Act, a bill to weaken food chemical safety

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

What consumers don’t see: How companies decide to recall

When a consumer hears about a food recall, they’re only seeing the final step in a long and complex process. Before that notice ever reaches the public, food companies

By Guest Contributor

/ 27 Oct 2025

What consumers don’t see: How companies decide to recall

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

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

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

Food safety and the Campbell Soup Company

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

Lessons unlearned – Powdered infant formula making babies sick again

The need for preharvest control of Salmonella in chicken

The Litigated Dish: Five years of USDA data reveal widespread poultry contamination

Listeria outbreak linked to pasta meals — the rest of the untold story

Publisher’s Platform: Check your Freezers – Listeria Outbreak is Ongoing – “When it doubt, throw it out”

Introducing the SHAM GRAS Act, a bill to weaken food chemical safety

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

What consumers don’t see: How companies decide to recall

Your Support Protects Public Health