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The Litigated Dish: Pay now or pay later

— OPINION — Believe it or not, many food companies find it cheaper to pay millions of dollars to “resolve” foodborne illness outbreaks and product recalls after they occur than to overhaul

By Ilana Korchia

/ 23 Dec 2024

The Litigated Dish: Pay now or pay later

Publisher’s Platform: Too many questions about lettuce E. coli outbreak go unanswered

— OPINION — Last week The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, reported that they are investigating illnesses in a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections

By Bill Marler

/ 17 Dec 2024

Publisher’s Platform: Too many questions about lettuce E. coli outbreak go unanswered

Publisher’s Platform: FDA should stop pushing paper around and name the lettuce supplier

— OPINION — After 31 years doing food litigation, I am seldom surprised by an announcement of a foodborne illness outbreak. It was no different last Friday when the FDA dropped this:

By Bill Marler

/ 15 Dec 2024

Publisher’s Platform: FDA should stop pushing paper around and name the lettuce supplier

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?

Listeria doesn’t happen overnight; this year’s outbreaks are a wake up call

This year’s resurgence of Listeria outbreaks is not just a food safety failure; it is a costly indictment of systemic leadership shortcomings. Despite advances in science, education, and policy,

By Darin Detwiler

/ 4 Dec 2024

Listeria doesn’t happen overnight; this year’s outbreaks are a wake up call

STOP Foodborne Illness calls for stronger USDA action on poultry safety

— OPINION — From the beginning of the Biden Administration, STOP Foodborne Illness (STOP) has been representing people harmed by poultry-related Salmonella illnesses and supporting efforts underway at USDA to make poultry

By STOP Foodborne Illness

/ 2 Dec 2024

STOP Foodborne Illness calls for stronger USDA action on poultry safety

Straight talk on the recent string of foodborne outbreaks and recalls

— OPINION — Recently, there’s been a host of articles and media reports about the weekly drumbeat of foodborne outbreaks and recalls. In many of these reports, media outlets turn to

By Frank Yiannas

/ 1 Dec 2024

Straight talk on the recent string of foodborne outbreaks and recalls

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

FDA’s sluggish process is failing to protect Celiacs

There comes a moment in every child’s life when they begin to discover that, although their parents may seem to have all the answers, adults in general do not

By Brian Ronholm

/ 1 Dec 2024

FDA’s sluggish process is failing to protect Celiacs

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?”

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

The Litigated Dish: Pay now or pay later

Publisher’s Platform: Too many questions about lettuce E. coli outbreak go unanswered

Publisher’s Platform: FDA should stop pushing paper around and name the lettuce supplier

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

Listeria doesn’t happen overnight; this year’s outbreaks are a wake up call

STOP Foodborne Illness calls for stronger USDA action on poultry safety

Straight talk on the recent string of foodborne outbreaks and recalls

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

FDA’s sluggish process is failing to protect Celiacs

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?”