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Imported food requires country audits and individual inspections of foreign food facilities

U.S. audits of foreign country inspection systems for equivalency with America’s food safety regulations, such as the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Inspection Act, the Egg Products

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Nov 2025

Imported food requires country audits and individual inspections of foreign food facilities

CDPH: preliminary tests are Botulism positive in ByHeart Infant Formula

California Alerted CDC of Multistate Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to ByHeart Infant Formula CDPH’s Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program Noted Case Increase, Launching National Investigation What You Need

By News Desk

/ 9 Nov 2025

CDPH: preliminary tests are Botulism positive in ByHeart Infant Formula

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”

Publisher’s Platform: Public Health — See the Evil, Hear the Evil, Speak no Evil

— OPINION — In what has become a far too common and troubling occurrence, another whole genome sequenced (WGS) patient — one of the 61 confirmed sick in June 2024 — has come forward

By Bill Marler

/ 18 Oct 2025

Publisher’s Platform: Public Health — See the Evil, Hear the Evil, Speak no Evil

Publisher’s Platform: How Nuisance Law Can Improve Food Safety

Thanks Professor Timothy D. Lytton – brilliant piece. You set the table for growers and processors of leafy greens to actually do something about the safety of the food they produce

By Bill Marler

/ 22 Sep 2025

Publisher’s Platform: How Nuisance Law Can Improve Food Safety

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: 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

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?

Food testing labs fined for violating competition law

Authorities in Turkey have found three companies guilty of breaching competition laws. The Turkish Competition Authority (Rekabet Kurumu) recently concluded an investigation involving five private food control laboratories. The case

By Joe Whitworth

/ 30 Jul 2025

Food testing labs fined for violating competition law

Nationwide egg recall issued as Salmonella outbreak sickens 79 across 7 states

A multistate Salmonella outbreak tied to organic and cage free eggs from August Egg Company has sickened 79 people and prompted a nationwide recall, according to the CDC. No deaths

By News Desk

/ 7 Jun 2025

Nationwide egg recall issued as Salmonella outbreak sickens 79 across 7 states

FDA delays implementation of rule that would require new nutrition labeling

The FDA is delaying implementation of a rule that would require food companies to print nutritional information on the front labels of their products. The proposed rule was developed by

By Coral Beach

/ 9 May 2025

FDA delays implementation of rule that would require new nutrition labeling

HHS announces restructuring plan, reducing workforce by 10,000

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a major restructuring today, consolidating multiple agencies into a new Administration for Healthy America (AHA) and reducing its workforce by

By News Desk

/ 27 Mar 2025

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Imported food requires country audits and individual inspections of foreign food facilities

CDPH: preliminary tests are Botulism positive in ByHeart Infant Formula

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

Publisher’s Platform: Public Health — See the Evil, Hear the Evil, Speak no Evil

Publisher’s Platform: How Nuisance Law Can Improve Food Safety

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

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

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

Food testing labs fined for violating competition law

Nationwide egg recall issued as Salmonella outbreak sickens 79 across 7 states

FDA delays implementation of rule that would require new nutrition labeling

HHS announces restructuring plan, reducing workforce by 10,000