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Publisher's Platform: The infant formula industry was warned about Botulism long before outbreak

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By Bill Marler

/ 2 Jun 2026

Publisher’s Platform: After over 30 years suing food companies, here’s what I won’t eat

After all of those cases, after all of those depositions and funerals, you stop thinking of food safety as an abstraction.

By Bill Marler

/ 10 May 2026

Publisher’s Platform: After over 30 years suing food companies, here’s what I won’t eat

Publisher's Platform: Raw Farm has a history of outbreaks linked to its raw milk products

The dairy's raw cheddar cheese is currently linked to an E. coli outbreak, but its owners refuse to initiate a recall.

By Bill Marler

/ 1 Apr 2026

Publisher's Platform: ByHeart, Safeway, FDA and ADHS – Botulism in a can still on a store shelf?

Honestly, I am trying to take a few days off and enjoy time away for my wife’s birthday. However, I just got the below photo from the father of one of the 51 children impacted by the ByHeart botulism outbreak. He found the formula still on the shelf at a Safeway in Flagstaff, Arizona – TODAY.

By Bill Marler

/ 18 Jan 2026

Publisher's Platform: ByHeart, Safeway, FDA and ADHS – Botulism in a can still on a store shelf?

Publisher's Platform: Food Safety Naughty List

My same Food Safety Elves helped weigh in on the Naughty List. Honestly, during the joyous season, I tend to think more nice thoughts, but these on the Naughty List were hard to ignore.

By Bill Marler

/ 23 Dec 2025

Publisher's Platform: Food Safety Naughty List

Publisher's Platform: Food Safety Nice List

I reached out to many food safety elves around the world and the below was the clear consensus of who should be on the Nice List -- there were many left off the list -- but, you are still nice in my book - Happy Holidays.

By Bill Marler

/ 23 Dec 2025

Publisher's Platform: Food Safety Nice List

Publisher's Platform: Retailers, time for moral and legal responsibility

Last month I said about the botulism outbreak (that had at that time "only" sickened 13 – now 51 and rising) linked to ByHeart Infant Formula: “The lawsuits filed

By Bill Marler

/ 22 Dec 2025

Publisher's Platform: Retailers, time for moral and legal responsibility

Publisher's Platform: Botulism on the Shelf - Retailers - greedy or stupid?

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By Bill Marler

/ 15 Dec 2025

Publisher's Platform: Botulism on the Shelf - Retailers - greedy or stupid?

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

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By Bill Marler

/ 13 Dec 2025

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

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

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

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

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Publisher's Platform

Publisher's Platform: The infant formula industry was warned about Botulism long before outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: After over 30 years suing food companies, here’s what I won’t eat

Publisher's Platform: Raw Farm has a history of outbreaks linked to its raw milk products

Publisher's Platform: ByHeart, Safeway, FDA and ADHS – Botulism in a can still on a store shelf?

Publisher's Platform: Food Safety Naughty List

Publisher's Platform: Food Safety Nice List

Publisher's Platform: Retailers, time for moral and legal responsibility

Publisher's Platform: Botulism on the Shelf - Retailers - greedy or stupid?

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

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

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

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

Your Support Protects Public Health