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Publisher’s Platform: Project 2027 – We Already Agree on More Than We Think

I have said for years that I would like to be put out of business. I cannot do that alone, and neither can any one organization. Together, on the things we already agree on, we might.

By Bill Marler

/ 14 Nov 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Project 2027 – We Already Agree on More Than We Think

Publisher's Platform: FDA scientists map which Salinas Valley farms sit downstream of the cows

This is the closest thing I have seen to a map of the plumbing that keeps sending E. coli O157:H7 into our salad bowls.

By Bill Marler

/ 9 Nov 2026

Publisher's Platform: FDA scientists map which Salinas Valley farms sit downstream of the cows

Publisher’s Platform: Radical transparency? What I am asking the FDA to do Is not radical at all

Two citizen petitions, a phrase HHS made its motto, and a DOJ opinion that says the agency can act now

By Bill Marler

/ 31 Oct 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Radical transparency? What I am asking the FDA to do Is not radical at all

Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-two years of asking whether we should ban petting zoos: After Brookshire Farms, Bengtson’s and the State Fair of Texas, it is time I answered my own question

In 2004 I wrote that ignoring these risks “makes good business for lawyers like me. But I’ll gladly give up that business if it means not having to see four-year-olds hooked up to kidney dialysis machines.”

By Bill Marler

/ 28 Oct 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-two years of asking whether we should ban petting zoos: After Brookshire Farms, Bengtson’s and the State Fair of Texas, it is time I answered my own question

Publisher's Platform: USDA finally on the record; names Trader Joe's in E. coli outbreak

Naming the product cost the government nothing on Oct. 23. It would have cost nothing on Sept. 23.

By Bill Marler

/ 24 Oct 2026

Publisher's Platform: USDA finally on the record; names Trader Joe's in E. coli outbreak

Publisher's Platform: Comments sought on FDA petition to add botulism to the infant formula testing list

No new law is needed. The list is FDA’s own, and the Commissioner can amend it.

By Bill Marler

/ 19 Oct 2026

Publisher's Platform: Comments sought on FDA petition to add botulism to the infant formula testing list

Publisher's Platform: The chronic disease groups have been in a different room, and they should not be

Here are 10 of them, and 10 things all 40 Food Safety organizations could work on together.

By Bill Marler

/ 9 Sep 2026

Publisher's Platform: The chronic disease groups have been in a different room, and they should not be

Publisher's Platform: September Is National Food Safety Education Month – Here are 30 organizations doing the work on the acute side

None bills an hour for the work.

By Bill Marler

/ 8 Sep 2026

Publisher's Platform: September Is National Food Safety Education Month – Here are 30 organizations doing the work on the acute side

Publisher's Platform: Harvard read the FRESH Act line by line

Nearly all of the public argument about this bill has been about food chemicals: dyes, PFAS, the GRAS loophole. That is where the fight started, and it is where the coalition backing the bill would prefer the fight to stay.

By Bill Marler

/ 3 Sep 2026

Publisher's Platform: Harvard read the FRESH Act line by line

Publisher’s Platform: Food Safety Education Month starts Today – Here is what I want from government, industry academia and you

The National Restaurant Association created National Food Safety Month in 1994 through its Educational Foundation, to heighten awareness about the importance of food safety education.

By Bill Marler

/ 1 Sep 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Food Safety Education Month starts Today – Here is what I want from government, industry academia and you

Publisher's Platform: Hamburger E. coli was 95 percent of my practice until federal inspection ended it. On-farm slaughter would bring it back.

On Aug. 28, 2026, President Trump said he would give farmers and ranchers the right to process their own food, in a Truth Social post calling the four largest meat

By Bill Marler

/ 28 Aug 2026

Publisher's Platform: Hamburger E. coli was 95 percent of my practice until federal inspection ended it. On-farm slaughter would bring it back.

Publisher's Platform: Thirteen letters to FDA, CDC, HHS and Taylor Farms, and not one published answer

Meanwhile, the answers are appearing — in newspapers and on a company FAQ page. Congress should hold a hearing.

By Bill Marler

/ 25 Aug 2026

Publisher's Platform: Thirteen letters to FDA, CDC, HHS and Taylor Farms, and not one published answer

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Publisher's Platform

Publisher’s Platform: Project 2027 – We Already Agree on More Than We Think

Publisher's Platform: FDA scientists map which Salinas Valley farms sit downstream of the cows

Publisher’s Platform: Radical transparency? What I am asking the FDA to do Is not radical at all

Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-two years of asking whether we should ban petting zoos: After Brookshire Farms, Bengtson’s and the State Fair of Texas, it is time I answered my own question

Publisher's Platform: USDA finally on the record; names Trader Joe's in E. coli outbreak

Publisher's Platform: Comments sought on FDA petition to add botulism to the infant formula testing list

Publisher's Platform: The chronic disease groups have been in a different room, and they should not be

Publisher's Platform: September Is National Food Safety Education Month – Here are 30 organizations doing the work on the acute side

Publisher's Platform: Harvard read the FRESH Act line by line

Publisher’s Platform: Food Safety Education Month starts Today – Here is what I want from government, industry academia and you

Publisher's Platform: Hamburger E. coli was 95 percent of my practice until federal inspection ended it. On-farm slaughter would bring it back.

Publisher's Platform: Thirteen letters to FDA, CDC, HHS and Taylor Farms, and not one published answer

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