I know lawyers suffer from an image problem. Most people think we spend our weekend on fancy golf courses or driving jet boats around tropical isles. I actually like driving
A few weeks ago I was giving a talk at the Association of Health Care Journalists conference in Boston. My talk was primarily an overview of where food safety has
This is somewhat of a reprint of an Op-ed of a few years ago. However, in light of this week’s 76-count indictment of Stewart Parnell and four others, I
In a continuing effort to keep current on those bugs that are bad for us, we have updated www.about-hepatitis.com.
Exposure to the hepatitis A virus can cause an
The Outbreak Database has come in handy to track just how often cantaloupes – and other foods – have caused problems. Here is a sample platter of outbreaks linked to cantaloupe with links to citations: Marler Clark is proud to sponsor both the Outbreak Database and underwrite Food Safety News.
Several years ago I started following the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). It used to come weekly in the mail (perhaps it still does), but it is
Will producers of Listeria-tainted cantaloupe be fined or jailed? Earlier this week Food Safety News reported that the CDC had increased the numbers of those considered to be culture-confirmed cases
We started Food Safety News nearly three years to the day the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that a nationwide E. coli O157:H7 outbreak had been traced
Do you remember Domino’s Pizza employees Kristy Hammonds and Michael Setzer, who made a video of Setzer, 32, putting cheese up his nose before putting it on a sandwich,
It is time to pass S. 510 BEFORE this is on the Senate Dining Room Menu:
Next week I will be co-chairing the ACI Foodborne Illness Litigation Conference in Chicago
The House and Senate Agriculture and U.S. Food and Drug Administration Oversight Committees should hold joint hearings on the Salmonella egg fiasco.
As I said to the Associate Press