Well, the ladies at Obama Foodorama have one idea that (along with a few other things on their blog) makes me blush – "Bill Marler: The Best Hope For Rapid Change in The Obama Foodorama"
Honestly, I would be happy if President Obama and Secretary Vilsack simply read and implemented several of my ideas from
According to AP, Tom Vilsack with be the next Agriculture Secretary.
According to Wiki, Thomas James Vilsack, born December 12, 1950, is an American politician, a member of the Democratic Party, and served as the 40th Governor of the state of Iowa. He was first elected in 1998 and re-elected to a second
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OK, so I did my obligatory twelve days of Christmas list.
So, what about the top ten food safety stories of 2008? Or, the top ten food safety challenges of 2009? Because I really need to get back to my legal work of suing wayward companies, I thought I would start off with a contest
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On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me – a gallon of raw milk with campylobacter;
On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me – two potpies in a microwave;
On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me – three bottles of
If you can’t sleep here is something to read. Bottom line is that Westland Hallmark was not a well run nor well regulated facility. It literally shoved downer cows to their deaths (Video) and then fed them to the public, including kids in the school lunch program.
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Cambrooke Foods® is announcing a voluntary recall of all batches of the following products:
Cheddar Wizard Low Protein Imitation Cream Cheese (SKU 10310; 8 oz. jar);
Herb & Garlic Low Protein Imitation Cream Cheese (SKU 10308; 8 oz. jar); and
Plain Low Protein Imitation Cream Cheese (SKU 10306; 8 oz. jar).
Cambrooke Foods® is undertaking
People infected with Salmonella usually recover without medical treatment in six to ten days. It may be several months, however, before their susceptibility to diarrhea and gastrointestinal distress fully resolve. “Although younger individuals usually face far higher infection rates from these pathogens, older adults are more likely to have more severe complications.” In addition, “the
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Barack Obama is inheriting Ag policies and food safety policies that have been the subject of huge debates for years, and the FDA has just pulled off a whopper of a policy reversal to add to the mix. They’re following the lead of other Bush regulatory bodies, which are scrambling to codify old policies in
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Too much legal work to do in January to spend much time talking food safety, but I have several opportunities in February.
American Association for Justice Mid-Winter Conference
02.10.2009 – I will travel to the AAJ Mid-winter conference in New Orleans – my speech is part of the Litigation at Sunrise program.
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Public health policy and food protection are issues that we expect the new Obama administration to address eagerly. Financial problems, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Home Land Security have shifted focus away from our core public health agenda, and now is the time to return our focus. Everyone agrees that public health programs have
