I travel an awful lot, domestically and internationally, both suing companies who poison their customers and speaking of food safety, so I suppose Alison Young’s article should not have come as much of a surprise that "[a]irport restaurants … have been cited in the past year for hundreds of food safety violations, local health department reports
Food Safety Nice List Follows Yesterday’s Naughty Entries
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Food Safety News, the web-based newspaper that covers all things food safety, today released the second part of its 2009 Food Safety Naughty and Nice list. The web-based newspaper’s “Naughty” list was published yesterday and included food safety missteps, missed opportunities, and downright dirty deeds. But it won’t be all coal in Food Safety
Science and Eggnog, Raw Eggs and Alcohol – can a favorite Holiday drink be made safe?
A follower over on Twitter sent me this video. Perhaps science can make Eggnog safe? Or, at least the alcohol will. I wonder what would have happened if the milk used in the recipe was raw?
Food Safety News Naughty List 2009
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After much thought and consideration, here is the Food Safety News Naughty list for 2009:


- Stewart Parnell, President of Peanut Corporation of America, for asking for nearly $1 million from his bankrupt business for his own criminal defense fund after shipping peanuts his own tests showed were contaminated with Salmonella that sickened over 700
2009’s Top Ten Food Safety Stories Coming to Food Safety News
Like my Santa’s Naughty and Nice List, I asked the folks at Food Safety News to wade through the top food safety stories from 2009. They will go up just after Christmas. Here was my Top 10 (err, 9) from 2008:
1. Melamine in Chinese food products – where to start? With the kids, of
Food Safety Naughty and Nice List at Food Safety News
Well, it is that time of the year again, but this year I turned over the responsibility of putting together Santa’s list to my friends over at Food Safety News. Apparently, the list became so long that it is being divided into two lists – one naughty and one nice. The naughty one will
Harrington and Sons Recalls E. coli O157:H7 Hamburger
According to an FSIS release, Harrington and Sons, a Williston, Vt., establishment, is recalling approximately 68 pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The products subject to recall include: [View Label]
* 10-pound cryovaced packages
All I got for Christmas were two cans of Virginia peanuts
Given my past Salmonella lawsuits against ConAgra in 2007 and Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) in 2009 for poisoning about 700 each – with PCA killing at least nine, it might come as somewhat of a surprise that I would receive today two cans of peanuts from Virginia. Interestingly, the cans came in an unmarked
It Could Only Happen at a Marler Clark Holiday Party
It is pretty rare that we are able to get the whole Marler Clark and Food Safety News staff together in one city, much less one room. Today, in Seattle we were able to pull most people together at one Seattle high-class restaurant – some 26 people coming in from as far away from Washington
Simple Good and Tasty – Bill Marler: Taking on E. coli, Big Ag, Raw Milk, Conspiracy Theorists, and the USDA – Continued
I had a great time chatting with Shari for her post today – "Simple Good and Tasty – Bill Marler: Taking on E. coli, Big Ag, Raw Milk, Conspiracy Theorists, and the USDA – Continued." I wish we all had more opportunity to talk about the issues of food safety and sustainability. I encourage you