I take a ferry to work guarded at times by now unpaid members of the Coast Guard. Next week with increasing trepidation, I will go through TSA Security with more unpaid professionals on the job monitoring security to then board a plane to be routed to NYC by unpaid Air Traffic Controllers. I am not
Any real questions on why we have E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks linked to cows and romaine in Yuma?
If anyone wants an informative read from a near Pulitzer-quality article and photos (if they would have also shown the real impacts on the consumers of the product, the article would have been a Pulitzer-lock – See The Burger that Shattered Her Life – 2010 Prize), please take the time to read Robert Anglen of
Consumer Federation of America Report – Taking Salmonella Seriously: Policies to Protect Health under Current Law
Summary
In a new report, the Consumer Federation of America examines the legal and scientific foundations for USDA policy on Salmonella in raw meat and poultry. The report explains why the law authorizes federal regulators to treat Salmonella as an adulterant in raw meat and poultry, and it describes five policy options for harnessing
Well, it’s almost Thanksgiving and there is a Salmonella Turkey Recall – What to do – And, not do?
I have received a few emails and calls about what to do for Thanksgiving when there appears to be an ongoing outbreak and recall. FSIS has some of the best advice – see below:
The Thanksgiving meal is the largest many cooks prepare each year. Getting it just right, especially the turkey, brings a fair
Frank Yiannas in at FDA – From the Desk of Dr. Scott Gottlieb
The below from Dr. Scott Gottlieb just dropped into my inbox. We all will miss Dr. Stephen Ostroff. He has been a great champion for food safety for many years and will be missed. I wish him well. However, pulling Frank Yiannas from Walmart to the FDA is a brilliant move. I have known and
From Food Safety News – New edition of ‘Poisoned’ by the prolific Jeff Benedict shipped by publishers
From Food Safety News:
By Dan Flynn on September 24, 2018
A new edition of “Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed the Way Americans Eat” by Jeff Benedict has been shipped to distributors by book publishers Thomson-Shore.
In the new edition, Benedict catches up with America’s best-known food safety
Off to IAFP in Buenos Aires Argentina this week to talk Food Safety
After speaking in Indiana last week and after speaking in Montana this week, I am off to Argentina to beat the drum on “why it is a bad idea to poison your customers,” and how to avoid litigation.
Marler Clark looking for Foodborne Illness Epidemiologist
As some of the readers might know, in my spare time I am the managing partner at Marler Clark in Seattle. Our long-time Epidemiologist, Patti Waller, has moved into semi-retirement and is running www.outbreakdatabase.com for us. Katrina Deardorff, who has been with us for a nearly two years, has decided to take a job back
Thursday, September 13, 2018 McKinney School of Law Hall Center for Law and Health Grand Rounds Series Foodborne Litigation
SPEAKER: William Marler, Managing Partner, Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm
TIME: 4:30 – 5:30 pm
LOCATION: Wynne Courtroom and atrium, Inlow Hall, 530 W. New York Street, Indianapolis, IN
CONTACT: Hall Center for Law and Health at centerlh@iupui.edu
Please join the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Hall Center for Law
Free Advice to a Food Company CEO during a Listeria Outbreak – Specifically Tiger Brands – Enterprise CEO, Lawrence MacDougall – 5 Months Later
On March 17, 2018, I penned the following: (Other than Tiger Brands admitting that its product tested positive for the exact same strain of Listeria that sickened now over 1,000 and killed 200), not much. Lawrence, I’m still willing to write the check.
Imagine that the phone call comes or an email pops into your