I had a long walk through the streets of Shanghai this morning and kept thinking about how I get dozens of comments when I take on raw dairy poisoning people, but seldom get a word when I take on big ag for being responsible for the same – go figure. Although some of the commentators
Lawyer Op-Ed
Hello from Sunday Morning from Shanghai
After a bit of a delay from Arkansas to Detroit and Detroit to Shanghai, I landed safely at my hotel, where after a long walk, I am working in my room (with a view) on my speech on food safety to the students at East China University on Monday and then the China Food Safety…
Off to Arkansas – Food Illness – From Soup to Nuts
I always enjoy teaching at law school when I can. Next week I get to spend a few days with some graduate students at the University of Arkansas School of Law.

Where in the world will I be November 2 – 12?
After my trip to Chicago this week for the ACI Foodborne Illness Litigation Conference, I am home for a few days and then off again on a seemingly worldwide tour.
I am proud to be a major sponsor of the 5th International Conference for Food Safety and Quality on November 2-3, 2010, as well…
Why the Tea Party is going to make me even richer
Thanks to the folks at Think Progress for passing along the video of GOP House candidate Jesse Kelly, who is running in Arizona’s 8th congressional district, at a campaign rally hosted by the Pima County Tea Party Patriots. During a question-and-answer period, a voter asked Kelly about the recent Salmonella outbreak, which led to…
Good deeds, but also good marketing
Food Safety News and the Foodborne Illness Outbreak Database turned a year old a few weeks ago.
Like most of the things I do in life, both of them began out of an attempt to do good deeds that fortuitously also became good marketing. What do I mean by that?
Let me give you a…
Marler Clark – The Food Safety Law Firm
What do you think of the new logo?

Non-E. coli O157:H7 STECS: What You Need To Know?
So, said the headline in my favorite online magazine – Cattlenetworks yesterday.
What the American Meat Institute thinks you need to know:
On August 18, AMI sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Vilsack outlining a path FSIS should take to address nSTECs prior to making a regulatory decision.
1. FSIS should have a transparent public…
Marler’s free range (somewhat) chickens
The six chickens (all do have names) have been in the Coop de Ville (I stopped counting when the capital costs exceeded $5,000) for over a week and they (no roosters) seem to be adjusting well despite being fenced in with wired that goes underground over a foot (coyote and racoon prevention) and with a…
October 17-20, 2010 Food Microbiology Symposium
I usually sneak in and out of towns as I give food safety speeches. Apparently, however, River Falls had a slow news day when they reported on the Symposiun – Current Concepts In
Foodborne Pathogens and
Rapid and Automated Methods
in Food Microbiology. They also noted (ABA, please take note):
Keynote speaker for…
