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With our own work over the last 28 years (yes, it has been that long) and with the help of dozens of experts throughout the world, we have been updating our informational sites over the last 12 months. We just finished the last one
I am pleased to support and participate in the second South Arica Food Safety Summit June 8 and 9, 2021. Since it is virtual, I urge world-wide participation – https://foodsafetysummit.co.za/#top
Our inaugural 2020 Summit focussed on all the lessons we have learned during this global pandemic. Although the pandemic is still top of mind, we
Since 1984, the Legal Foundation of Washington has distributed more than $200 million to Washington’s legal aid community. The Legal Foundation of Washington is a non-profit created by the Washington Supreme Court to build support for civil legal aid across the state.
I hope others step up.
This weekend I continued to work on the Parker and Jarboe E. coli cases – both linked to the consumption of tainted romaine lettuce that was caused by E. coli O157:H7 contaminated cattle feces in the environment. I was also considering what our next move – short of litigation – might be on the quest
Food Safety News reports:
The new administration in Washington has yet to name an Under Secretary for Food Safety, but it has named a “power player” as Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety. She can take office immediately as Senate confirmation is not required for the USDA job.
Named in the secondary role at USDA’s
In an increasing era of transparency, the FDA, along with its food safety partners at the CDC and FSIS, have for the last several months been listing and announcing investigations of foodborne illness outbreaks – even if a source is not determined – and may never be found.
The following is a list of outbreak
1.25.2020 FSIS Salmonella Campylobacter Petition FINAL
Food safety advocates are calling on the United States Department of Agriculture to better protect consumers with new enforceable standards that will reduce, with an aim to ultimately eliminate, Salmonella types of greatest public health concern while continuing to target reductions in Salmonella and Campylobacter overall. The petition also
Public health has understandably been focused in 2020 on the pandemic that has killed almost 350,000 of our fellow citizens. However, in their “spare” time they, and their partners at the FDA and FSIS, have had more than a few food safety outbreaks to contend with. Thank you for the work you do. Here is
David Franklin, my friend and world famous artist, carved this 14 foot tall Kraken arm out of one cedar log. It is impressive to say the least.
Marler Clark started in 1998 – Five and a half years after the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak made foodborne illness outbreaks and litigation a thing.
A few years later I had the honor of hiring our first Epidemiologist (I dare say we are the only law firm in the world with one),
