A few months ago I posted, “The only thing the President missed tonight in the Health Care Speech – Real Health Care Reform Requires Safe Food,” where I argued that fixing the problem of safe food in our country would lead to lower medical costs. Well, it seems that I was about $152 Billion –
The House and Senate, and their families, should give up health insurance and live like the 30,000,000 American’s without it
If you did not have health insurance, wouldn’t you try to figure out a way to get it? Wouldn’t you try to figure out how to fix medicare and medicaid costs long-term?
Perhaps the House and Senate should live without insurance for a while? Perhaps then they would do something.
I have spent the last
Rotten Tomatoes? What do They Really Tell Us About the Safety of Our Food?
In reading the February 20th Food Safety News story, “Ten Years of Bribery and Bad Tomatoes” and today’s New York Times story, “Bribes Let Tomato Vendor Sell Tainted Food,” (thanks for pic) I was struck by the thought that the safety of our food ultimately rests on the belief – albeit and apparently mistaken –
Food Safety News Turns Six – Months
Food Safety News (FSN) has been up and running for six months now. I am very proud of our DC, Denver and Seattle offices. We have also grown from three full time people to four, plus several interns and freelance writers spread across the country. We are also working to get more coverage internationally.
FSN
Beta Testers Needed for Foodborne Illness Outbreak Database
Marler Clark is set to sponsor the Foodborne Illness Outbreak Database, a resource that provides access to over 600 food poisoning outbreaks in one easy to search place. The database accesses information on outbreaks dating back to 1993.
We would love your input on how the database functions and any other edits you might
Petition Number 09-03: Petition for an Interpretive Rule Declaring all enterohemorrhagic Shiga Toxin-producing Serotypes of E. coli, including Non-O157 Serotypes, to be Adulterants Within the Meaning of 21 U.S.C. § 601(m)(1) РThe Saga Continues
Good News, FSIS is paying attention, as is the industry, or at least its minions. I would not vote against FSIS doing right by the consuming public (click on below to download letter and attachments):
Rep. John Dingell Calls out “Slow to Act” Senate on Food Safety Legislation
The Hill’s, J. Taylor Rushing caught Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), the longest serving member of the House and author of the lower chamber’s food safety bill, calling out the Senate as being “slow to act” on the bipartisan bill that passed the House.
Dingell’s bill passed the House last July on a 283-142 vote. He
GMA – Grocery Manufacturers Association Speech in Austin Texas
I have the honor to co-present with defense counsel, Alan M Maxwell, at this week’s GMA Litigation Conference in Austin, Texas – (click on image below) – I am also going to hand out Food Safety News thermometers.
Wyoming Legislature set to pass House Bill 54 – The “Bill Marler Full Employment Act” – Thank you Sue Wallis.
Thank you Rep. Sue Wallis, R-Recluse, Wyoming. Like the Seattle Times, how did you know that I did not have enough work suing Cargill, Nestle, Con Agra, McDonald’s, Peanut Corporation of America, Kellogg, Dole, Nebraska Beef, Whole Foods, Jack in the Box, Taco Bell, Wendy’s, etc., in food poisoning cases? How did you also
Meat Recalls in the Age of Obama
In so many ways, January 20, 2009 ushered in a new era in American politics (my wife and kids stood in the cold and were seated just below the President). A charismatic leader with an agenda of hope and change took the reins in a time of great trouble on many fronts in this country.