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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
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
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
Tiger Woods, Golf and Food Poisoning
Seems like everyone is dumping on Tiger – for good reason I might add. I, however, am not a golfer and frankly do not care much about golfers. So, trying to get into the act myself, I have been attempting to make Tiger relevant (somewhat) to what I do daily or is that Daly? So
A Conversation with Bill Marler: Taking on E. coli, Big Ag, Raw Milk, Conspiracy Theorists, and the USDA.”
I had a great time chatting with Shari Danielson of the blog, Simple Good and Tasty, for what is going to be a two-part expose into the inner workings of the mind of trial lawyer/wannabe politician/food safety advocate/blogger – “A Conversation with Bill Marler: Taking on E. coli, Big Ag, Raw Milk, Conspiracy Theorists, and
2009 Top 10 Food Stories
Well, it is that time of the year. Here is one perspective:
I suppose I need to do a recap of 2009 and a look forward into 2010. I will focus on the food safety side of the equation. Any ideas?