Folks, don’t know if you all where aware that Doug Powell (father of the food safety internet) has canned Bites. I find this unacceptable. Although Doug is a bit prickly, Bites and his multiple emails a day of food safety, is a useful tool for all those interested in Food Safety. Doug’s reasoning for
Seattle Times – Hungry for food that’s safe to swallow
This morning I was reading Jerry Large’s column this morning “Hungry for food that’s safe to swallow,” and was struck by how often I hear the same level of frustration at the safety of our food supply and what our government is or is not doing to help.
I also keep hearing from folks, like
Execution, as a food safety “kill step,” does not seem to be much of a deterrence
Just a few weeks ago, the New York Times reported “2 Executed in China for Selling Tainted Milk:”
China executed two milk producers on Tuesday for selling more than three million pounds of contaminated milk products in connection with a food-safety scandal that killed six infants, shocking the country last year. More than 300,000 children
Parent’s Food Safety Guide for E. coli and Salmonella
We have had the E. coli guide for awhile and are in the process of finalizing the Salmonella guide. Any suggestions? Click on picture to download:
Stewart Parnell, et al – Have You No Shame? Like Vultures on a Carcass
Coming up on about a year ago the CDC announced that Peanut Corporation of America was responsible for sickening over 700 and killing at least nine. In hearings before the United States House of Representatives, peanut butter with Salmonella positive test results where shown to be knowingly shipped by Stewart Parnell and others. Now the
Have a Very Marler Christmas
Only in a law firm that represents victims of food poisoning would there be a Christmas Tree with stuffed Salmonella and E. coli as ornaments.
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Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season.
Does the Meat Industry and the USDA and FSIS Ever Use Its Collective Brains?
In 2008 we saw this shocking video of the use of "downer cows" in the food supply at a company that supplied the meat into the food supply broadly (143,000,000 pounds eventually recalled) and the school lunch program specifically.
Now, more video today? This time it is "dower pigs." So, where the hell is this
It is against the law to have E. coli O157:H7 (a.k.a cow shit) in hamburger – Period
This morning’s papers across the United States are covered with paralyzed, former dancer, Stephanie Smith’s battle against food giant, Cargill. Cargill’s hamburger, sold at Wal-Mart, nearly killed Stephanie with Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, and has left her, with brain damage, with failing kidneys, with no bowel or bladder control, and facing a life confined to
The 2009 ABA Journal Blawg 100 – Marlerblog on the List
According to the ABA Journal – These are the 100 best Web sites by lawyers, for lawyers, as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal.
The ABA’s readers clued them in to a few law blogs they had never seen before, and you’ll find them among the 40 blawgs that are new to the
Secrecy in Food Poisoning Settlements – Is it Time for Transparency?
I took the time today to read the Seattle Times article by Maureen O’Hagan, “Seattle lawyer turns into healthy food crusader,” and I was struck by a discussion I had with the reporter:
Marler, … says he and his firm, Marler Clark, have pried $500 million in settlements out of companies that have sickened customers.