AP report at that health officials say three people died and at least five more were sickened after eating Thanksgiving dinner at an event organized by a church in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch said Monday it received eight patients with probably food borne symptoms between Friday and Saturday.
Editors of the ABA Journal announced today they have selected MARLER BLOG as one of the top 100 best blogs for a legal audience.
HALL OF FAME: Bill Marler has consistently earned a place on our Blawg 100 list, and it’s not just because the tales of food poisoning outbreaks recounted on his blog keep
To avoid making everyone at the table sick, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) offers five tips for a food safe Thanksgiving:
Tip 1: Don’t Wash That Turkey.
According to the most recent Food Safety Survey, conducted by the Food and Drug Administration, 68 percent of the public washes
LiveScience reporter, Sara G. Miller, reported on a recent FDA presentation at IDWeek on the risks of sprouts. According to Ms. Miller, “sprout contamination continues to pose a serious public health concern,” the researchers from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wrote in their report. The findings on sprouts were presented on Oct. 28 at
Over the last 20 plus years I have given close to 400 speeches around the world on “why it is a bad idea to poison your customers.”
My “chats” have been in front of industry and governmental groups on every continent (except South America) – I’m somewhat popular in China.
Most of the audiences are
Next week I am off to speak at Western Grower’s 91st Annual Meeting Grand Hyatt Kaua’i, Koloa, Hawaii on November 6-9, 2016 – I know tough duty. I decided to send a couple hundred Poisoned books to give the attendees a stark reminder why food safety is so important.
Here is a sample platter of
It looks like “The Donald” is trying to expand his bromances from Putin to a broader group of guys – including me. In a Trump fact sheet posted online today (which was then removed and saved thanks to @nycsouthpaw), the campaign highlighted a number of “specific regulations to be eliminated” under the Trump economic plan:
Not surprisingly BPI, the maker of Lean Finely Textured Beef (LFTB), a.k.a.”Pink Slime,” per the New York Times 2009, dismissed my clients, two former USDA scientists from a lawsuit that has been pending since 2012. I had suggested the same shortly after the lawsuit was filed – but, hell, who ever listens to me? My
Looking forward to the Fresh Produce Safety Conference, seeing some good friends and climbing the bridge after I jump from the Sky Tower.
I gave my keynote in Nelson, New Zealand (thanks again for the Seattle weather) – “How to avoid the lawyers coming calling on a food safety issue” – I am now in Auckland for a few days and next week I will be in Sydney, Australia giving a similar speech – “Foodborne illness litigation –
