I asked our AI friends – What are the pros and cons of replacing FDA Commissioner Makary with me – here is the response? This is a very timely question — Makary resigned as FDA Commissioner today, May 12, 2026, amid reports of internal tensions and policy clashes, with the vaping dispute reportedly being a […]
The Rock Island High School in Illinois is the recipient of a $25,000 donation from food safety law firm Marler Clark. The Seattle-based law firm works nationwide on behalf of victims of foodborne illness, and assisted many residents in the 2009 outbreak of Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) traced to a Milan McDonald’s. “Foodborne illness outbreaks […]
I spend a lot of time supporting the FDA and the need for more resources. Come on FDA, please give me a little bit of help here. Willy Neuman and the New York Times crack another story about the seemingly error prone FDA in today’s story, “Oop! F.D.A. Error Is Talk of Henhouse.” According to […]
I found out today that I’ve been honored with a nomination for the LexisNexis Top 25 Business Law blogs – sweet! Evidently, folks now get to vote on the nominations to decide on the winners. Voting involves going to the LexisNexis communities site, and commenting with your vote on the nominees. If you aren’t on […]
Wednesday, October 27 to Thursday, October 28, 2010 Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States Alan Maxwell and I are co-chairing this year’s conference – again. This time, in addition to our two man show: There is a star-studded group of speakers:
After nearly 18 years doing foodborne illnesses cases, I have been frustrated by the lack of any prosecutions against many of these corporations who poison and kill us. When will a prosecutor step-up? It really is left to the blunt instrument of civil litigation, and punitive damages in particular, to “punish” these bad actors in […]
My chicken coop for my six chickens is a bit over budget. With the purchase of the chickens, food, etc., and the coop, this is pressing on $5,000. I am beginning to question the price per egg, and I have not yet tested the chickens and the eggs for Salmonella.
I spent most of the week in the “other Washington.” It all does make you wonder, as one Congressman quipped some time ago: “Who needs Al-Qaeda when you have got E. coli?” What would happen if we stopped the petty bickering and actually did something about food safety like: Growers: 1. Develop and implement Hazard […]
Tuesday, February 26, 2008, 10:00 a.m. 2322 Rayburn House Office Building WRITTEN TESTIMONY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE Chairman and members of the committee, my name is William Marler. I am a trial lawyer. My law firm Marler Clark, located in Seattle, Washington, specializes in representing victims of foodborne illness. Unfortunately, for my […]
I must admit that I have never voted for a Republican since I was frist able to vote in 1976. Watching Senator Coburn on CSpan last night confirmed for me that I need to stop voting Democratic (and raising and donating money) because the Republicans really care about me and my bank account. Thank you […]
This may well pop up in a few ads in D.C. this next week.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved legislation fast-tracked by chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., to strengthen criminal penalties for food safety violators, in addition to a list of seven federal judicial nominees, some of whom have faced long delays in the Senate. Committee members unanimously cleared S. 3767, the Food Safety Accountability Act, which […]
Right up until the time of her death, June Dunning remained an active, self-aware, and outgoing woman. Her health had always been good. For the last seven years of her life, she lived in Hagerstown, Maryland with her daughter and son-in-law. On August 28, 2006, June consumed a small amount of Dole baby spinach from […]
Abott Laboratories Incl. is voluntarily recalling one of its baby powder products. It is the Similac baby formula. According to the company, Similac baby formula may contain beetle larvae and some tiny insect parts in certain lot numbers because in one of their manufacturing facilities, beetles were found. The batch of products suspected to be […]
The egg hearing today was disturbing on many levels. The petty bickering between the Democrats and Republicans, although expected, was childlike. The anti-chicken protesters were entertaining, but besides the point. Probably the most disturbing were the faux apologies by the mass egg producers who tried to portray themselves as poor farmers that simply grew too […]
Good Morning. Thank you Chairman Stupak, Ranking Member Burgess, Chairman Waxman, and Committee members. I am honored to be here today to speak to you about my experience with the Salmonella poisoning that I got from the recent Wright Co. and Hillandale Farms Egg Recall. My name is Sarah Lewis, I am 30 years old […]