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 […]
Good question. I asked some of my clients their thoughts. “As someone who testified in front of the House subcommittee last February, I saw the emails that Parnell had sent out,” said Lou Tousignant, whose father, Clifford Tousignant, died from eating the tainted product. “I saw that he knowingly shipped contaminated product to high-risk areas […]
According to and FSIS press release this evening, Adams Farm Slaughterhouse, LLC., an Athol, Mass., establishment, is recalling approximately 2,574 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. This recall was initiated after the Massachusetts Department of Public […]
I know FSIS has been busy the last few months, but it would be nice if I actually received an indication if FSIS was going to act on the Petition I filed October 5, 2009 – one way or another. Perhaps this letter will prompt a response?
When the USDA/FSIS and the Beef Industry are taking a hit for a Kansas Columnist, they need wake up and to take a hard look what’s on the grill (bad mixed metaphor). Last week I had a long talk with Ric Anderson of the Topeka-Capital Journal for his opinion piece – “Burger story shows need […]
For my 2,500th post at Marler Blog, according to an CBS Poll, most Americans are at least somewhat confident that the food they buy to eat is safe, and while only one in four would give the country a grade of D or F on ensuring the safety of the food supply, few would give […]
Stephanie Gaskell of the New York Daily News reported last week that the “New York Times cafeteria food may be past its deadline.” According to the Daily News, “[t]he Health Dept. is investigating cases of possible food poisoning at the New York Times cafeteria. …The dining room at the paper’s headquarters on Eighth Ave. and […]
According to Newark health officials, Salmonella contamination caused many people to suffer food poisoning at Iberia Peninsula restaurant in the Ironbound section of the city. Dozens of patrons got sick and a few were even hospitalized after attending parties there around Christmas. Health inspectors are in the process of testing food sources and employees. Some […]
One is the view from my kitchen window: The other is for the email I received from the family of E. coli victim, Linda Rivera: 1-6-2009 @ 9:35pm Linda’s condition is amazingly improved. Though still seriously disabled, she actually has a reasonable prospect of a decent rehabilitation and restoration of most normal day-to-day functions. Today, […]
I should have waited until 6:00 AM to post what I did below at 2:00 AM. In any event, the CDC confirmed that it is collaborating with public health officials in several states and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to investigate a multistate outbreak of human infections due […]
Where are the Sick People? According to the CDC (well, actually the Washington Post last week), we know that 21 persons were infected with E. coli O157:H7 in 16 states caused by National Steak and Poultry "mechanically tenderized" steaks. Also, according to the CDC (well, actually efoodalert), the ill persons reside in California (1), Colorado […]
According to Alan Liddle of Nation’s Restaurant News “at least five restaurant chains are now included in a list of those affected by the late December recall of 124 tons of beef including,” Olive Garden, Applebees, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Carino’s Italian and 54th Street Grill & Bar. "The Owasso, Oklahoma-based National Steak and Poultry said […]
As of Monday, January 4, 2010, 21 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 had been reported from 16 states. The number of ill persons who were identified resides in each state as follows: California (1), Colorado (1), Florida (1), Hawaii (1), Iowa (1), Indiana (1), Kansas (1), Michigan (1), Minnesota (3), […]
Frankly, I am not quite sure Congress even knows. As you might recall from last year the House passed, H.R. 2749: Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. Then the Senate HELP Committee passed, S. 510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. When it will get to the floor for a vote, then to a Conference Committee […]