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 […]
Salmonella outbreak due to peanut butter From the Associated Press: ATLANTA — A salmonella outbreak that has slowly grown to nearly 300 cases in 39 states since August has been linked to tainted peanut butter, federal health officials said Wednesday. It is believed to be the first salmonella outbreak associated with peanut butter in […]
The recent headline from the FDA Press Release reads: “FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Certain Jars of Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Great Value Peanut Butter” – why would consumers eat the jars? According to Reuters News service, FDA health officials are investigating a possible link between Peter Pan brand peanut butter (produced by […]
"It’s outrageous so many people are poisoned by food." Lisa Brott, E. coli victim and Marler Clark client
Tomorrow I will fly out to Jamesburg, New Jersey, for a seminar put on by The Packaging Group entitled, “E. coli 2007: Understanding, Detecting, and Preventing.” My speech is titled, “E. coli Outbreaks in Fresh Produce: Who has legal responsibility?”
By Ross Anderson (former Seattle Times reporter) for King County Bar News When Wyoming public health workers convened at a Cody meeting room recently, they spent much of three days listening to various authorities bring them up to date on issues from prenatal care to septic tanks to bioterrorism. But the keynote address did not […]
According to the Daily Dispatch: To date, the state health department is reporting 48 confirmed cases of Salmonella Oranienburg in the Sierra Vista (Arizona) area since Sept. 1. In addition, health officials have confirmed three new cases of salmonella, but the exact type has not been determined. If any of those three are Oranienburg, they […]
Brian Tumulty of the Gannett News Service authored an article this morning confirming what has been a well-known secret over the last several weeks – California’s Central Valley lettuce cited in both Taco Bell and Taco John’s E. coli illnesses Brian noted that the FDA announced on Friday that the infected Taco Bell lettuce originated […]
Sen. Florez pursues E. coli agreement Senator Dean Florez (D-Shafter) is criticizing a new agreement between spinach processors aimed at preventing another E. coli outbreak. Florez, the Chairman of a newly-formed Senate Committee on food-borne illness, is criticizing the agreement because only 24 of 170 processors of spinach and other leafy greens signed it. Florez […]
David Dishneau of the AP wrote on Friday about the death of Hagerstown resident, Ruth Dunning due to an E. coli infection. After months of testing, public health officials said Friday they cannot conclusively link the E. coli-related death in September of a Hagerstown woman to the bacteria strain found in packaged fresh spinach that […]
QSR Magazine – Special Online Feature – by Fred Minnick Fred Minnick and I spoke a few weeks ago about what and why I do what I do. Here is his story: Bill Marler has won more than $300 million from food companies. In this QSRmagazine.com exclusive, Marler talks about how to prevent him from […]
E.J. Schultz of the Frezno Bee Capitol Bureau wrote today: “Food-safety bills introduced” California lettuce and spinach growers would pay license fees to fund a state crop inspection program under a package of food safety bills introduced Thursday by Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter. The long-anticipated legislation is aimed at reducing E. coli outbreaks, which in […]
According to United Press International customers remain leery because the Spinach E. coli outbreak, which killed three (possibly as many as 5) people and sickened at least 200 others. U.S. sales of fresh packaged spinach remain way down four months after an E. coli outbreak ended, a fresh-food market researcher reported. Packaged spinach sales were […]
Students at Risk of Deadly Food-Borne Pathogens, Report Warns Ask any kid what they think of their school cafeteria. Then ask the scientists at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). The answers are likely to be similar. A report issued by the CSPI warns that conditions in America’s school cafeterias could trigger […]
Tainted Spinach May Be Responsible Family members of two elderly women — one from Washington and another in Maryland — said spinach tainted with E. coli may be at least partly responsible. The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control are investigating the deaths. If confirmed, the cases would bring the number killed […]