I received an email today from one of my many "fans" suggesting that it might well be a good idea to export me to some hot, dark location. I think the actual language was "Marler, go to hell!"

It was unclear if it came from one of the hundreds...

I attended the Future of Food Conference in Washington D.C. this last week and was amazed by the speakers that author Eric Schlosser and the Washington Post put together. From Lucas Benitez, Co-Founder, Coalition of Immokalee Workers to Michael R. Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods at the U.S. Food and...

At Marler Clark, I have been working for nearly two decades on ways to keep consumers informed on issues of food safety. That is why I created a variety of "bug" websites, and why I created Food Safety News and the Foodborne...

DeFranco and Sons of Los Angeles, CA, is voluntarily recalling bulk and consumer-packaged in-shell, hazelnut and mixed nut products containing hazelnuts because they may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacteria (E. coli O157:H7). The recall was initiated after the nut products were linked to seven illnesses in...

After once again spending time with victims of yet another outbreak of foodborne disease advocating for justice for themselves and family members, I thought again why prosecutors seem so reluctant to charge those who poison us with food. As I have said far too often, in nearly two...

I needed a vacation badly (so did the subscribers and readers of my blog), as I seem to never be at a loss for something to write about -- which is a bad for all of us.

2010, kept me busy with Stephanie Smith and...

Food safety at its core is about science and public health. Every day, the USDA, FDA, environmental health specialists, food inspectors, the food industry, university researchers, and others invest in, develop, and use science and technology to develop food safety systems that protect consumers from becoming ill with foodborne illness....

I have been working the phones and emails since the Senate passed S. 510 last week with over-whelming bipartisan support (or what accounts for that in this political environment) to try and figure out how the Senate could have included a potential revenue provision in Section 107 in S. 510...

Over the last two years, food producers large and small, consumer and public health groups, and Congressional leaders have come together to support legislation that would bring the most significant update to food safety laws in seven decades. To the chagrin of everyone who worked hard to get S. 510,...

Over the last two years, food producers large and small, consumer and public health groups, and Congressional leaders have come together to support legislation that would bring the most significant update to food safety laws in seven decades. To the chagrin of everyone who worked hard to get S. 510,...

During last week's Food Safety Senate debate, Senator Coburn said this as a reason not to pass S. 510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act: "We've got the safest food in the world because we've got the best legal system in the...

I know people get worked up over legislation -- health care being a recent example--but the blather coming from the Tea Party types about food safety is a bit over the top, even for them. Here are my favorite Tweets of the week about...

"S 510 is the most important food safety legislation in a generation. The Tester Amendment will make it even more effective, strengthening food safety rules while protecting small farmers and producers. We both think this is the right thing to do." -- Eric Schlosser & Michael Pollan

This is...

The other morning when I was prepping in another studio to talk with another cable channel about yet another food crisis--this time the recall of a half of a billion Salmonella-tainted eggs that had already sickened at least 1,400--I was asked by a young producer, "Attorney Marler, if you had...

Sorry, the old Beatles song keeps running through my head. And, with 550,000,000 eggs being recalled, and well over 1,200 people sick (and rising), I really should not be making jokes.

Not surprisingly I usually start my morning reading Phil Brasher in the Des Moines Register. I was struck by...

I was reading Carl Hulse's article "Legislative Hurdles in an Era of Conflict" in the New York Times this morning and had one of those moments like when I first learned that Santa Claus was in fact not real. Yes, perhaps I should have figured it out before...

AMI: We share Sen. Gillibrand's desire to eradicate pathogenic bacteria, but we don't believe that an act of Congress can make these bacteria disappear. We also are puzzled by the fact that this bill is being introduced at a time when the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is tracking an...

I have decided this week that the Tea Party movement is right -- business and government in the U.S.A. are a bunch of damn socialists -- at least they are when poisoning consumers and investigating outbreaks.

First, full disclosure. When I am not channeling Rupert Murdoch in my role as...

There seems to be no middle ground in the debate over raw milk. On the one side, you have farmers happy to sell a product for $10 to $18 a gallon, and consumers who believe that they are purchasing a product that is not only more healthful but will also...

If you did not have health insurance, wouldn't you try to figure out a way to get it? Wouldn't you try to figure out how to fix Medicare and Medicaid costs long-term?

Perhaps the House and Senate should live without insurance for a while? Perhaps then they would do something.