Marler's Ten Top Food Safety Challenges for 2009

Bill Marler

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Tuesday December 30, 2008 · 1:07 PM PST

2008/12/30 · 13:07

Our food supply seems so challenged, that it was hard to narrow it down to only 10.

Bill Marler

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Friday December 19, 2008 · 9:05 AM PST

2008/12/19 · 09:05

Some of these came from me, most from people who don’t want my readers to know they correspond with me. Those who were most helpful will be getting bacteria t-shirt and a few cuddly bugs.

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Is the United States Food Supply Safe

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Is the United States Food Supply Safe

Yes

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Open Letter to a New Under Secretary for Food Safety - FSIS - The End of E. coli Conservatism

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Saturday November 22, 2008 · 10:05 AM PST

2008/11/22 · 10:05

In April 2007, Rick Perlstein penned a piece entitled "E. Coli Conservatism." His bottom line was the "Conservatism has been killing Americans. The recent food safety crisis is only one case study." Perhaps he is in part right. However, whatever the political reasons for the "food safety crisis," it has been long in coming and the system needs to be fixed.

Bill Marler

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 5:33 PM PDT

2008/08/30 · 17:33

Here is an Op-ed I did on December 17, 2006:

Most Americans would agree with me that fast food is generally unhealthy. They would also agree that lettuce is a healthy food and that eating healthy foods should improve your health – not put you in the hospital.

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 5:32 AM PDT

2008/08/29 · 05:32

I penned an Op-ed on the safety of our meat supply in October of last year. The text is below. Since then it has only become worse in my view with several million pounds more of E. coli-tainted meat being recalled after hundreds are sickened.

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Is the US Beef Supply Safe?

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Is the US Beef Supply Safe?

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Yes

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Speech Before Food Safety Inspection Services (FSIS) on Increase in E. coli-related Illnesses

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Thursday August 28, 2008 · 9:46 AM PDT

2008/08/28 · 09:46

Not too long ago, I wondered if the beef industry had actually wised up, and was about to put me out of the business of representing the people they make sick. After a decade of nearly continuous outbreaks of deadly E. coli O157:H7, from Jack in the Box to ConAgra, the beef industry seemed to suddenly clean up its act. That would have been good news for millions of Americans, especially young children, who are most vulnerable to food-borne illness. It would also have been good news for the beef industry. And, believe it or not, it would have been good news to a lawyer who would prefer to never see another three-year-old child hooked up to a kidney dialysis machine.

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Wednesday August 27, 2008 · 8:56 AM PDT

2008/08/27 · 08:56

You cannot see it, taste it, or smell it. 250,000 E. coli O157:H7 (E. coli) bacteria will fit on the head of a pin. Ten to 50 will kill your child or your grandmother.

Bill Marler

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Tuesday August 26, 2008 · 12:07 AM PDT

2008/08/26 · 00:07

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 clients, I have been in business too long. It began in 1993 with over 700 people sickened, hundreds hospitalized - many with life-long complications - and four deaths - stemming from the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak.

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Sunday August 24, 2008 · 10:14 PM PDT

2008/08/24 · 22:14

Recently, and for good reason, late-night television hosts have gotten lots of laughs at the expense of a one inch piece of finger—uncooked—"found" in a bowl of Wendy’s chili. Claims and counterclaims have flown, but most indications point to, at best, a grotesque hoax, and perhaps more appropriately, an illegal act.

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Saturday August 23, 2008 · 7:28 AM PDT

2008/08/23 · 07:28

Ah, for the good old days, the late 1990s, when the economy was booming and the US still commanded some respect, and when we could take the kids and grandma out for burgers without poisoning them. Goodness, the late 1990’s, when our only worry was sex in the oral (sorry, oval) office.

It was a brief, golden era, when Americans could trust the nation’s meat supply. People were aware of the deadly E. coli O157:H7 (E. coli) outbreak, traced to Jack-in-the-Box hamburgers in 1993. But President Clinton and the USDA addressed the problem and showed genuine concern for the victims. But, the times do change.

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Do you eat hamburger?

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Do you eat hamburger?

Yes

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Pure and Wholesome: Is food a risky business? – Raw Milk Food Safety

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Friday August 22, 2008 · 5:17 AM PDT

2008/08/22 · 05:17

A few years ago, I was invited to an international conference on food safety where I participated in a panel discussion alongside a young, intelligent and very serious dairy farmer from the state of Wisconsin. He was there to make the case for the health benefits of pure, wholesome, unpasteurized milk.

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Is Raw Milk Safe?

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Is Raw Milk Safe?

Yes

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American Food Safety System a "Train Wreck"

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Thursday August 21, 2008 · 6:54 AM PDT

2008/08/21 · 06:54

In just a year and a half, the American meat industry has experienced a whiplash of beef recalls. 40 million pounds of meat tainted with highly toxic E. coli O157:H7 has been publicly recalled, up by a staggering factor of two hundred from the 2006 amount of only 181,900 pounds.

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