Opinion & Contributed Articles

Paywalls shouldn’t block life-saving food recall information

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/ 7 May 2026

Paywalls shouldn’t block life-saving food recall information

Publisher’s Platform: Playing 'Romaine Roulette'

Between 2015 and 2021, E. coli O157-contaminated romaine was implicated in seven outbreaks in the United States, resulting in 4,274 laboratory-confirmed illnesses, 766 hospitalizations, and 11 deaths.

By Bill Marler

/ 4 May 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Playing 'Romaine Roulette'

Publisher's Platform: It's time to get the S*%! out of chicken and declare Salmonella an adulterant

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that Salmonella causes approximately 1.35 million illnesses, 26,500 hospitalizations, and 420 deaths in the United States every year.

By Bill Marler

/ 28 Apr 2026

Publisher's Platform: It's time to get the S*%! out of chicken and declare Salmonella an adulterant

FRESH Act is a rotten apple

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By Center for Science in the Public Interest

/ 27 Apr 2026

Publisher's Platform: Our Babies Deserve Better: It's Time to Fix Infant Formula Safety

We are the wealthiest nation in the history of human civilization. We spend countless billions on wars, artificial intelligence, ballrooms and arches. We can make infant formula safe. We have chosen, thus far, not to do the hard regulatory work required to ensure it.

By Bill Marler

/ 24 Apr 2026

Publisher's Platform: Our Babies Deserve Better: It's Time to Fix Infant Formula Safety

Publisher’s Platform: Hepatitis A and the Food Service Industry: A Case for Universal Vaccination

Few pathogens frustrate me more than Hepatitis A, because we have had a safe, effective vaccine against it since 1995, and we still can't seem to get it into the arms of the people who need it most.

By Bill Marler

/ 23 Apr 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Hepatitis A and the Food Service Industry: A Case for Universal Vaccination

FDA was too heavy handed with redaction pen in this outbreak report

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By Phyllis Entis

/ 6 Apr 2026

FDA was too heavy handed with redaction pen in this outbreak report

Do you recall this?

The 1906 parallel: History repeating Iiself

By Darin Detwiler

/ 2 Apr 2026

Publisher's Platform: Raw Farm has a history of outbreaks linked to its raw milk products

The dairy's raw cheddar cheese is currently linked to an E. coli outbreak, but its owners refuse to initiate a recall.

By Bill Marler

/ 1 Apr 2026

Publisher's Platform: Seriously, Do Not Drink Raw Milk and watch out for Cheese

Since the last update on March 15, 2026, 2 additional illnesses have been reported from California. A total of 9 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli have

By Bill Marler

/ 27 Mar 2026