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All I want for my birthday is Salmonella Free Chicken

Bill Marler

Yesterday was my birthday (65) and I missed this posted by Sandra Eskin, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety in Health and Safety: Food Safety is About People. Here is a historical piece written by Helena Bottemiller, then at Food Safety News : It was Sept. When the U.S. This is nothing new.

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Poisoned to be made into Documentary

Bill Marler

The 2011 book, Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. coli outbreak and the rise of Bill Marler as a food safety attorney. A documentary based on Jeff Benedict’s 2013 bestseller “Poisoned” has officially been announced. coli Outbreak that Changed the Way Americans Eat , chronicles a deadly 1993 Jack in the Box E.

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FSMA Rule 204 Updated: What Restaurants Need to Know Right Now

Modern Restaurant Management

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in January of 2011 and expanded the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s authority to regulate the way foods are grown, harvested and processed. Tainted food has cost the food industry billions of dollars in recalls, lost sales, and legal expenses.

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Salmonella declared an Adulterant in certain raw Chicken products – a Baby Step, but a Step forward nonetheless

Bill Marler

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing that it will be declaring Salmonella an adulterant in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products. Food safety is at the heart of everything FSIS does,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. This is nothing new.

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Hey Chicken Little, the sky will not fall if Salmonella is deemed an adulterant

Bill Marler

19, 2020, we filed a petition with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), on behalf of Rick Schiller, Steven Romes, the Porter family, Food & Water Watch, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumer Reports. Here is a historical piece written by Helena Bottemiller, then at Food Safety News : It was Sept.

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Netflix documentary ‘Poisoned’ shows tragic truth about food safety in America

Food Safety News

Not only has “Poisoned” won kudos for its frank depiction of a “ broken system that often places profit over public health ” the film has much to teach doctors about growing threats along American farm-to-fork chains plus modern loopholes and legislative inertia surrounding the safety of American food. However, some U.S.

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Understanding the Costs of Unsafe Food

Food Safety Tech

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1 in 10 people get sick because of contaminated food and 420,000 people die due to foodborne illnesses every year around the world (WHO, Food Safety, 2022). Similarly, in 2011, an E. For example, in 2006, a spinach contaminated with E.