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STOP accepting applicants for 2022-2023 Dave Theno Food Safety Fellowship

Bill Marler

The national nonprofit public health organization STOP Foodborne Illness is accepting applicants for its 2022-2023 Dave Theno Food Safety Fellowship. The fellowship program is a partnership with the Michigan State University Online Food Safety Program. Applications must be submitted by March 31. Dave passed in 2017.

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Plant Toxins – A Growing Global Food Safety Issue

Food Safety Tech

They have been used for monitoring marine biotoxins [1] , and to shed light on the distribution of toxins in terrestrial plants [2] , highlighting them as a potentially serious food safety issue. Comprehensive overview of the analytical methods for determining pyrrolizidine alkaloids and their derived oxides in foods.

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Did you know that FSIS has a zero tolerance for Salmonella in beef served to school kids, but not for the rest of us?

Bill Marler

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides subsidized and free meals to over 31 million qualified students across the United States each school day (USDA, FNS, 2013). established by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

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Marler Clark donates $100,000 to Dave Theno Scholarship at Stop Foodborne Illness

Bill Marler

It is a special opportunity for a young food scientist to work closely with Stop Foodborne Illness and learn from members who have experienced the consequences of failures in food safety firsthand. Dave Theno became head of Jack in the Box’s food safety shortly after the 1992-1993 outbreak.

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So, what’s the cause of the recent E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak?

Bill Marler

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) – I do not recall a CDC post recently that included working with both the FSIS (regulates, Beef, Pork, Poultry and Catfish) and the FDA (regulates everything else). RTE Salads, 2013, 33 cases, 60% female.

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Foodborne Illness costs the United States $17.6 billion yearly in 2018 dollars

Bill Marler

billion in 2013 dollars. From 2013 to 2018, inflation for the entire U.S. The cost of inpatient hospital services accounted for 74 percent of the inflation of medical care costs for foodborne illness between 2013 and 2018, ERS researchers found. million in 2013 dollars, which increased to $9.7 billion in 2013 dollars.

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Poisoned to be made into Documentary

Bill Marler

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