In his Huffington Post Op-Ed, Bill Marler discusses the impact of the newly released 2010 CDC foodborne illness statistics.
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, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (and the Tester/Hagen Amendment), passed out of the Senate Monday, the bill is now facing a significant uphill battle.
In Bill Marler’s Op-Ed for the Huffington Post, he lists the changes he would make with his food safety ‘Magic Wand’.
Bill Marler’s Op-Ed in the Huffington Post on the roadblock in Washington and its effect on Food Safety Legislation pending in Congress
Bill Marler’s Op-Ed on raw milk ran on MPR on June 1, 2010.
Bill Marler’s OpEd about the (still vacant) post of Under Secretary for Food Safety appeared in the Huffington Post on January 20, 2010.