Bill Marler’s business is booming — and that’s not great for the rest of us. Marler is a food safety lawyer, defending people who’ve been sickened by foodborne illness. He has been doing this for 33 years, with such high-profile wins that he’s become a towering figure in the food safety world. This year, he’s
Taylor Farms is facing a rapidly advancing public health crisis, and communications veterans say its latest messages have muddied an already confusing situation. The major food supplier said Sunday that the FDA had withdrawn a positive test for cyclospora in its lettuce, calling it a false positive. The cyclospora parasite has sickened thousands of people
Taylor Farms, a lettuce supplier to Taco Bell, has been linked to a cyclosporiasis outbreak in five states. Taylor Farms, founded by Bruce Taylor and several partners in 1995, is a California-based fresh produce company that has grown into a multimillion-dollar company with more than 24,000 employees and 22 production facilities throughout North America. The
Taco Bell is taking a more aggressive approach to guard against cyclospora than federal health officials currently recommend, temporarily removing some ingredients from select restaurants while the CDC investigates a multistate outbreak. The fast-food chain told Business Insider on Tuesday that it has “voluntarily and temporarily” removed certain ingredients from select restaurant menus as a
