Opinion I am a trial lawyer who has for the last 30 years built a practice on food pathogens. Since the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak in 1993, I have represented thousands of families who were devastated for doing what we all do every day – eat food. In those 30 years a variety of members of the food industry have paid my clients over $900,000,000. This may prompt some to consider me a blood-sucking ambulance chaser who exploits other people’s personal tragedies for personal gain. If that is the case, here is my plea: Put me out of business, please! For this trial lawyer, E. coli , Salmonella , Listeria , and other pathogens have made a far too successful practice – and a heart-breaking one. I am tired of visiting with horribly sick kids who did not have to be sick in the first place. I am outraged with a government and food industry that allow these poisons to reach consumers. So, stop making kids sick and I will happily retire. The FDA is at a crossroads. Over 10 years after the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the goals of the most […]
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