Food Safety Website was founded in 2009 to fill a void. At the time, both print and broadcast media were facing consolidation and budget cuts. Dedicated reporters on the food, health and safety beats were being reassigned or seeing their positions disappear altogether.

Food safety attorney Bill Marler saw an opportunity to pull together a team of talented journalists and give them the resources to provide timely reporting on food safety issues like no other news outlet could. Today, our original, in-depth reports are published daily, and are complemented by contributed articles and opinion pieces written by food safety leaders from every sector of the industry. Our reporters have been granted access to the White House, the Supreme Court, and multiple Congressional offices alongside the nation’s leading newspapers and media networks.

Our annual traffic grew to almost 4 million unique visitors in the past year — up nearly 100 percent from the previous year. That tells us Food Safety Website is providing much-needed coverage of topics important not only to our core audience of food industry leaders and government agency personnel, but to every one who cares about the safety of the food supply.

As Food Safety Website entered its ninth year in September 2017, our reporters continued to bring you outstanding, award-winning coverage of topics ranging from policy and politics to foodborne illness outbreaks to sustainability, science and research. Your questions, suggestions and comments help inspire us to dig deeper into food safety issues as we continue to expand our scope, audience, and impact on the dialogue around food in the world today.

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The Food Safety Website Team

Bill Marler
Publisher

Dan Flynn
Editor in Chief