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Food Safety News
U.S. food-safety trade and advocacy outlet (consumer-protection orientation)
Food Safety News is a niche outlet covering outbreaks, recalls and regulation. It was founded and funded by plaintiff's attorney Bill Marler and is now moving to a reader-supported nonprofit model. Its news reporting is mostly factual, while Marler's opinion column has criticized cuts to federal food-safety work under the Trump administration, so its posture toward the administration is mixed, with critical commentary on food-safety budgets.
Owned byFounded by food-safety trial lawyer Bill Marler and long owned by his law firm, Marler Clark. In 2026 it became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Marler remains publisher, and Morgan Holm was named executive director and editor in chief in February 2026.
LeaningU.S. food-safety trade and advocacy outlet (consumer-protection orientation)
On the administrationmixed
4.8average bias score across 5 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun