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The Washington Post Has Been the CDC of the Cyclospora Outbreak Since July. Lena Sun Had Taco Bell Two Days Before the Agencies Said It, Taylor Farms the Day Before FDA Named It, Nine States and Then Fifteen Before Any Federal Page Did, and on Friday a Number the Agencies Never Published. The Story Left to Write Is What Congress Does Before the Next Crop Goes In.
While I was on a plane heading back from Norway, on Friday evening Lena H. Sun of the Washington Post reported that FDA had closed its investigation of the largest Cyclospora outbreak in American history: the parasite was in wastewater leaving the Taylor Farms de Mexico plant and in a ditch at a grower that supplied it, and the agency...
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Publisher’s Platform: Put me out of the lettuce business, please
I just landed from Norway a few hours ago after speaking at a food safety conference in Oslo for two days and chasing the Northern Lights for a few more. On Oct. 2 the Food and Drug Administration closed its investigation of the largest Cyclospora outbreak in American history and said where it found the parasite: in a tank of wastewater...
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Deterrence and Detection: A Shout Out to Tom Gremillion — and a Few Points to Add
Just landed in Norway, and the first thing I read off the plane was Tom Gremillion’s new piece for the Consumer Federation of America, “Food Safety and Corruption.” Read the whole thing. Nobody in Washington connects the dots on food safety better than Tom, and nobody says it more plainly. Thank you, Tom — for the piece,...
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Wheels Up for Oslo, With One New Slide: Abbott Paid $385 Million, and Nobody Was Charged
This afternoon I fly from Seattle to Oslo. On Wednesday and Thursday, September 23 and 24, I give two talks at the Aquatiq Food Forum 2026 at the Clarion Hotel Oslo: “Why It Is a Bad Idea to Poison Your Customers” and “The Criminalization of Food Safety Failures.” I wrote about both talks last week. This is a...
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Two Talks in Oslo: Why It Is a Bad Idea to Poison Your Customers, and What Happens When It Stops Being About Money
I am headed to Norway. On September 23 and 24 I am giving two talks at the Aquatiq Food Forum at the Clarion Hotel Oslo, to a room of food industry leaders, Mattilsynet, Nestlé, McDonald’s Nordic, Mowi, Coop, NorgesGruppen and Norsk Kylling. Day one is called “Why It Is a Bad Idea to Poison Your...
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Norway’s Supreme Court Upholds Jehovah’s Witnesses State Registration and Funding
Last week, the Supreme Court of Norway in State v. Jehovah’s Witnesses, (Høyesterett, April 29, 2026), invalidated decisions of government officials that denied state funding and registration as a religious community to Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Court also issued a press release summarizing the decision. The press release reads in part: The State argued that the religious community’s practice...
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Northern lights, southern shadows: The 2026 RSF Index reframes the work of protecting journalists
Editor’s Note: Reporters Without Borders released its 2026 World Press Freedom Index on April 30, 2026, recording the lowest global score in 25 years and naming the legal indicator as the dimension declining fastest worldwide. Norway held the top spot for the 10th straight year, the Nordic and Baltic states accounted for nearly half of...
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Norwegian NIS Registration & Process Agent Services
Norwegian NIS Registration & Process Agent Services | How AGPLAW Assists Shipowners in Structured Flag Transitions The Norwegian maritime sector occupies a distinctive position in the global shipping industry. Unlike the large-scale shipbuilding jurisdictions of East Asia, Norway is not primarily associated with mass production of bulk carriers or container vessels. Instead, the country has...
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Norway urged to release migrant rights activist Tommy Olsen, block extradition to Greece
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged authorities on Norway to release human rights defender Tommy Olsen and block his extradition to Greece. The rights organization warned that extraditing Tommy Olsen could expose him to serious violations and undermine Norway’s obligations to protect activists. On March 16, Olsen was arrested in his home in Tromsø,...
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