- With an E. coli outbreak tied to romaine lettuce and an egg recall for fear of salmonella, food poisoning is on shoppers' minds.
- Food poisoning expert Bill Marler has cut certain foods out of his diet after more than two decades as a foodborne-illness attorney.
- Here are eight foods he won't eat, from uncooked eggs to bagged lettuce.
It feels as though the world is being bombarded by endless rounds of food poisoning outbreaks.
On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that Americans avoid any form of romaine lettuce. Earlier in April, more than 200 million eggs were recalled for fear that they could be contaminated with salmonella. And, in late March, a South African listeria outbreak was dubbed the largest of its kind after 189 people died and hundreds more were sickened.
Bill Marler, an attorney with a focus on food poisoning cases, has been watching the outbreaks closely.
With more than two decades working as a food poisoning advocate and attorney, there are some things that Marler has cut out of his diet. Marler has won more than $600 million for clients in foodborne-illness cases - and become convinced that some foods aren't worth the risk.
In an article by Health Insider from BottomLine and in conversations with Business Insider, Marler has identified certain foods that he avoids - and that others should be wary of as well.
Here are the foods that this expert says scare him the most:
