Talk:Michael R. Taylor

Because Taylor recently became head of Food Safety at the FDA, I published this biography as soon as possible, despite a lack of information online. I believe he is married to another FDA attorney. I will get on the phone or go to the library in the near future to get as much biographical information as possible. I feel wikipedia urgenly needs Michael Taylor's biography because of his career track back and forth between the Food And Drug Administration and biotechnology company Monsanto.

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There's a lot of biased statements in here, without attribution, making some pretty specific claims. This article needs help. Ronabop (talk) 06:48, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Removed it for now. It will need reliable sources before it could be added back in AIR corn (talk) 03:25, 13 August 2010 (UTC)


 * The monkey business at this article made "The Huffington Post where John Robbins observes "Was Taylor unbiased? Prior to holding that position, he was an attorney at King & Spaulding, Monsanto's law firm, where he presided over the firm's "food and drug law" practice. After the decision was made which gave the green light to rBGH, he left the FDA and resumed working directly for Monsanto, as vice president and chief lobbyist." And of the deleted Wikipedia statement that Taylor "has long been hostile to food safety," and "is widely credited with ushering recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) through the FDA regulatory process and into the milk supply -- unlabeled," Robbins observes tartly, "Apparently, if you can get your people in and out of key positions at the FDA, messing with Wikipedia is a piece of cake."--Wetman (talk) 16:47, 23 August 2010 (UTC)


 * What monkey business? The article contained unreferenced opinion. You can't have statement like "Taylor has long been hostile to food safety." without a reliable reference, let alone no reference. AIR corn (talk) 23:00, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
 * What a joke. You are the one that is biased. You've been running around the wiki making sure nobody says anything bad about Monsanto or GMOs, whether it's true or not. I wonder how much you get paid.. - Serious Cat (talk) 16:39, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

This article has serious problems.

The name Michael Taylor is most often used to discuss conflict of interest in the FDA. I'm writing this from Harvard Medical School. Please set the record straight, at least REPORT IN DETAIL the obvious conflict of interest Taylor has regulating a company which was a former employer. At present, this article would never pass a conflict of interest disclosure in a peer reviewed report. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.174.140.216 (talk) 22:22, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

The section referring to the "revolving door" needs to be eliminated or significantly altered. It is completely out of place and prejudicial. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.99.16.91 (talk) 16:02, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

Additional personal Information
Taylor is featured in this article by Kevin P. Miller, an international award winning Writer, Producer and Director. For a better understanding of Mr. Taylors thoughts and policy's...... http://kevinpmiller.blogspot.com/2008/11/return-performance-for-michael-r-taylor.html OMF-2/2/2011 — Preceding unsigned comment added by OmarFreira (talk • contribs) 19:58, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

The death toll caused by people like Taylor and his FDA cohorts has exceeded the death toll in all of our wars combined. I'd rather have an Osama bin Laden in charge of food safety. Taylor is a terrorist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.81.221.127 (talk) 08:18, 1 May 2012 (UTC)


 * This seems like a terrible exaggeration! What is your basis for saying this??  Many people see Taylor as a guy working hard to improve food safety http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/health/policy/14fda.html?_r=1 Jytdog (talk) 19:17, 23 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Oh, you simply can not read! He is called a big zero in that NY-article... LOL - Bill Maher Talks Monsanto, Genetically Modified Food (GMOs) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.136.26.24 (talk) 15:00, 12 October 2012 (UTC)


 * No, he is not called a big zero in that article.Jytdog (talk) 23:45, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

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