Food Safety NewsTwo More Pepper Recalls for Salmonella
The Spice Barn and C. H. Guenther & Son, Inc. this week joined the recall of products made with pepper purchased from the same supplier used by Rhode Island's Daniele...
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Dan Flynn
Dan Flynn is a Denver-based writer and editor with more than ten years of food safety experience. As a public affairs professional, he worked with government and regulatory agencies at the local, state, and federal levels. His career as a journalist included working for newspapers throughout the West, from the Black Hills to Seattle. His on-scene reporting on the collapse of the Idaho’s Teton Dam and the suicide bombing at Washington State University’s Perham Hall was carried by newspapers around the world and was recognized both times regionally by the Associated Press for Best Reporting on a Deadline. Most of the disasters he attends these days involve food illnesses.
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Americans Warned About Canadian Recall
A public health alert is out in the United States about ready-to-eat meat from Canada.The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued the public health alert...
DOJ Moves to Close Sprout Company
As far back as at least 2000, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been warning a Louisiana sprout company about its "seriously poor sanitary conditions and controls."Now, FDA...
FDA Letters Demand Work on Seafood HACCPs
Two seafood processing facilities--one in California and the other in Ohio---were on the receiving end of "Warning Letters" from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that were made public...
Basic Food Flavors Says it Did Nothing Wrong
Basic Food Flavors--the company that made the hydrolyzed vegetable protein or HVP contained in 159 products recalled since the crisis over the ingredient began--tried talking for the first time Wednesday.The...
Cheese Spreads Recalled for HVP
The ongoing recall of products made with hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) made by Basic Food Flavors, Inc., located in North Las Vegas, NV, continues to grow. The latest additions to...
Canada Gives US-Bound Meat More Inspections
Meat is hitting the proverbial fan in Canada.It seems Canadians are taking exception to having meat for domestic consumption coming in for less scrutiny than any product bound for the...
Judge Lets Growers Plant Roundup Ready Beets
U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White Tuesday denied a request for a preliminary injunction against using Monsanto's Roundup Ready sugar beet seed during the upcoming planting season.The ruling means sugar...
Sesame Seeds Recalled For Salmonella
Two California spice companies Monday recalled sesame seeds after learning from their supplier that the products may be contaminated with Salmonella. No illnesses have yet been associated with either of...
Taylor's Maid-Rite Not Without Safety Blemishes
The Iowa restaurant that wants the state legislature to exempt it from important food safety rules says its way of making loose meat sandwiches has never made anyone sick.Taylor's Maid-Rite...
No Inspections Prompts Two Recall Actions
Two meat and poultry recalls occurred over the weekend for products that did not get proper inspections. The companies involved were based in New York and Nevada. The most recent...
Iowa Ready to Put Food Safety at Risk
The Iowa Legislature is on the brink of extending a waiver of food safety regulations that have allowed a handful of Maid-Rite franchisees to cook and store loose hamburger meat...
Letter From The Editor: Loose Meat
Tomorrow Food Safety News will report in detail on the highly likely possibility that the Iowa Legislature is going to make it legal to recklessly cook loose meat in the...
Listeria Found in Ready-to-Eat Meat Plant
A Detroit food processing facility has some significant food safety problems, including Listeria found in the slicing room for ready-to-eat meats, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) disclosed Tuesday.Scotty's...
Prosciutto Cotto Recalled for Listeria
For the second time in four months, Canada is warning consumers not to eat a Siena Foods Ltd. product because of possible Listeria contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency...