Veteran journalist with 15+ years covering food safety. Dan has reported for newspapers across the West and earned Associated Press recognition for deadline reporting. At FSN, he leads editorial direction and covers foodborne illness policy.
Twenty years later, the State of Oklahoma is coming away with the win, but without as much as it sought over the years to clean up waters polluted by poultry waste.
The Alliance's unique model brings together industry leaders, consumers, academics and regulatory stakeholders who recognize that food safety is a shared responsibility.
Brashears fills a 333-day vacancy in the nation’s top food safety position that has been open since Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban left the job at the end of the Biden administration.
In the retraction, the scientific publication stated that the action was based on several critical issues including the fact that the carcinogenicity of glyphosate was solely based on unpublished studies from Monsanto.
Food companies can track a package from a warehouse to your door. So why can't the FDA trace where your food actually comes from? The answer involves politics, lobbying, and a lot of delay.
"Products containing 7-OH (which are frequently brewed into tea) are illegal under federal law,” said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department’s Civil Division.
Under the program, Nevada will expand its state inspection capacity with food safety oversight to boost market access for small and very small processors.
