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 serves as Senior Editor and covers foodborne illness policy.
Oregon wanted FSIS to allow state establishments — located in states operating under a cooperative agreement with FSIS to enforce requirements “at least equal to” federal requirements — to slaughter or process amenable species for subsequent use at federal establishments within the same state.
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.
