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.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service took 31 administrative actions against 21 of the nation’s largest meat and poultry facilities during the second quarter of of the federal
Almost as many food companies this year have been caught up in California’s Proposition 65 cancer and toxic warnings than during all of last year.
Speaking last week in
Opinion
There are at least two ways to generate a crowd at a food safety conference. You can do a panel of opponents where individuals who’ve been on opposite
CHICAGO — Oscar Garrison, senior vice president of food safety regulatory affairs for United Egg Producers, is one of the speakers at this week’s Food Safety Summit who is ending
CHICAGO — The 21st annual Food Safety Summit with Trade Show and Conference, begins today at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center.
The May 6-9 events are technically occurring in
Conagra Brands Inc., in Russellville, AR, has recalled approximately 2,094,186 pounds of frozen entrees due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen, according to the U.S. Department of
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue late Friday announced his finalists of 136 Expressions of Interest received from parties in 35 states vying to become the new homes of
The agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos, which escaped being banned nationally a couple of years ago, soon won’t be legally available in New York or Hawaii.
In 2018, Hawaii enacted legislation
Its critics say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has “doubled down” on the active ingredient in Roundup, the popular weed killer.
But that’s probably an overstatement.
On April
For the fourth time in one month, Seattle-King County Public Health forced a restaurant closure Tuesday within its jurisdiction. Seattle Mamak, a mobile food establishment found operating at 225
Since Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue named Mindy Brashears Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, the former Texas Tech University food safety professor is finding herself in demand.
Perdue named
A bill to close Tennessee’s raw milk loophole is dead, killed when it was assigned to the General Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee.
The Tennessee General
