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.
United Airlines Inc. has managed to get a troublesome lawsuit moved from state to federal court where on Nov. 19 it will argue that the judge should dismiss the case
Undeclared allergens have been driving recent increases in food recalls, which some say contributes to the trend of consumers ignoring recall notices. A year ago, a national recall consultant found
The leafy green growing season around Yuma, AZ is about to get underway and there will be one difference from last year. This year, the buffer zone between concentrated animal
Justing repeating its choice for a preferred regulatory agency did not sound like much of a strategy for the meat industry, and the “name game” left the cell-cultured food technologists
Call it a little lite winter reading for America’s produce growers and processors.
It’s the 152 pages of non-binding draft guidance titled “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing,
Details about the recalls by national retailers and multiple manufacturers over common ingredients remain murky but McCain Foods USA Inc. is now recalling all products from its Colton, CA facility
Diced onions — not corn– with the possible dual contamination from Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes were cited late Friday by Denison, TX-based Ruiz Food Products Inc. for a recall of 124.
Analysis
It came as no surprise that 54-year old Frank M. Yiannas, FDA’s newly named deputy commissioner for food policy and response, would be the one for the job.
Carmen Rottenberg and Paul Kiecker, USDA’s top food safety executives, met last Sept. 4 with Corey Rosenbusch and Lowell Randel of the Global Cold Chain Alliance about export issues.
Two San Francisco Bay area activist organizations that previously pressured the FDA about keeping the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rulemaking on a schedule are again pushing for the agency
Oddsmakers say it is easier to get into Harvard Unversity than to get the U.S. Supreme Court to grant a petition for Writ of Certiorari.
For Mary Wilkerson, who
Opinion
The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are not known for changing up their relationships with the news media. That’s not necessarily
