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.
Congress rolled out the $31 billion disaster package on Tuesday, which includes a one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill through September 2025.
Since the Farm Bill, with its numerous
While raw milk consumption is an elusive figure, it’s generally accepted that it is both more popular and more risky today than at any time in the past several
The Amish turnout in last month’s election was reported to be “unprecedented,” possibly helping President-elect Donald J. Trump take Pennsylvania.
The Amish were reportedly moved to the polls by
The HHS and USDA are nearing the publication of another round of Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The only question may be whether the new guidelines will be issued before the
One multi-billion merger partner bailed out after two court rulings went against the long-pending Kroger-Albertsons merger.
Albertsons has gone from being a merger partner with Kroger to seeking billions over
Thousands of food-producing farms and ranches are off the hook from a federal bureaucracy with powers to send them to jail. This means that, at the moment, nobody has to
FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones confirmed in a Senate hearing this week that the Food and Drug Administration intends to finalize its decision on the carcinogenic food
Sen. Chuck Grassley met with Iowa media and said that there is no chance that an entirely new Farm Bill will be approved before the 118th Congress ends in just
Raw Farms LLC in Fresno, CA, formerly known as Organic Pastures, serves the largest raw milk markets in the county. It is no surprise that multiple batches of Raw Farms
Ever since federal penalties totaling $1.5 million were imposed late last year on 13 meat plants contracting in eight states with Packers Sanitation Services Inc. for employing children in
Fifty-five adults in. the United States were stricken with human bird flu this year, and now a child has become the latest victim of the avian virus.
California has identified
Two dozen Members of Congress, led by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, are demanding the Food and Drug Administration ban the carcinogenic food dye FD&C Red No. 3, known as
