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.
It’s who replaces who season in Washington D.C. It happens whenever one party beats the other in presidential elections. Food safety advocates are watching these changes with rapt
U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, introduced the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act on Nov. 18. It includes $39 billion in new resources
When it comes to the Salmonella rule for poultry the, public has wanted more time for comments and more meeting time with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. Now
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has signed an agreement with Alveo Technologies to develop a handheld avian flu molecular diagnostic for humans that returns results in 30-45 minutes
RFK Jr., a lawyer-politician, could replace lawyer-politician Xavier Becerra as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Or RFK Jr could be the next Secretary of Agriculture, replacing Tom Vilsack, a
Human bird flu has hospitalized a Canadian teenager at British Columbia Children’s Hospital. He is the first person in Canada to test positive for the bird flu virus.
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Politics and pinball do sometimes have a lot in common. Both can produce surprising and unexpected results. Those lights and metal balls that pinball was known for before the digital
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that some dairy farm employees showed signs of infection, even when they didn’t report feeling sick. The
On Tuesday, three of nine ballot issues Denver voters had to decide dealt with animals and animal products. But nothing changed because all of them were slaughtered at the ballot
As a function of the Biden-Harris Administration, the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Committee might be a drag on rural votes. On the eve of next week’s Presidential election, the Biden/
As the death rate rose in the Boar’s Head listeria outbreak, one could not help but wonder if this might top the 2008 Maple Leaf listeria outbreak.
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The Russell County Butchery submitted a petition that USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) took in on Sept. 5. It requests that FSIS change the guidance for determining
