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.
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) adjusted inspection coverage at catfish slaughter facilities on Sept. 1, the same day an 18-month transition period ended. The transition period’
A new federal plan to combat seafood fraud by requiring the fishing industry to trace their catches from boat or farm to the U.S. border has survived a court
A sixth dairy is now bottling raw milk for the retail market in California.
To such names as Organic Pastures Dairy Co. of Fresno County and Claravale Farm of San
The Affordable Care Act is intact, Bill de Blasio is on hold, and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is on board.
That means big restaurants’ menus might yet be required to
The four-time Governor of Idaho who was Secretary of the Interior for President Jimmy Carter is someone I knew, not well or close. I first met him in a confessional
Remove meat from a man’s diet, and he may well slip into depression.
The current issue of the prestigious Journal of Affective Disorders, which includes the report entitled “Vegetarian
Ten days away from the beginning of full enforcement of USDA catfish inspections, the department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is doing a little remedial training for “wild-caught” producers.
Enforcement actions by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to ensure meat, poultry, and egg products are safe, wholesome and correctly labeled are reported each quarter.
The latest enforcement
Hundreds of ranchers from as many as 20 states will descend on Rapid City, SD, next week for the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund annual convention. R-CALF, as it’s called,
Between the time I first began working for a daily newspaper and today, we’ve seen media ownership become much more concentrated.
Back then when 50 or 60 mostly family
Oral arguments for the appeals of Stewart Parnell, Michael Parnell and Mary Wilkerson are set for the week of Nov. 6, according to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of
The confidential settlement reached on June 28 between Beef Products Inc., and Disney-owned ABC News is not entirely a secret anymore.
The Walt Disney Company’s quarterly financial filing with
