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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
