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 leads editorial direction and covers foodborne illness policy.
Motions by Stewart Parnell, Michael Parnell, and Mary Wilkerson to be released from their prison terms while they appeal their convictions and sentences have all been denied by U.S.
One of the three defendants sentenced Monday in the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal case remains free. Mary Wilkerson, who was sentenced to five years of imprisonment after her
Stewart Parnell, a second-generation chief executive of a family-owned peanut enterprise who once served on the national Peanut Standards Board, was sentenced to a 28-year prison term on Monday for
Stewart and Michael Parnell will be guests of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons tonight (Monday, Sept. 21, 2015). Mary Wilkerson apparently was given the option of reporting. The long
Even before their sentencing hearing began today, Stewart and Michael Parnell both filed motions for their release while their cases are appealed to the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of
Randy Napier and Jeff Almer, whose mothers were among nine fatalities of the Salmonella outbreak linked to Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) products, have written to U.S. District Court
Before he left for the weekend, U.S. District Court Judge W. Louis Sands did his own calculations for the maximum prison sentences that he may impose on three Peanut
Through July, people outside the federal government have met in private with the leadership of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) 54 different times. Forty-eight of those meetings
It’s long been known that government prosecutors would be going for lengthy prison terms if they gained convictions in the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal indictment. When they
All five defendants charged in the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal indictments will be together next week in federal court in Albany, GA, to hear victim testimony. According to
In any real estate transaction, its almost inevitable that someone will ask why the listing parties are selling. It’s a little more rare when the response is because somebody
The victims of a foodborne outbreak are crime victims and their written statements and oral testimony should be heard at next week’s sentencing of Stewart and Michael Parnell and
