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.
More than $3 billion has been spent by the states to eliminate those harmful “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. Thirty-four states have considered 302 policies to protect people from the
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Consumer Reports publishes “On Health,” a very fine newsletter with tips on staying healthy. One of the articles this month is “9 Surprising Ways to Prevent Food Poisoning.”
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The risk to public health remains low, but concern about where avian flu will end up remains on the rise.
Since March, the number of infections has reached 94 dairy
If you can always ask, you can always ask again. And asking again is the tactic the Animal Welfare Institute is taking with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
A new report adds the Inspector General’s voice to the autopsy of America’s recent infant formula shortage.
The Inspector General’s Office for the U.S. Department of
A report published jointly by the International Labor Organization and Unicef, organizations that observed June 12 as World Day Against Child Labor, found agriculture is the largest employer of child
In just the past few days, it seems as if the world has become serious about H5N1 influenza, otherwise known as bird flu. There’s even informed speculation by some
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has, since last Sept. 2, been considering a 14-page petition from Animal Partisan requesting that it issue a notice to convey that:
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USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is more than halfway through its federal fiscal year. While it hasn’t taken any new criminal actions, it has reported various
As a political tactic, it’s been almost foolproof. You draw a line around entirely urban jurisdictions and then float a change in an agriculture practice that most voters will
Oral arguments are scheduled for Stewart Parnell v. United States during the week of Sept. 23, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta.
Parnell,
Like those cicada species that emerge en mass on a 13 or 17-year schedule, the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is right on schedule with the federal government’s five-year
