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.
After the beating he took before a Senate subcommittee last week, I was wondering if Dr. Mehmet Oz eased his pain with Dr. Mercola’s Organic Body Butter. That product
In prosecuting the former executives of Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), government attorneys are going for convictions that, for the first time, could put defendants in a foodborne illness case
Stewart Parnell may not have understood what Theodore Roosevelt meant when he said that every man “owes some of his time, money and efforts to the upbuilding of the profession
An email said to be “highly prejudicial” to defendant Stewart Parnell because of its potential to “taint the jury pool” may be unsealed at next month’s trial, U.S.
I picked an inopportune moment to ask the top guy for the U.S fisheries industry for a little education on his business. He was among 350-400 participants from
A sealed motion filed on behalf of Mary Wilkerson, the former Peanut Corporation of America manager of quality control, has been referred to federal Magistrate Thomas Q. Langstaff. U.S.
Criminal convictions topped enforcement actions by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service during the first quarter of 2014. A jury on March 18, 2014, found Linda Chen Mai, an
My adult beverage of choice for several years now has been “Blue Moon” beer, in part because every glass is served with a big slice of orange to help meet
A patient who traveled extensively in Europe and the Middle East died recently in Texas of the rare fatal brain disorder associated with the human version of “Mad Cow Disease.
The scheduling of two pre-trial hearings makes it more likely that the July 14 criminal jury trial of the former executives of Peanut Corporation of America will get underway
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has returned to his life as a normal, everyday billionaire, but his policy dictates are lingering on and may do so for some
