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.
After a year-long extension and months of speculation, this week will finally see the kick-off hearing for a new Farm Bill. It means it is time for even the casual
Memphis-based Sedgwick is out with a firehose of data about product recalls during the first quarter of 2024 with mixed results for food safety.
According to the Recall Index, overall,
The back-to-back bans on the making or sale of cultivated meat in Florida and Alabama are getting answered around the world in Singapore.
That’s where GOOD Meat begins the
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has completed its review of the Nov. 4, 2022 petition from Iceland’s TopIceland.com
The petition asked FSIS to clarify
Two U.S. states and one European country are banning manufacturing, selling, and distributing cultivated meat and poultry products. Italy enacted a ban last year, and Florida and Alabama enacted
A food safety line item in the federal budget would go a long way toward “bringing clarity and certainty” to the human foods programs of the Food and Drug Administration.
It’s unknown if humans can become infected with the Avian Flu virus from unpasteurized, raw milk, but we’ve certainly set up the experiment to find out.
That’s
The Washington D.C.-based Meat Institute, formerly the “North American Meat Institute,” has decided to do something about child labor.
“The members of the Meat Institute are universally aligned
“The Revolution That Died on Its Way to Dinner” By Joe Fassler was published on March 2 in the New York Times. It told of how the cultivated meat industry
Maybe these aren’t mysteries but food science problems that will be quickly solved like all the others.
Or not.
The Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is a highly contagious
Sometimes a bill about planting potatoes is simply about planting potatoes.
In Colorado, where the Legislature ends on May 8, a bill concerning the planting of uncertified potatoes is already
The 56th Arizona Legislature adjourned Sine Die, which is about a bill that failed to pass.
House Bill 2244 would have added meat labeling to Arizona’s Pure Food Control
