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.
Another big peanut butter manufacturer has recalled one of its products because of possible Salmonella contamination.
This time it is the J.M. Smucker Co. that is recalling certain jars
The requirement that lawsuit settlements reached on behalf of children go back to federal court for approval is giving the public an early look at what last year’s nationwide
In paradise, they still have to worry about rat lungworm.
Hawaii’s top experts on the debilitating infection gathered last week at the University of Hawaii-Hilo’s College of Pharmacy
Mexico claims to have won a World Trade Organization ruling on “Dolphin Safe” labels where the objectives of the United States were found to be legitimate, just maybe not applicable
Organic Pastures raw dairy products are being recalled statewide in California and are subject to a quarantine order by California State Veterinarian Annette Whiteford.
The quarantine order came following notification
An industry-government dialogue on “Canadian food safety auditor competencies” has been kicked off the Canadian Supply Chain Food Safety Coalition. Details on the first workshop scheduled for January 2012 will
I wish I could say that I was surprised that the so-called first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) was a bust.
During my past life doing public
A New York student missed his first few days at college because a Salmonella infection from Turkish pine nuts put him in the hospital instead.
Sean McGuirk has now become
The 21-page case questionnaire used by the North Carolina Division of Public Health to crack an outbreak of E. coli helped investigators to quickly focus on the Kelley livestock building
USDA’s Food Service and Inspection Service (FSIS) is using the possibility of signing bonuses and college loan forgiveness to fill positions at some rural or remote locations where it
The ongoing Listeria outbreak caused by contaminated cantaloupe, with 29 deaths, has been called the most deadly foodborne illness in recent U.S. history.
The Centers for Disease Control and
Just as the high-end 69-restaurant chain known as Morton’s of Chicago began mourning the death of its founder, news of an embarrassing lawsuit against its Boca Raton, FL restaurant
