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.
Canada’s steady stream of court convictions against companies for violations of its basic food safety laws, such as the Meat Inspection Act, continued during September with two more firms
In the one week since the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last reported on the multistate outbreak of listeriosis-linked “Rocky Ford” cantaloupes from Colorado’s Jensen Farms,
If rural America kicks the lite version of animal identification (ID) to the curb just as it did the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), an economic study says export markets
I once worked in Seattle for a Canadian editor. I was always trying to gain insights from him about what Canadians really think. One morning I asked him about a
International produce businesses that move fruits and vegetables across borders are cheering for Del Monte Fresh Produce in its challenge to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) closure of the
For the first time in five years, the state restaurant inspection posted on the wall at Taylor’s Maid-Rite in Marshalltown, IA does not contain an active “red” violation.
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The death Tuesday of another victim of the cantaloupe-caused Listeria outbreak has been confirmed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Shelly Occhipinti-Krout, 48, of Parker, CO died
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is experiencing a hailstorm of opposition to its new animal disease traceability system as the proposal reaches the halfway point in the
Investigators found Listeria monocytogenes matching an outbreak strain in cantaloupe at a Denver-area store, and on equipment and cantaloupe at the Jensen Farms packing facility in Colorado, the U.S.
We’re not sure what more we could have served up during this past week, the first of our third year serving the food safety community.
There was no better
First came the state warning, then retail removals, next was the recall, followed by national warnings, and now the first lawsuit. The multi-state Listeria outbreak has played out this week
By the time the first recall was announced Wednesday, major retail chains had already removed all Colorado-grown cantaloupes from their shelves in the face of a deadly, multistate outbreak of
