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.
A dairy operation in Tipton, CA was using too much of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory animal drug known as flunixin and could not pass a residue test.
Flunixin is effective in
Two cattle operations located west of the tiny hamlet of Doon, IA
are getting the sort of scrutiny from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration that it normally reserves
Four seafood processing facilities — making everything from herring and mackerel to raw trout, whitefish and walleye to seafood stuffings and salads — received warnings letters from the U.S. Food and
When samples of ready-to-eat sandwiches are positive for Listeria monocytogenes contamination, chances are good a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will follow.
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Last week started out in Kansas City before moving on to Chicago to a truly excellent conference organized by the North American Meat Processors Association.
Officially titled “Prevention of E.
CHICAGO — The pathogenic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia Coli (pSTEC) serotypes known collectively as the “Big Six” will soon be banned from U.S. meat, a top expert told a meat industry
Corn tortillas manufactured by La Villa Tortilleria Inc. in Franklin, TN were being prepared, packed or held under unsanitary conditions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said following
Few in Indianapolis take exception to the claim made in the name of the business called “The Best Chocolate In Town.”
In print and website reviews, Indianapolis residents are giddy
CHICAGO — After the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak in 1993-94, there was not much more available to meat processors who wanted to fight the pathogen other than water
Philadelphia International Airport has lost its “approved” status for watering and aircraft servicing, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in an Aug. 9 warning letter to airport
In any other year, just about the scariest public health warning for the people of the Sonoran Desert is the annual talk about how to avoid those really painful scorpion
Meat inspectors at federally regulated plants that slaughter animals got new instructions for humane treatment of animals.
Announced Monday by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the instructions
