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.
The missing information on Elisabeth Hagen’s “public calendar” at USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) was filled in Wednesday, adding details on another 28 public meetings she has
Most of the “food safety” meetings that top U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials have been having lately with parties outside the agency are said to be about
The Auburn, WA-based Punjab Trading Inc., which processes and stores food including red split lentils, was operating below the radar until this past February. That’s when the U.S.
You just might think Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, the under secretary for food safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was on a debutante tour last fall and winter, when
High animal drug residues have been found in the edible tissues of bob veal calves sold for slaughter by a Vermont dairy.
Tissue samples taken after slaughter by the USDA’
There is no other calling than the news business where the professionals sit around talking about “the dog days of summer” like it’s an inevitable occurrence.
Our patronage of
Licensing and inspection of food trucks and concession stands at large stadiums have both been challenges for restaurant inspectors.
So it was probably only a matter of time before these
A contract food bottling and packaging company on the Hawaiian island of Oahu that was responsible for the recall of about 100 local food products in January received a June
The raw milk that sickened 16 children and two adults at a Wisconsin elementary school last month came from a bulk tank at a local farm that sells milk from
Last March undeclared eggs in some pastries at Mai’s Bakery in Monterrey Park, CA brought about a recall of moon cakes and hopia mongo, as well as suspension of
Dairy cows sold for slaughter in New Mexico were found to have drug residues, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
In a June 24 warning letter
Diarrhea — let alone something called rat lungworm nematode — can ruin any vacation, so the last thing the tourist industry needs is an association with the risk of foodborne illness.
But
