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.
Salmonella enteritidis (SE) contamination in the laying houses, combined with “alarmingly high rodent populations,” make it likely that eggs from a Rose Acre Farms operation in north central Indiana are
The odor from the outdoor food preparation going on at a business called Home Bakery and Festivals in Chicago was so foul that neighbors began calling local newspapers.
In a
Antibiotic drug residues were too high in bob veal calves sold for slaughter recently by dairy farms in Wisconsin and Illinois.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discovered
Provincial Courts in July imposed fines totaling $46,500 for violations of food safety and other laws enforced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
Heartland Colony Farms Ltd. pled
GeneSeek, the Lincoln, NE-based unit of Neogen that traced the linage and genetics behind the first U.S. case of mad cow disease in 2003, is back in the news
The world’s leading Maradol papaya grower acknowledged over the weekend that it is facing its most serious food-safety challenge since a pesticide chemical prevented its product from getting into
I’ve always been a sucker for bang, bang presentations. Why so many wait so long before getting to the point, I’ve never been able to figure.
Whether it’
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
