Dan Flynn

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 leads editorial direction and covers foodborne illness policy.

FDA’s human food chief does not think spiked lead in applesauce was an accident

Usually, an elected official charges before the evidence is in, and the bureaucrat provides an open-ended background about the food safety problem. But with the lead poisoning of applesauce pouches

By Dan Flynn

/ 19 Dec 2023

FDA’s human food chief does not think spiked lead in applesauce was an accident

Food safety requires foreign meat inspections within 50 miles of the border

The petition by the Meat Import Council of America (MICA) and the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) to allow grants of inspections for foreign meat “beyond a 50-mile geographic radius

By Dan Flynn

/ 18 Dec 2023

Food safety requires foreign meat inspections within 50 miles of the border

USDA rule isn’t to prevent future infant shortages as much as to protect WIC when they do occur

Since the federal government took an “All the King’s horses and All the King’s men” approach to overcoming the 2022 infant formula shortage, it’s a little surprising

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 Dec 2023

USDA rule isn’t to prevent future infant shortages as much as to protect WIC when they do occur

Bill for wide-open retail sales of raw milk is introduced in Missouri

An up-and-coming conservative in the Missouri House of Representatives wants to upend raw milk safety in the “Show Me” state. Rep. Adam Schnelting has pre-filed House Bill 1711 for the

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 Dec 2023

Bill for wide-open retail sales of raw milk is introduced in Missouri

The avian flu virus is rapidly spreading through commercial flocks in the U.S.

The Avian influenza summer break is not only over, it has been smashed. In the past 30 days, the virus has spread to 106 commercial flocks in 23 states. And

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Dec 2023

The avian flu virus is rapidly spreading through commercial flocks in the U.S.

Lung eating is the subject of 2023’s first petition from Philly MD

Even the petitioner, Dr. Jonathan Reisman of Philadelphia, acknowledged that his is an “unusual request.” It was 2023’s first petition to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

By Dan Flynn

/ 11 Dec 2023

Lung eating is the subject of 2023’s first petition from Philly MD

‘Right to rescue’ could be advanced by California felony conviction

After 2010, animal agriculture turned to state criminal law to stop activists from entering private property to collect evidence of animal abuse. This involved increasing penalties for trespass, making it

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Dec 2023

‘Right to rescue’ could be advanced by California felony conviction

A new window opens for the emerging lab-meat industry

Joint regulation of cell-cultured meat by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has not brought transparency to the novel food.

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Dec 2023

A new window opens for the emerging lab-meat industry

Another bill aims to block ‘ethical pork’ from taking effect in California

Until early next year, California is considering the Proposition 12 products already in the pipeline. After that, the state plans to close its market to pork products from locations that

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Dec 2023

Another bill aims to block ‘ethical pork’ from taking effect in California

$3.8 million paid for putting children at risk in dangerous jobs by ‘front companies’

Monetary penalties for hiring children to do dangerous jobs are continuing to climb, but meat and poultry companies are just not over their appetite for child labor. A Los Angeles-area

By Dan Flynn

/ 5 Dec 2023

$3.8 million paid for putting children at risk in dangerous jobs by ‘front companies’

Amos Miller exits federal court in 2023 as the third time is the charm

Amish farmer Amos Miller is holding up his third agreement with the federal government. It means his appearances in federal court are over. USDA enforcement of federal food safety regulations

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Nov 2023

Amos Miller exits federal court in 2023 as the third time is the charm

There’s a break in leafy green outbreaks, but work to eliminate them forever continues

Eight times since 2017, growers of leafy greens, especially those producing Romaine lettuce, have been rocked by outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7. The pathogen associated with the intestines of

By Dan Flynn

/ 29 Nov 2023

There’s a break in leafy green outbreaks, but work to eliminate them forever continues

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Dan Flynn

FDA’s human food chief does not think spiked lead in applesauce was an accident

Food safety requires foreign meat inspections within 50 miles of the border

USDA rule isn’t to prevent future infant shortages as much as to protect WIC when they do occur

Bill for wide-open retail sales of raw milk is introduced in Missouri

The avian flu virus is rapidly spreading through commercial flocks in the U.S.

Lung eating is the subject of 2023’s first petition from Philly MD

‘Right to rescue’ could be advanced by California felony conviction

A new window opens for the emerging lab-meat industry

Another bill aims to block ‘ethical pork’ from taking effect in California

$3.8 million paid for putting children at risk in dangerous jobs by ‘front companies’

Amos Miller exits federal court in 2023 as the third time is the charm

There’s a break in leafy green outbreaks, but work to eliminate them forever continues