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.
Queseria Chipilo’s recall last August of Oaxaca String, Queso Fresco, and Queso Fresco Hoja De Plátano cheeses due to Listeria contamination was only the tip of the pathogen iceberg.
Jonathan’s Sprouts Inc. is not the first food company to get into trouble for its website. The way the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sees it, company
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has criticized Air Wisconsin’s Canadair Regional Jets out of Philadelphia for operating in January with non-working toilets and lavatories. One jet,
Dixie Mills Old Fashioned Yellow Grits, manufactured in Tifton, GA, were being made in an inadequately maintained facility infested with rodents and insects, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
A bill to make raw milk sales legal has already passed the New Jersey Assembly by a veto proof 71-to-6 vote and is sitting in the Senate Economic Growth Committee.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found multiple violations at a Los Angeles food manufacturer during an inspection last Sept. 23-30.
Those findings — covering acidified foods, current good
Used for horses and cattle in the U.S., for dogs in some countries and even for elephants in others, flunixin meglumine is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent.
Flunixin meglumine comes
The seaside area of Muara Baru is the largest fishing port in Indonesia. Located in North Jakarta, seafood processor P.T. Indomaguro Tunas Unggul says it has “sophisticated technology to
This is “Opening Day” weekend, so named because the Major League Baseball (MLB) season begins. Opening Day is the most important day on the national calendar because it is all
A ban on food and water from Japan, more radiation monitoring, soil and irrigation water sampling, and more money for food inspections are needed to protect against radiation emissions crossing
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has decided to tweak procedures it follows in monitoring for the chemical residues left by animal drugs. It is going to take more
The U.S. government’s “right hand” was grading and okaying egg shipments while its “left hand” was testing for and finding Salmonella contamination. And the right hand had no
