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.
Juice, bread, and the Norwegian flatbread called lefsa are not the kind of products that come to mind when one thinks about the risk of foodborne illnesses.
But a series
Nebraska may soon join 27 other states with their own meat and poultry inspection services under a bill passed by the Unicameral Legislature. In a 35-1 vote, it asked
Truth be told, I do not get out much.
Mostly I keep my head down, talk to people on the telephone, and exchange endless email traffic. My routine outings in
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
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
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
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
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
