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.
Canadian courts have recently issued fines totaling $15,000 for violations of various federal meat, plant, and fish laws and their supporting regulations.
Montreal-based Les Aliments Rose Hill Inc. pleaded
When Angelenos gather at their favorite delis and the talk turns to pickles, they often learn the source is A-1 Eastern Homade.
A-1 supplies pickles to many delis in the
Domestic catfish producers Thursday accused the Government Accountability Office (GAO) of “back-peddling” on food safety in seafood inspections.
The Catfish Farmers of America took offense at GAO’s questions about
Tracy, CA-based Taylor Farms Pacific has recalled 64,000 pounds of chicken and pork products because the broccoli in the packages may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
No illnesses have
In the last year, Taylor’s Maid-Rite has gone from being a popular cause in the Iowa Assembly to being an appellant in its hometown district court in Marshalltown.
While
Ohio Fresh Eggs knew its product had tested positive for Salmonella Enteritidis (SE), but 798 cases of eggs that should have been treated for the bacteria were instead shipped to
Wanting readers to think beyond the Feb. 25 decision by his three-member Ninth Circuit Court panel, calling off the destruction of genetically modified sugar beets, Judge Sidney R. Thomas opted
In a sweeping report on how to carve as much as $200 billion out of the federal government, the General Accountability Office (GAO) says there should be just one federal
Suicide is not the usual way for a bill to die.
But that word may be appropriate to the obituary of Colorado House Bill 11-1190, a bill that would have
To get back into compliance with its own state code, and without raising fees, Iowa is going with a risk-based restaurant inspection system beginning April 1. The state can no
A trio of seafood processing facilities were cited for serious violations of federal food safety regulations and informed of the allegations in warning letters that were made public last week.
It’s probably no comfort to tomato growers who lost their crop that year, but the team that investigated the 2008 Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak has stepped up with an explanation
