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.

Farm Bill 2024 is unlikely to include anything about food safety

The Farm Bill, signed into law by President Trump on Dec. 20, 2018, was extended by Congress into next year. It was to expire, but congressional Republicans and Democrats could

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Nov 2023

Farm Bill 2024 is unlikely to include anything about food safety

‘Free range’ and pasture-raised claims continue to draw comments

Perdue Farms LLC’s petition to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service was submitted eight months ago but continues to generate comments about whether separate “free range” and “pasture-raised”

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Nov 2023

‘Free range’ and pasture-raised claims continue to draw comments

Brashears: Beating salmonella in poultry needs to focus on serotypes causing human illness with improved data

Mindy Brashears was Under Secretary for Food Safety in late 2020 when USDA’s Office of Food Safety (OFS) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) released a plan

By Dan Flynn

/ 22 Nov 2023

Brashears: Beating salmonella in poultry needs to focus on serotypes causing human illness with improved data

Labeling lab-grown meat and poultry isn’t likely to be easy

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has a labeling manual that runs about 40 pages. And it seems there are always petitions for labeling changes in the

By Dan Flynn

/ 21 Nov 2023

Labeling lab-grown meat and poultry isn’t likely to be easy

Does proximity to the border matter when foreign meat gets inspected?

The Niagara Falls, NY-based U.S. Canadian Border Inspection Agency opposes any change to the 50-mile radius rule for conducting Port of Entry Import Inspections. The USDA’s Food Safety

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Nov 2023

Does proximity to the border matter when foreign meat gets inspected?

11th Circuit receives Parnell’s reply on his motion for an early release

Appellate attorney Amy Lee Copeland has provided the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit with Stewart Parnell’s Reply Brief. The reply is to the government’s

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 Nov 2023

11th Circuit receives Parnell’s reply on his motion for an early release

Paraguay’s tiny but controversial re-entry to selling beef in the U.S. market

Paraguay is a small, landlocked country with far bigger neighbors in Argentina and Brazil. Over time, it evolved into one of South America’s best. The USDA will allow the

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 Nov 2023

Paraguay’s tiny but controversial re-entry to selling beef in the U.S. market

Petition for some USDA-FDA dual work on eggs is denied

The National Chicken Council had to wait for 5 and a half years to learn that USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service had denied a request about using surplus

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 Nov 2023

Petition for some USDA-FDA dual work on eggs is denied

2024 ballot measures by animal activists to chase lambs out of Denver

North of the intersection of Colorado’s two major Interstate highways, among other industrial uses, is one of the nation’s largest lamb processors, which has done business since the

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Nov 2023

2024 ballot measures by animal activists to chase lambs out of Denver

Avian flu kills more than 61 million birds, but CDC still sees only a slight threat to humans

After a summer pause, the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) epidemic in the United States resumed last month, first as a single event, then as a cluster of cases, and

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Nov 2023

Avian flu kills more than 61 million birds, but CDC still sees only a slight threat to humans

EPA rush job means the pesticide chlorpyrifos will be back in the fields in 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency’s ban on the insecticide chlorpyrifos was arbitrary and capricious, mainly because the two-year-old decision to ban it was rushed. Consequently, the U.S. Court of

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Nov 2023

EPA rush job means the pesticide chlorpyrifos will be back in the fields in 2024

With FDA action, brominated vegetable oil faces nationwide ban, not just in California

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to revoke the regulation authorizing the use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food. The action comes after BVO landed on a

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Nov 2023

With FDA action, brominated vegetable oil faces nationwide ban, not just in California

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Dan Flynn

Farm Bill 2024 is unlikely to include anything about food safety

‘Free range’ and pasture-raised claims continue to draw comments

Brashears: Beating salmonella in poultry needs to focus on serotypes causing human illness with improved data

Labeling lab-grown meat and poultry isn’t likely to be easy

Does proximity to the border matter when foreign meat gets inspected?

11th Circuit receives Parnell’s reply on his motion for an early release

Paraguay’s tiny but controversial re-entry to selling beef in the U.S. market

Petition for some USDA-FDA dual work on eggs is denied

2024 ballot measures by animal activists to chase lambs out of Denver

Avian flu kills more than 61 million birds, but CDC still sees only a slight threat to humans

EPA rush job means the pesticide chlorpyrifos will be back in the fields in 2024

With FDA action, brominated vegetable oil faces nationwide ban, not just in California