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 serves as Senior Editor and covers foodborne illness policy.

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

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?

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Dan Flynn

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

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?