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.
Recalls of meat and poultry contaminated with dangerous E. coli–the most feared of the many foodborne bacteria–stayed at relatively low levels for a second year, but were still
Three more seafood processors have gotten their operations snarled in regulatory waters, netting them warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Fish Brothers Inc., located on
Whether it was a Washington gaffe (telling the truth by accident) or whether then U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson really meant to say it, he
Since the 1970s when Americans went through a few life-threatening botulism outbreaks because of low-acid foods improperly packaged in hermetically sealed containers, there have been rules in place to prevent
After years of success with tough love, USDA has opted for a more lenient approach for dealing with Brucellosis, a disease that can induce fevers, sweating, weakness, anemia, headaches, muscular
For the second time in less than a year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to the world’s largest airline food service about
The child nutrition bill President Obama is expected to sign is supposed to make school breakfasts, lunches, and after-school meal programs nutritious for all.
And to make sure no one
Canada’s small meat processors operating without the benefit of federal inspection have the same problem, as do their counterparts in the United States. They cannot sell their products outside
The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility left $1 billion on the table when it opted not to recommend Congress charge the meat and poultry industry for inspection service.
Co-chairs Erskine
Before he was Secretary of Agriculture, and before he was governor of Iowa, Tom Vilsack was mayor of Mount Pleasant, a town of less than 8,000 citizens residing on
