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.
McDonald’s is standing its ground after being sued Wednesday in California for marketing its Happy Meals to children.
The plaintiff in the class action lawsuit is Monet Parham, mother
Video from the Humane Society of the United States, released last month, showed live chickens trampling dead chickens in crowded cages over manure pits, and eggs covered with blood and
U.S. Marshals raided the 46-year-old Duran & Sons Chili Products in Derry, NM Monday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration obtained a court order to seize the
More than 27 million pounds of meat and poultry were recalled in 2010 by processors regulated by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Meat and poultry recalls often
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
