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.

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

Report takes a deep-dive into the nasty Cyclospora parasite

The International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA), formerly the United Fresh and Produce Marketing Association, has distributed a report on Cyclospora cayetanensis in produce. This report is released and published by

By Dan Flynn

/ 3 Nov 2023

Report takes a deep-dive into the nasty Cyclospora parasite

Pork producers ask for partial summary judgment ahead of Boston bench trial

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and Massachusetts Commissioner of Agriculture Ashley Campbell, the defendants being sued in federal court by Midwest pork producers, have until Nov. 7 to respond

By Dan Flynn

/ 2 Nov 2023

Pork producers ask for partial summary judgment ahead of Boston bench trial

California raw milk dairy is not saying much about its Salmonella-related recalls

Raw Farms LLC, formerly known as Organic Pastures, is recalling all fluid raw milk and raw heavy cream with best buy dates that extend out for another week to Nov.

By Dan Flynn

/ 1 Nov 2023

California raw milk dairy is not saying much about its Salmonella-related recalls

The food industry, especially meat producers, appears to be at the center of stepped-up child labor enforcement

Ever since federal penalties totaling $1.5 million were imposed earlier this year on 13 meat plants contracting in eight states with Packers Sanitation Services Inc. for employing children in

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Oct 2023

The food industry, especially meat producers, appears to be at the center of stepped-up child labor enforcement

Improving food safety at the FDA is the goal of a new broad-based coalition

The FDA Foods Coalition was announced Thursday in Washington, D.C., promising to put more pressure on the federal government for improved food safety. Since February 2022, when Dr. Robert

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Oct 2023

Improving food safety at the FDA is the goal of a new broad-based coalition

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Dan Flynn

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

Report takes a deep-dive into the nasty Cyclospora parasite

Pork producers ask for partial summary judgment ahead of Boston bench trial

California raw milk dairy is not saying much about its Salmonella-related recalls

The food industry, especially meat producers, appears to be at the center of stepped-up child labor enforcement

Improving food safety at the FDA is the goal of a new broad-based coalition