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.
Early during the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, I found myself in a small Mississippi take-out restaurant nearing the order counter while still reading the menu when
After third-party audits turned out to be embarrassments for Peanut Corporation of America and Wright County Egg, the independent inspection industry must be hoping the “third strike” won’t come
The “cowgirl superstar” whose life story won a boatload of Emmys is now speaking out about changes to livestock marketing rules that she says will have negative consequences for animal
In a year when everything from alfalfa sprouts to chicken soup, and from eggs to black pepper and a lot more were recalled for Salmonella contamination, there is still time
FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) this past summer released its draft guidance on “The Judicious Use of Medically Important Antimicrobial Drugs in Food-Producing Animals.”
The week before the
The Murphy House, a North Carolina processing plant for barbecue meats Wednesday issued its third recall for the year. This time, the problem is Salmonella contamination in 4,920 pounds
Deadly chopped celery contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes was traced back Wednesday to Sangar Fresh Cut Produce in San Antonio, and the company was ordered to stop processing food and recall
Catfish and carp being processed by Wisconsin’s Blum’s Spring Lake Fisheries is adulterated and misbranded, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Located in Potosi–
Whether they are truly motivated by their concern for food safety, or whether they just want to erect a trade barrier, U.S. catfish farmers are methodical in keeping pressure
Increase the number of local inspections by combining food safety and health and safety inspectors, and then make the Food Standards Agency’s public rating system mandatory.
Those are among
In the official documents piling up over the nationwide outbreak of Salmonella, Austin J. “Jack” DeCoster, who may be the nation’s No. 1 egg producer, is getting only the
An Indiana dairy farm signed a “Livestock Owner Certificate” promising buyers that animals it sold would be free of illegal levels of drug residues.
Now, however, USDA’s Food Safety
