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.
Iowans are so concerned about their state Secretary of Agriculture that the office is directly elected, and now the half billion recall of Iowa eggs may scramble that election.
Democratic
When things get confusing, lawyers do what lawyers do–go back to court for directions more to their liking.
And that’s exactly what has happened when it comes to
Canada is looking at new regulations for certain imported food products.
As part of the process, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is seeking input from stakeholders and the Canadian
Improper pasteurization has forced Midland Farms in New York State to recall its milk products.
In a Sept. 8 alert, New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker warned consumers about
Food safety is usually about the bacteria or viruses that might get into your system from something you ate or drank.
But if you want to take the boat out
Holly House nursery in Dollingstown near Lurgan is getting ready to reopen after 12 British children were infected there with E. coli O157:H7.
The source of the sometimes-deadly pathogen
A heifer imported from Switzerland managed to jump England’s barriers to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), but that isolated incident does not mean the United Kingdom’s Mad Cow defenses
An Oregon seafood processing facility and a California food manufacturing company recently received warning letters from FDA.
Napoleon Deli, located in Gladstone, OR, was warned about its tuna fish sandwiches
State standards for measuring the safety of seafood after oil spills were lowered by FDA for the Gulf of Mexico, the Press-Register in Mobile, AL reports.
The FDA measure in
Two California seafood processing facilities, one making corn clam chowder in Irvine, and the other preparing tuna and mahi-mahi in Bell, recently received warning letters from the U.S. Food
The “Meatless Monday” campaign that urges Americans to cut their beef consumption by 15 percent suggests grilled avocado with salsa as the meat substitute of the week.
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