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.
When the domestic catfish industry talks about its competition from the “Mekong Delta” being unfair and maybe illegal, it sometimes sounds a little paranoid, Now, however, U.S. catfish producers
Fish processing and general sanitation problems plague BCS African Wholesale Food Supply in Brooklyn Park, MN, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a July 20 warning letter.
In the 1971 Pentagon Papers case, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against “prior restraint” of the media by government except in very extraordinary circumstances.
The threshold to impose prior restraint
Another pet food recall is in the works because of possible Salmonella contamination.
This time it is the Procter & Gamble Company that is recalling cat food. The company’s
A Pennsylvania diary farm has agreed to keep illegal drug residues out of animals sold for human consumption.
The H.B . Williams Inc. dairy farm, located near Kingsley, PA, has
With 65 percent of the raw shop-bought chicken in the United Kingdom contaminated with Campylobacter, a potentially deadly pathogen, the UK’s Food Standards Agency has mapped out a plan
Two Specialty Farms brands of alfalfa sprouts–Organic Sprouts Blend and Organic Sprout Salad–were recalled Monday.
Both have a sell-by date of 7/26/2010 and are sold in
Pasco Processing LLC has recalled Corn and Poblano peppers intended for Chipotle Mexican Grill Restaurant locations in California, Nevada, and Arizona. The company, based in Pasco, WA, recalled 2,087
Oregon Ice Cream Company LLC of Eugene, OR is voluntarily recalling 641 tubs of 3 gallon Denali Bear Claw ice cream, because it may contain undeclared peanuts.
People who have
When you are exposed to a virus like Hepatitis A, you are going to lose some time and maybe experience some pain in getting a shot to inoculate yourself against
The Singapore Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority suspended sales from the N&N Agriculture Farm after a routine July 17 inspection found residue of the antibiotic doxycycline in the eggs.
Four years ago, there were almost no recalls of beef for E. coli O157:H7 contamination and later the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta reported on
