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.

Imported food requires country audits and individual inspections of foreign food facilities

U.S. audits of foreign country inspection systems for equivalency with America’s food safety regulations, such as the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Inspection Act, the Egg Products

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Nov 2025

Imported food requires country audits and individual inspections of foreign food facilities

Plea to RFK Jr. timed for Veterans Day

Today is Veterans Day, honoring approximately 17.6 million living veterans in the United States. And some of them are using this time to call on Health and Human Services

By Dan Flynn

/ 11 Nov 2025

Better FDA Act offers ingredient oversight, but it might work ‘like a lobster trap’

U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-KS, has introduced The Better Food Disclosure Act (The Better FDA), a to reform the “Generally Recognized as Safe” or “GRAS” practice by which the

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Nov 2025

Better FDA Act offers ingredient oversight, but it might work ‘like a lobster trap’

GOP senators want to allow direct sales of state-inspected meat and poultry on the web

State-inspected meat and poultry sold on the internet could soon be crossing state lines, as the federal government embraces “direct to consumer” sales. Direct-to-consumer sales are favored by the nascent

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Nov 2025

GOP senators want to allow direct sales of state-inspected meat and poultry on the web

Factory producing cell-cultured chicken about to start production in North Carolina

The USDA’s first and only inspection grant is complete for a large-scale cultivated meat factory in North Carolina, that’s ready to open. Along with a USDA blessing for

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Nov 2025

Factory producing cell-cultured chicken about to start production in North Carolina

Private counsel in Tyson v. OK is not an option for state unit according to state attorney general

In the 20-year-old State of Oklahoma v Tyson Foods Inc. case, the docket is approaching 4,000 entries, and it takes 38 pages of single-spaced lines to list all the

By Dan Flynn

/ 5 Nov 2025

Private counsel in Tyson v. OK is not an option for state unit according to state attorney general

Brashears gets confirmation hearing for USDA Undersecretary for Food Safety appointment

If confirmed to again serve as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety, Mindy Brashears said she will enter the job as she left it — as a scientist with her

By Dan Flynn

/ 4 Nov 2025

Brashears gets confirmation hearing for USDA Undersecretary for Food Safety appointment

Pause in bird flu outbreak is over as commercial and backyard flocks have been hit hard

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reports that after a summer pause, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has returned in significant numbers. Since Sept. 1, another 3.88

By Dan Flynn

/ 31 Oct 2025

Pause in bird flu outbreak is over as commercial and backyard flocks have been hit hard

National Chicken Council comments suggest that processed chicken isn’t an ultra-processed food

Before “ultra-processed foods” can be restricted or eliminated, there’s going to have to be a definition for “ultra-processed foods.” Sounds simple enough. California and one or two other states

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Oct 2025

National Chicken Council comments suggest that processed chicken isn’t an ultra-processed food

Health freedom group wants to use government’s words on dietary supplements

The libertarian health freedom organization, the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) USA, is petitioning the FDA to approve 118 nutrient–disease health claims drawn from the government’s own scientific

By Dan Flynn

/ 29 Oct 2025

Health freedom group wants to use government’s words on dietary supplements

In Congress: Attempt to resurrect MCOOL for beef

At least in part for food safety reasons, consumers prefer to know where their food is coming from. The origin of beef and other meats has eluded American consumers over

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Oct 2025

In Congress: Attempt to resurrect MCOOL for beef

State judge tosses challenge to Montana food safety act over ‘standing’

Two years into suing the State of Montana over food safety gaps, Jeffrey P. Havens has learned that state District Court Judge Christopher D. Abbott has dismissed his case “with

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Oct 2025

State judge tosses challenge to Montana food safety act over ‘standing’

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Dan Flynn

Imported food requires country audits and individual inspections of foreign food facilities

Plea to RFK Jr. timed for Veterans Day

Better FDA Act offers ingredient oversight, but it might work ‘like a lobster trap’

GOP senators want to allow direct sales of state-inspected meat and poultry on the web

Factory producing cell-cultured chicken about to start production in North Carolina

Private counsel in Tyson v. OK is not an option for state unit according to state attorney general

Brashears gets confirmation hearing for USDA Undersecretary for Food Safety appointment

Pause in bird flu outbreak is over as commercial and backyard flocks have been hit hard

National Chicken Council comments suggest that processed chicken isn’t an ultra-processed food

Health freedom group wants to use government’s words on dietary supplements

In Congress: Attempt to resurrect MCOOL for beef

State judge tosses challenge to Montana food safety act over ‘standing’