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.
Cooked beef products from one source in Brazil have been stopped at the border because they contain too much of a broad-spectrum antiparasitic used as a de-worming agent in animals.
California-based Montclair Meat Company Inc. issued a recall May 15 for approximately 53,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, according to
We wish foodborne illness investigations moved faster. But, as we’ve been told time and time again, “this isn’t CSI.”
There is nothing we at Food Safety News can
Just nine of 4,400 food samples tested during March by Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety failed to pass.
In its monthly “Food Safety Report,” the Center for
San Francisco’s Galant Food Co., recalled approximately 250 pounds of chicken puff products and beef puff products on May 12 because they contain an undeclared allergen, egg, according to
Canada’s Reportable Diseases Regulations and the Health of Animals Regulations are being amended to change the status of five types of bluetongue, from “federally reportable” to “immediately notifiable.”
The
Feed lots, dairies and feed mills sure like those antibiotic drugs for animals.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) charged four animal agriculture practitioners in warning letters sent out April
Noxubee County in Mississippi’s Black Prairie is pretty much the center of America’s $400 million domestic catfish industry. Noxubee County Producers Inc. located in Macon, MS is a
Ministers responsible for food safety in Australia and New Zealand are accepting comments until Friday on part of draft Intergovernmental Agreements that will help consumers and the food industry better
Nutrient trading, a market-based approach for protecting and improving water quality, is going into effect in Maryland. The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) will run the nutrient credit-trading program.
Goal
No illnesses have been associated with a new recall of ready-to-eat meats for Listeria contamination that is certain to get a lot of attention in Canada.
The Canadian Food Inspection
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Monday announced new performance standards for the poultry industry to use in knocking down Salmonella and Campylobacter contamination levels.
Vilsack said after two years under the
