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.
Gulf seafood safety is getting a big assist from the army of federal wildlife, fisheries and national park agents who are on scene to protect thousands of species from the
BP’s limited success at squirting some oil to a ship on the surface did not prevent the expansion of the area of the Gulf closed to both commercial and
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
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
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
