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.
A routine inspection by the New York Department of Agriculture has prompted a Maryland company to recall its 3.5 oz. jars of Black Pepper Double Gold Fish for possible
The wrong label–one not disclosing that egg is an ingredient–has brought a warning from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Kraft Canada for people to not eat
Thirty years ago when Mount St. Helens exploded in Washington state, it gave a whole new meaning to the concept of washing your fruits and vegetables. It was like being
Since the bad old days of the late 1990s, federal food safety officials say the incidence of the best-known foodborne illnesses have been cut back. Shigella is down 55 percent,
Sodium, trans fat, and food dyes were on the agendas for meetings held last month with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg and some of
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is now accepting public comment on a consultation document for two applications to approve the sale of genetically modified (GM) foods in Australia and
A bakery with misbranding issues and a juice-maker with sanitation problems have received warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Minneapolis district office.
Misbranding violations were
Louisiana, the nation’s largest producer of fresh oysters, has closed more of its Gulf Coast harvest areas this spring than at any time in the last decade.
The closures
Michael Moss and members of the New York Times staff won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting for telling Stephanie Smith’s story, it was announced Monday.
Smith is
Going into this past weekend, on April 10, WinCo Foods recalled all ground beef products sold at its Modesto, CA store between April 3 and 9, 2010.
The Class 1,
In areas of India where the Hindu majority holds sway, “spent cows” wander freely because they are considered sacred as motherly figures that gave people milk.
In the United States,
