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.
Queso Fresco, Panela, and Requeson cheeses were recalled Friday by Yakima, WA-based Queseria Bendita.
The three cheeses may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and
The hardest two weeks of my life were when I agreed to help my friend Brad when his parents were on vacation. Brad’s family were Minnesota dairy farmers. They
In ten years of tomato racketeering and bribery, it was probably inevitable that food safety would take a back seat at California-based SK Foods. But with the federal grand jury
Following the great immigration raid at the kosher Agriprocessors plant in the Iowa town of Postville on May 8, 2008, practically the whole criminal law book has been used to
A World Cheese Award winner–the Estrella Family Creamery located in southwest Washington State–is expanding its recall.
The 164-acre dairy farm near Montesano, WA, which is known for its
The U.S. Army, according to Fox News, is investigating allegations that five people tried to poison the food supply at Fort Jackson in Columbia, SC.
The Army’s Criminal
Starting next Wednesday, Canada will join the United States in imposing new import requirements for tomatoes so its distributors can continue to export to the U.S.
At issue is
Crushed red pepper may have been an accomplice to black pepper in the Salmonella outbreak that continues to befuddle food safety authorities in the United States.
That concern has for
Sometimes you just want to put a problem behind you, but it just sticks around like duct tape.
A new “Warning Letter” from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
In its 11th update since the nationwide Salmonella outbreak went public on Jan. 22, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta Tuesday added five cases to
When tests for the deadly E. coli O157:H7 pathogen come back with positive results, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) makes sure
The deaths of two heroin users, a recent one in England and another one last December in Germany, may be linked by anthrax.
Tests carried out at the United Kingdom’
