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.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to hear from one foreign and two domestic seafood processors who share the problem of “having serious violations” of seafood Hazard
Rockville, Missouri-based West Missouri Beef is recalling approximately 14,000 pounds of fresh boneless beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of
Over the last few weeks, Food Safety News has received numerous inquiries related to our “Contributed Articles” section. This section is dedicated to featuring articles and opinion pieces written by
The People’s Republic of China clearly is not handling the latest melamine-tainted milk problem like it did the last time.
The slow action that marked the last melamine-in-milk scandal
Somewhere in the 135,000 tons of fresh black pepper Vietnam shipped around the world last year is the end of a supply chain that is making people sick in
A settlement has been reached between victims of the Peanut Corporation of America-caused Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court trustee.
It will allow $12 million in personal
As of Sunday, owners of horses that may be sold to Canadian meat processors face some new requirements in Canada.
After Jan. 31st, all equine owners intending to sell animals
The ready-to-eat meat maker Daniele International Inc., with operations in Pascoag and Mapleville, R.I., is expanding its January 23rd recall of 1.24 million pounds of salami/salame.
It
Jerold Mande, the Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, told a University of Florida audience last week that as many as 80 percent of foodborne illnesses could be caused by
The Canadian Supply Chain Food Safety Coalition is asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper for a new round of consultations between Ministers of Health, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the agri-food
Only 12 of 6,100 food samples tested by the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety last month returned “unsatisfactory” results, the city’s Food and Environmental Hygiene Department reports.
Last April I was with the civil plaintiff attorneys and their experts who were working for the victims of the Peanut Corporation of America tragedy when we were all allowed
