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 illegal horsemeat market west of Miami might still be going officially un-noticed were it not for last year’s discovery of 21 carcasses that drew attention to the grisly
The U. S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use Merrick Beef Filet Squares for dogs distributed by Merrick Pet Care.
The Merrick product with a package
In one of those rare instances, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a public warning about a product with a serious food safety problem before the
The Paul W. Marks Company, Inc., a 50-year old family-owned food distributor in Everett, MA has a problem with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
It is making
Frozen scallops being sold at supermarkets are contaminated with Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning toxin, the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety announced.
The products involved are pre-packaged frozen half-shell scallops with
Patulin is a toxic substance produced by molds that may grow in apples. While there are no documented cases of human illnesses caused by patuylin, the U.S. Food and
Love him or hate him, Michael Taylor is sharing his views on occasion in Atlantic Magazine’s online Food Wire. Taylor, officially the senior advisor to U.S. Food and
Another year, another peanut butter recall.
This time Coon Rapids, MN-based Parkers Farm, Inc. is recalling peanut butter and other products because they may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes.
The
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Tuesday rolled out the first phase of its Transparency Initiative, which is designed to explain agency operations, how it makes decisions, and
During November, Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety found 99.6 percent of the 4,700 food samples it tested safe.
About 3,000 were subjected to chemical tests
Packaged and restaurant foods should reduce their salt content by 25 percent over the next five years, says a national campaign led by New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Farley.
Five samples from pigs at the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse last month tested positive for human swine influenza at the University of Hong Kong, the city’s Food and Environmental Hygiene
