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.
LSG SkyChefs has fired its general manager and head chef at Denver International Airport and has torn out the pipes and drain that were contaminated with the stubborn Listeria bacteria.
A dozen or so feedlots around the Fort Morgan, CO beef plant owned by Cargill Meat Solutions have been enlisted in a field trial for a vaccine against E. coli
A New Jersey cheese manufacturer should be put out of business, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says.
FDA has filed an action in federal court against Passaic,
After today, U.S. beef may have to fight on both the domestic and foreign fronts over the safety of its product.
The American Meat Institute (AMI) has been working
A dozen days have passed since the Christmas Eve beef recall by Oklahoma-based National Steak and Poultry and still basic information has not been disclosed.
Not only has the federal
As the year ended, he Canadian Food Inspection Service (CFIA) reported two more successful prosecutions for violating the laws it enforces.
On Dec. 31st, CFIA announced the Nov. 10, 2009
In the eight day period from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day we have seen the worst performance out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety
A new on-line food training program has been developed by the Victoria, Australia Department of Health to improve everyone’s knowledge of safe food handling practices.
Victoria’s Chief Health
Fatty slaughterhouse trimmings that previously could be used only for pet food or for making cooking oil are now being treated with an ammonia bath that produces a “pink slime”
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has advised people not to consume Bonsoy soymilk. Coffee shops, retail and other outlets should also not use this product.
This follows a cluster
Elk hunting in Washington State’s Skagit River area came to an abrupt end Dec. 28th and it wasn’t pretty.
The state Wildlife Department says Elk Area 4941 was
