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.
San Simeon Inc. in Albuquerque and Chuck’s Seafoods Inc. in Charleston, OR are the latest seafood processors to run into trouble with the Food and Drug Administration over the
With 75,000 head, Millenkamp Cattle located northwest of Jerome, ID is not finishing out 2009 on a positive note. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigators early last September visited
During the 12 weeks from mid-September to mid-December in the federal courthouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson put on a lot of evidence that it is poultry litter
A guilty plea last spring has brought a $5,000 fine this winter for a Winnipeg chicken farm.
The Evergreen Colony Ltd, doing business as Evergreen Poultry Farms, was convicted
1. New York Times reporter Michael Moss introduced readers to Stephanie Smith, a children’s dance instructor from Minnesota who is partially paralyzed from E. coli O157:H7. In Moss’
Making tuna salad sandwiches or bakery products should not be that hard to understand, but two Maryland businesses are getting some help from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
We all know or should know that many chickens contain either Salmonella or Campylobacter or both and that these bacteria can cause disease. Every couple of years Consumer Reports tests
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Montreal-based Olymel S.E.C. are warning the public not to consume certain processed ham and other meat products because may be contaminated
An Ohio slaughtering and meat packing facility specializing in beef, pork, lamb, and veal is recalling product because of potential E. coli O157:H7 contamination.
Bristolville-based Mehan Packing recalled 772