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.
One cannot help but wonder if the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has bitten off more than it can chew when it comes to tracking animals.
Five years and
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Tuesday introduced legislation to require that food producers take responsibility for keeping food free from harmful pathogens.
The bill would amend the Poultry Products Inspection Act,
The two-time winner of the World Fantasy Award, four-time winner of the British Science Fiction Award and one of the best fantasy writers of his generation is dead at age
The Cherokee Nation has placed its order with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. It wants its place in the courtroom in Tulsa where the State
One of Spain’s most important resorts on the western Mediterranean is infecting British travelers with E. coli O157:H7, the United Kingdom’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) reported over
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) warned the public over the weekend not to consume Large Seedless Watermelons sold under the Melon Up brand because the product may be contaminated
Enid, OK-based Advance Food Company recalled approximately 110,730 pounds of frozen beef steak fritter products that may contain foreign materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety
Almi Inc., a Philadelphia, PA-based pasta and pastry manufacturing plant is misbranding its products, but that’s not its worst offense.
Worse is not registering its very existence with the
His hometown newspaper, the Seattle Times, profiled Bill Marler last Monday.
As managing partner of Marler Clark, L.L.P, PS, which owns Food Safety News, we are used to
Two more popular television shows have recently disparaged agriculture, according to some who write from rural America.
Broadcasting false and disparaging information about agriculture could still land television personalities in
A Texas dairy west of Fort Worth offered an animal for sale for slaughter as food that was adulterated, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) says.
In a
A final report on the Fairbank Farms outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 from ground beef was issued Nov. 24th by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Among
