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 strange case of 50,000 pre-sliced turkey meals being pulled from the cafeterias of the Lee County Public School District in Florida remains just as strange this week as
Denver’s National Western Stock Show has no plans to eliminate its “petting farm” exhibit after infecting at least 30, mostly kids, with E. coli O157:H7 last year, sending
In what might be much ado about a recall involving only 90 pounds of ground beef, private lab results are being used to call into question the accuracy of the
Cantaloupes packed under the Majesty label have been recalled by Brawley, CA-based Five Crowns Marketing because of possible contamination with Salmonella.
The recall comes after laboratory analysis conducted by a
America’s County of Origin Labeling (COOL) requirements for retail sales of meat and certain perishable commodities are in danger of being declared unfair trade practices.
The World Trade Organization
Brooklyn, NY-based Service Smoked Fish Corp. Thursday recalled its Brooklyn’s Best brand Smoked Nova Salmon because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
No illnesses have yet been
The poultry industry’s anti-microbial actions from the “re-hang” to the “post-chill” steps in the young chick slaughter process are dramatically reducing Salmonella and Campylobacter contamination on the birds, a
A year ago as the Salmonella outbreak from products produced by Peanut Corporation of America was traced to its peanut processing plant in Blakely, GA, no one predicted now big
An awareness campaign focused on key farm management practices that will help keep animals healthy and safeguard the food supply is underway in Canada.
Larry Miller, Member of Parliament for
U.S. District Court Judge Marvin J. Garbis Monday entered a Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction (Decree) against Old Carolina Farm and its owner, Francis Roderick, of Ijamsville, Md.
The
Animal waste contaminated one of Alamosa’s concrete in-ground water storage tanks that had several holes and cracks, causing last year’s deadly Salmonella outbreak in the Colorado town according
