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.
Organic farms using manure as fertilizer may not be creating growing areas as fertile for foodborne pathogens as once thought.
A new computer model–called COLIWAVE–developed by researchers at
Tyson Foods Inc. says a Warning Letter it received in November from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) made some erroneous conclusions.
“Contrary to the impression left by
Seafood processors came in for their share of “Warning Letters” released Dec. 1st by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The letters, dated from Sept. 23rd to Nov.
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
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
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
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
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
