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.
Editor’s Note: This is the third installment in a ten-part series on meaningful foodborne illness outbreaks. After many outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7, usually associated with a recall
Simultaneous outbreaks killing people might sound like a stretch for a Hollywood script, but it is all too real for the 6.3 million people of Papua New Guinea.
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Canada is taking a big step in food safety.
The federal government in Ottawa has decided to implement all 57 recommendations made by an independent investigation into an outbreak of
A mid-summer Salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 124 people across the country probably was due to contaminated shredded lettuce.
At least that’s the opinion of William Keene, senior
A new policy to give the public lists of retailers who bought recalled beef, pork, and poultry is on the radar screen at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a ten-part series on meaningful foodborne illness outbreaks.
While it did not get enough attention in the United States, the Walkerton
Three years ago, it was a different time. Bacteria could not get dates on weekends.
People who shunned meat could feel smug about leading lives free from E. coli O157:
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a ten-part series on meaningful foodborne illness outbreaks.
It’s been ten years since the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
A dozen children, all under age 10, in South East England are in hospitals across the region with infections from the dangerous E. coli O157:H7 bacteria that they picked
When Heather Whybrew entered Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA, she truly thought the worst was behind her. At PLU, she was pursing a double major in biology and psychology
Bacteria, viruses and parasites–the unholy trinity of foodborne illnesses–hurt people in such unique and different ways so-called “class action” lawsuits brought on behalf of victims of foodborne illness
It seems to always begin this way.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) announces the recall of 845,000 pounds of ground beef
