Dan Flynn

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.

Web-based business in Iceland asks USDA to square its policy with FDA

Petitioning USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service for change are not for the faint of heart. While petitions are few, it’s usually a long wait even when the

By Dan Flynn

/ 1 Dec 2022

Web-based business in Iceland asks USDA to square its policy with FDA

Amos Miller returns to court with a new, high-profile attorney from Los Angeles

Amos Miller, along with his wife Rebecca, is scheduled to be back in federal court in two weeks with new lawyers, and maybe a new strategy to avoid imprisonment as

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Nov 2022

Letter From The Editor: New Products

Sometime during the pandemic, I found myself at the Apple store in Austin. I needed a replacement for my MacBook Air and a nice lady helping me suggested I add

By Dan Flynn

/ 25 Nov 2022

Temporary Restraining Order extended in child labor case involving large meat company

A preliminary injunction that prevents a labor contracting firm from providing child labor to JBS in Grand Island, NE, has been extended to Dec. 7. The preliminary injunction is against

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Nov 2022

Temporary Restraining Order extended in child labor case involving large meat company

Fiscal year 2022 goes in the books at USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service

The numbers are in for USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) for the final quarater of fiscal year 2022. FSIS progressive enforcment starts on the slaugther room floor

By Dan Flynn

/ 23 Nov 2022

Fiscal year 2022 goes in the books at USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service

Time is running out for Esteban’s confirmation in lame-duck Congress

When you’re waiting to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, hearing that your nomination has been taken hostage with others is not good news. But for Jose Emilio

By Dan Flynn

/ 22 Nov 2022

Time is running out for Esteban’s confirmation in lame-duck Congress

Technology in food driving FDA’s announcements during the past week

During the same week that the Food and Drug Administration re-affirmed its approval of Atlantic salmon with an intentionally altered genome, the agency also permitted the growth of chicken from

By Dan Flynn

/ 19 Nov 2022

Technology in food driving FDA’s announcements during the past week

Unlikely that child labor at JBS went un-noticed by world’s largest meat company

Children working overnight at the JBS meat packing plant in Grand Island, Nebraska were required to clock in and out of their shifts by entering their ID number into a

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Nov 2022

Unlikely that child labor at JBS went un-noticed by world’s largest meat company

JBS caught using child labor for food safety services; contractor called into federal court

JBS S.A. — the Brazilian company that is the largest meat processing company in the world — has some key JBS USA food safety jobs to fill after being caught using

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 Nov 2022

JBS caught using child labor for food safety services; contractor called into federal court

Even picking them out is not without danger, but Colorado voters favor making them legal

When it comes to tax increases, Colorado residents are usually a hard sell. But when it comes to making drugs legal, they are getting a reputation as push-overs. That began

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 Nov 2022

Even picking them out is not without danger, but Colorado voters favor making them legal

Sioux Falls voters clear a path for the new pork processing facility

There was one election this week that was like Milwaukee voting to ban breweries or Hersey, PA, putting the kibosh on chocolate makers. It was in Sioux Falls, SD, where

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Nov 2022

Sioux Falls voters clear a path for the new pork processing facility

More capacity turning out to be the answer to the infant formula shortage

A decidedly supply-side solution is shaping up to solve the infant formula shortage that’s been plaguing the United States for the past eight months or so. Perhaps sooner, rather

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Nov 2022

More capacity turning out to be the answer to the infant formula shortage

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Dan Flynn

Web-based business in Iceland asks USDA to square its policy with FDA

Amos Miller returns to court with a new, high-profile attorney from Los Angeles

Letter From The Editor: New Products

Temporary Restraining Order extended in child labor case involving large meat company

Fiscal year 2022 goes in the books at USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service

Time is running out for Esteban’s confirmation in lame-duck Congress

Technology in food driving FDA’s announcements during the past week

Unlikely that child labor at JBS went un-noticed by world’s largest meat company

JBS caught using child labor for food safety services; contractor called into federal court

Even picking them out is not without danger, but Colorado voters favor making them legal

Sioux Falls voters clear a path for the new pork processing facility

More capacity turning out to be the answer to the infant formula shortage