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.

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

Is Big Ag out to kill animal welfare rule for the Organic Label?

That new animal welfare rule for the Organic Label may be held up by a hidden force, namely Big Ag. The Cornucopia Institute, the nonprofit that claims to watch out

By Dan Flynn

/ 4 Nov 2022

Is Big Ag out to kill animal welfare rule for the Organic Label?

Starbucks is suspected in NC action of pumping too much potassium without disclosure

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein likes to pursue consumer complaints. Recently he’s taken on the damages consumers can experience from robocalls. The latest complaint, however, is large enough

By Dan Flynn

/ 3 Nov 2022

Starbucks is suspected in NC action of pumping too much potassium without disclosure

J.M. Smucker knew about Jif’s Salmonella trouble but did not report it as required by law

The Salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter earlier this year has a history that’s coming out. It was Jif brand peanut butter manufactured by the J.M. Smucker Company

By Dan Flynn

/ 31 Oct 2022

J.M. Smucker knew about Jif’s Salmonella trouble but did not report it as required by law

Online food deliveries in Europe are off a bit, but you cannot tell from street traffic

AMERSTERDAM — A recent trip to Europe showed the streets of Krakow, Budapest, and Prague are all very different except for the bicycles making endless food deliveries. Anyone with a food

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Oct 2022

Online food deliveries in Europe are off a bit, but you cannot tell from street traffic

EPA likely will have to speak up on CAFOs

They’ve many years invested and their latest legal arguments ran 198 pages, but Food and Water Watch and their many allies wanted something pretty simple. They wanted the U.

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Oct 2022

EPA likely will have to speak up on CAFOs

Poultry losses for the year from bird flu near record; the threat to humans isn’t zero

The United States is now all but certain to beat its 2015 record of losing 50 million birds to highly pathogenic avian flu outbreaks. That became apparent during just two

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Oct 2022

Poultry losses for the year from bird flu near record; the threat to humans isn’t zero

Abbott Nutrition puts up $500 million for new state of art baby formula production

Abbott Nutrition’s Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Ford has announced that his company is putting up $500 million for a new infant formula manufacturing facility at a location

By Dan Flynn

/ 25 Oct 2022

Kerry’s former quality assurance director pleads guilty to Honey Smack outbreak

A fast-moving, but somewhat secretive federal prosecution has extracted guilty pleas for three misdemeanors from the quality assurance director for a food manufacturer working for the Kellogg Company. Ravi Kumar

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Oct 2022

Kerry’s former quality assurance director pleads guilty to Honey Smack outbreak

Rich and powerful among foodborne illness victims over the years

Foodborne illness is a preventable public health challenge that continues to cause an estimated 48 million illnesses and 3,000 deaths each year in the United States, and millions more

By Dan Flynn

/ 21 Oct 2022

Rich and powerful among foodborne illness victims over the years

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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

Is Big Ag out to kill animal welfare rule for the Organic Label?

Starbucks is suspected in NC action of pumping too much potassium without disclosure

J.M. Smucker knew about Jif’s Salmonella trouble but did not report it as required by law

Online food deliveries in Europe are off a bit, but you cannot tell from street traffic

EPA likely will have to speak up on CAFOs

Poultry losses for the year from bird flu near record; the threat to humans isn’t zero

Abbott Nutrition puts up $500 million for new state of art baby formula production

Kerry’s former quality assurance director pleads guilty to Honey Smack outbreak

Rich and powerful among foodborne illness victims over the years