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.

Blue Bell president” Ricky” Dickson testifies as government witness against his “friend”

AUSTIN — Richard S. “Ricky” Dickson, the current President at Blue Bell Creameries, testified Wednesday as a government witness against his predecessor and one-time mentor, Paul Kruse. Dickson took over from

By Dan Flynn

/ 4 Aug 2022

Blue Bell president” Ricky” Dickson testifies as government witness against his “friend”

Jury trial begins in fraud and conspiracy trial involving Blue Bell, an iconic Texas brand

AUSTIN — The timeline played the starring role during the opening arguments at the jury trial of the United States v Paul Kruse. Department of Justice attorney Matthew Lash for the

By Dan Flynn

/ 3 Aug 2022

DOJ drops one charge against retired Blue Bell president as trial begins

AUSTIN–At the request of the Department of Justice team trying the case, the trial judge dismissed one of the seven counts of the indictment against a former president of

By Dan Flynn

/ 2 Aug 2022

DOJ drops one charge against retired Blue Bell president as trial begins

Jury picked for trial of former Blue Bell president; opening arguments today

AUSTIN — It was a long but primarily quiet Monday as a 12-man, four-woman jury was selected to hear the United States v. Paul Krause. Kruse is the retired president of

By Dan Flynn

/ 2 Aug 2022

Jury picked for trial of former Blue Bell president; opening arguments today

Oregon-like legalization of “magic” mushrooms is the goal of the Colorado ballot measure

Colorado could decriminalize the personal use and possession of certain psychedelic plants and fungi, including “magic mushrooms,” and create a Natural Medicine Access Program, according to a voter initiative on

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Jul 2022

Oregon-like legalization of “magic” mushrooms is the goal of the Colorado ballot measure

Some city water utilities have bad news for customers because of ‘forever chemicals’

City water utilities as far-flung as Mobile, AL, Evanston, IL, Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, NC, and Thorton, CO are scrambling to explain they are still selling a safe product.

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Jul 2022

Some city water utilities have bad news for customers because of ‘forever chemicals’

His calendars show Califf is taking on the management of the infant formula crisis

Were it not for all the meetings about infant formula, FDA Commissioner Robert M.Califf’s schedule would look like those of his many predecessors, emphasizing drugs and medical devices.

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Jul 2022

His calendars show Califf is taking on the management of the infant formula crisis

Kruse trial begins Monday with jury selection

At Broken Arrow, OK, Blue Bell Creamery made unlimited ice cream available for the 20th Annual Taste of Summer Festival. And a 13-year-old North Texas girl gave Blue Bell the

By Dan Flynn

/ 25 Jul 2022

Kruse trial begins Monday with jury selection

The pressure put on EPA over ‘factory farms’

A letter sent Tuesday to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan urges him to unleash EPA’s powers on so-called “factory farms.” The letter is signed by 218 known and

By Dan Flynn

/ 21 Jul 2022

The pressure put on EPA over ‘factory farms’

DeLauro and Durbin introduce The Food Safety Administration Act for a move toward a single federal food safety agency

Food safety may have a respect problem. The President’s appointment of Jose Emilio Esteban, of California, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety has gone for eight

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 Jul 2022

DeLauro and Durbin introduce The Food Safety Administration Act for a move toward a single federal food safety agency

Pre-trial arguments underway for Aug. 1 trial of retired Blue Bell president

With three weeks until jury selection, the first sealed document with several exhibits was docketed in the United States v. Paul Krause. Its contents remain a mystery. And ahead of

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Jul 2022

Pre-trial arguments underway for Aug. 1 trial of retired Blue Bell president

Bird flu eases in commercial poultry, but APHIS fears it could return in fall

Commercial poultry flocks in the United States have mostly escaped highly pathogenic avian influenza during the past month. And a world snapshot for the period from May 19 through June

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Jul 2022

Bird flu eases in commercial poultry, but APHIS fears it could return in fall

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Dan Flynn

Blue Bell president” Ricky” Dickson testifies as government witness against his “friend”

Jury trial begins in fraud and conspiracy trial involving Blue Bell, an iconic Texas brand

DOJ drops one charge against retired Blue Bell president as trial begins

Jury picked for trial of former Blue Bell president; opening arguments today

Oregon-like legalization of “magic” mushrooms is the goal of the Colorado ballot measure

Some city water utilities have bad news for customers because of ‘forever chemicals’

His calendars show Califf is taking on the management of the infant formula crisis

Kruse trial begins Monday with jury selection

The pressure put on EPA over ‘factory farms’

DeLauro and Durbin introduce The Food Safety Administration Act for a move toward a single federal food safety agency

Pre-trial arguments underway for Aug. 1 trial of retired Blue Bell president

Bird flu eases in commercial poultry, but APHIS fears it could return in fall