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.
PHOENIX — FDA’s Frank Yiannas and USDA’s Sandra Eskin, two of the federal government’s top food safety officials, were brought together here online Monday for IAFP 2021.
Eskin,
PHOENIX — The International Association for Food Protection’s (IAFP’s) annual meeting opened Sunday in here with the Ivan Parkin Lecture, which is traditional. But IAFP 2021 will be remembered
The Tyson recall expanded again this week is being updated to alert consumers that the recalled ready-to-eat products were used in additional products produced by other establishments and retailers.
Some
Judge Robert Pittman has signed an order delaying the Blue Bell ice cream criminal trial by four months and six days. Jury selection for the prosecution of Blue Ball’s
Miller’s Organic Farm and owner Amos Miller have lodged some objections to an order sanctioning it for being in contempt of court. To no one’s surprise, Miller wants
Jury consultant Denise de La Rue’s expert witness report isn’t too popular with government attorneys handling a case related to an outbreak traced to peanut products. They want
Jury selection in Austin, TX, for the criminal trial of the former chief executive of Blue Bell Creameries, is not likely to begin until 2022.
The government does not oppose
Opinion
Editor’s Note: The sanctions Amos Miller may face for being found in contempt of court are contained in a proposed Order from the Department of Justice. At the
Editor’s Note: The sanctions Amos Miller may face for being found in contempt of court are contained in a proposed Order from the Department of Justice. At the time
Federal Judge Robert Pitman has ended defendant Paul Kruse’s search of his former employer’s files that might have helped in his November criminal trial.
The judge has granted
By her actions, it sure looks like federal Judge Joan N. Ericksen is fiercely defending her decision to slow line speeds for slaughtering market hogs.
Her ruling, which takes effect
Six years after Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY, first introduced the PRIME Act to exempt so-called custom slaughtering from federal inspection and allow farmers to produce food for restaurants, grocery stores,
