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 leads editorial direction and covers foodborne illness policy.

Trial postponed for talks over federal meat act felonies

USDA’s Quarterly Enforcement Report showed a criminal felony indictment headed for trial in June, but talks are delaying that. A grand jury indicted Michael and Joel Quattrucci and Rhode

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 May 2021

Trial postponed for talks over federal meat act felonies

Top food safety officials speak to virtual Food Safety Summit

For the 10th year, a panel of the nation’s top food safety officials spoke Wednesday to more than 300 virtual Food Safety Summit attendees. Food and Drug Administration Deputy

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 May 2021

Top food safety officials speak to virtual Food Safety Summit

Parnell brothers exchange exhibit and witness lists with government for Motion 2255 hearings

Two weeks out from the evidentiary hearings that could see a federal magistrate vacate their convictions and sentences, the Parnell brothers have traded witness and exhibit lists with government lawyers.

By Dan Flynn

/ 11 May 2021

Parnell brothers exchange exhibit and witness lists with government for Motion 2255 hearings

Oklahoma v. Tyson, the Bus Loads of Lawyers case, going on 16 years

It’s been almost 16 years since the State of Oklahoma sued most of the nation’s poultry industry-led Tyson Foods for environmental damages to its most popular waters for

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 May 2021

Oklahoma v. Tyson, the Bus Loads of Lawyers case, going on 16 years

Ag Secretary Vilsack, Food Safety Deputy Eskin in court defense of new hog inspection program

On the same day that a federal judge in Minnesota issued an order slowing line speeds under the New Swine Inspection Program, attorneys for USDA in California filed a cutting

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 May 2021

Ag Secretary Vilsack, Food Safety Deputy Eskin in court defense of new hog inspection program

Is UFCW v. USDA the end or just the beginning of the great line speed debate?

Seaboard Foods wants to intervene in UFCW v. USDA “to move to stay the effect of the Court’s forthcoming judgment by 10.5 months as to Seaboard, and for

By Dan Flynn

/ 4 May 2021

Is UFCW v. USDA the end or just the beginning of the great line speed debate?

Oregon’s bill to open up data on reportable diseases may have hit snag

Data for foodborne and other reportable diseases in Oregon might take on more clarity if Senate Bill 719 ever gets moving. Time is still on its side, with the Oregon

By Dan Flynn

/ 3 May 2021

Oregon’s bill to open up data on reportable diseases may have hit snag

Montana Legislature sends ‘Local Food Choice Act’ to governor; no license needed

Tne Montana Local Food Choice Act is on the governor’s desk. It passed on the third and final readings in the House, 70-20, and the Senate, 32 to 18.

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Apr 2021

Montana Legislature sends ‘Local Food Choice Act’ to governor; no license needed

LGMA’s York wants to bring pre-harvest testing to leafy greens in California

analysis Tim York is “passionately focused on food safety,” according to his biography from the California Leafy Green Marketing Agreement (LGMA). And, maybe that’s true. For anyone passionate about

By Dan Flynn

/ 29 Apr 2021

LGMA’s York wants to bring pre-harvest testing to leafy greens in California

Animal sharing law is on desk of Colorado governor

Colorado’s “Ranch to Plate Act” is on the desk of Gov. Jared Polis. It deregulates meat sales that are made directly to consumers. As soon as Polis signs it,

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Apr 2021

Animal sharing law is on desk of Colorado governor

Blue Bell’s corporate attorneys sign in for witness duty in criminal case against retired president

Attorneys Douglas A. Felman and David I. Sharfstein will be representing Blue Bell Creameries L.P. in a jury trial for former Blue Bell Creameries executive Paul Kruse unless they

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Apr 2021

Blue Bell’s corporate attorneys sign in for witness duty in criminal case against retired president

Federal court in Wyoming asked to block RFID technology

Livestock producers represented by the Billings, MT cattlemen’s group known as R-CALF say they have a “right” to use “traditional low-cost methods related to animal identification and traceability.” But

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Apr 2021

Federal court in Wyoming asked to block RFID technology

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Dan Flynn

Trial postponed for talks over federal meat act felonies

Top food safety officials speak to virtual Food Safety Summit

Parnell brothers exchange exhibit and witness lists with government for Motion 2255 hearings

Oklahoma v. Tyson, the Bus Loads of Lawyers case, going on 16 years

Ag Secretary Vilsack, Food Safety Deputy Eskin in court defense of new hog inspection program

Is UFCW v. USDA the end or just the beginning of the great line speed debate?

Oregon’s bill to open up data on reportable diseases may have hit snag

Montana Legislature sends ‘Local Food Choice Act’ to governor; no license needed

LGMA’s York wants to bring pre-harvest testing to leafy greens in California

Animal sharing law is on desk of Colorado governor

Blue Bell’s corporate attorneys sign in for witness duty in criminal case against retired president

Federal court in Wyoming asked to block RFID technology