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.

Letter from The Editor: Pork producers strike back

Opinion In 2020, the food and employee safety issue known as line speed became a cause celeb, cited by the union and other activist groups in all sorts of ways.

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Jun 2021

Letter from The Editor: Pork producers strike back

With or without USDA support, hog producers push line-speed case to the appellate court

It looks like the line-speed issue involving market hogs is going down the Big River for a decision by the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis

By Dan Flynn

/ 3 Jun 2021

With or without USDA support, hog producers push line-speed case to the appellate court

Kruse wins some access to Blue Bell’s corporate documents for use at coming trial

The former President of Blue Bell Creameries, Paul Kruse, is five months out from a jury trial and probably could use a little good news. And a little good news

By Dan Flynn

/ 2 Jun 2021

Kruse wins some access to Blue Bell’s corporate documents for use at coming trial

Food safety’s complicated case that still isn’t over

ALBANY, GA — Just more than eight years ago, well-known Georgia defense attorney Edward D. Tolley told a young majistrate judge that the criminal case they were both looking at was

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 May 2021

Judge’s ruling on Stewart Parnell’s motion to vacate likely won’t come until July or later

ALBANY, GA –After 13 and three-quarters hours of testimony in Stewart Parnell’s hearing to vacate the 22 years remaining on his sentence, it isn’t over. Government objections helped

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 May 2021

Judge’s ruling on Stewart Parnell’s motion to vacate likely won’t come until July or later

Last minute plan to combine hearings for former peanut executives quashed by Magistrate

Starting this morning in federal court in Albany, GA, brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell are getting the week to make collateral attacks on their prison sentences with back-to-back evidentiary hearings

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 May 2021

Last minute plan to combine hearings for former peanut executives quashed by Magistrate

Enforcement stepped up in past year to protect USDA’s organic label

The USDA’s organic label is likely the most trusted mark of its kind. The organic label has seen steady growth ever since 1990 when Congress passed the Organic Food

By Dan Flynn

/ 19 May 2021

Enforcement stepped up in past year to protect USDA’s organic label

Three additional witnesses sought by Stewart Parnell for next week’s hearing

Three additional witnesses will likely testify at Stewart Parnell’s hearing next Monday to vacate his convictions and sentencing related to multiple federal felonies stemming from a deadly 2008 Salmonella

By Dan Flynn

/ 18 May 2021

Three additional witnesses sought by Stewart Parnell for next week’s hearing

Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock grilled on FDA food safety budget

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) and House Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food, and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chair Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), have sent

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 May 2021

Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock grilled on FDA food safety budget

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

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Dan Flynn

Letter from The Editor: Pork producers strike back

With or without USDA support, hog producers push line-speed case to the appellate court

Kruse wins some access to Blue Bell’s corporate documents for use at coming trial

Food safety’s complicated case that still isn’t over

Judge’s ruling on Stewart Parnell’s motion to vacate likely won’t come until July or later

Top hearing questions: What did the jury know, why wasn’t the trial moved

Last minute plan to combine hearings for former peanut executives quashed by Magistrate

Enforcement stepped up in past year to protect USDA’s organic label

Three additional witnesses sought by Stewart Parnell for next week’s hearing

Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock grilled on FDA food safety budget

Trial postponed for talks over federal meat act felonies

Top food safety officials speak to virtual Food Safety Summit