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.

Perdue exits the building after getting USDA jurisdiction over gene-edited livestock

In one of his final acts before leaving the USDA, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue signed an agreement ending a turf war between his department and the Department of Health

By Dan Flynn

/ 22 Jan 2021

Perdue exits the building after getting USDA jurisdiction over gene-edited livestock

GAO recommends EPA track use of pesticide information for farmworkers

Farmworkers exposed to agricultural pesticides need additional information on how to protect themselves, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Since 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has had a

By Dan Flynn

/ 18 Jan 2021

GAO recommends EPA track use of pesticide information for farmworkers

Washington State juice maker shut down by federal judge for toxins

At the FDA’s request, a federal court in Washington State has shutdown a 51-year-old juice maker who was annually supplying 2.9 million apple juice servings to USDA’s

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 Jan 2021

Washington State juice maker shut down by federal judge for toxins

Hearings set on motions to vacate convictions and sentences of Parnell brothers in deadly Salmonella outbreak

Brothers Stewart Parnell, 66, and Michael Parnell, 62, have, respectively, another 18 and 11 years to serve in federal prisons for their 2014 jury convictions involving Peanut Corporation of America

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 Jan 2021

Hearings set on motions to vacate convictions and sentences of Parnell brothers in deadly Salmonella outbreak

Letter from The Editor: A modest proposal for a better transition

Opinion The transition is our quadrennial gift for the National Capital Region’s real estate market because lot’s of moves are made. The Biden Administration has about 4,000

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Jan 2021

Letter from The Editor: A modest proposal for a better transition

Pork trade threatened for sixth year by African Swine Fever (ASF)

Before 2016, African Swine Fever hadn’t been seen in Europe since 1985, but as the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) turned its calendars over to 2021, the highly

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Jan 2021

Pork trade threatened for sixth year by African Swine Fever (ASF)

Selling pork with ractopamine was supposed to be easier, but just got harder in Taiwan

Taiwan may have made a deal with U.S. trade negotiators to end the ban on ractopamine in imported livestock on Jan. 1, but local governments are not going along.

By Dan Flynn

/ 5 Jan 2021

Selling pork with ractopamine was supposed to be easier, but just got harder in Taiwan

Attorneys are already skirmishing over Parnell Feb. 24 hearing rules

More than two months ahead of the evidentiary hearing over Stewart Parnell’s motion to vacate his conviction and sentence, his appellate attorneys and the government are disputing the ground

By Dan Flynn

/ 4 Jan 2021

Attorneys are already skirmishing over Parnell Feb. 24 hearing rules

Added sugars and alcohol are not good for you, but diet guidelines unchanged

This week’s release of the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans came with less build-up than normal. But, the guidelines are drawing reactions from mild to wild. The 5-year update,

By Dan Flynn

/ 1 Jan 2021

Added sugars and alcohol are not good for you, but diet guidelines unchanged

9th Circuit again sides with California on Prop 12; meat producers likely to seek U.S. Supreme Court review

The North America Meat Institute (NAMI) is likely to file a writ of certiorari for U.S. Supreme Court review of California’s Proposition 12, which the 9th Circuit Court

By Dan Flynn

/ 29 Dec 2020

9th Circuit again sides with California on Prop 12; meat producers likely to seek U.S. Supreme Court review

Motion to dismiss charges against former Blue Bell chief denied by Austin judge

Federal Judge Robert Pitman backed up his chief judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western Texas District on Dec. 21 by ruling that the COVID-19 crisis was

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Dec 2020

Motion to dismiss charges against former Blue Bell chief denied by Austin judge

Naughty and Nice: FSN’s annual list cancelled for 2020 as the virus dominates

Opinion This is usually the time and space where Food Safety News recognizes those who’ve been naughty and those who’ve been nice. We just cannot in fairness do

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Dec 2020

Naughty and Nice: FSN’s annual list cancelled for 2020 as the virus dominates

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Perdue exits the building after getting USDA jurisdiction over gene-edited livestock

GAO recommends EPA track use of pesticide information for farmworkers

Washington State juice maker shut down by federal judge for toxins

Hearings set on motions to vacate convictions and sentences of Parnell brothers in deadly Salmonella outbreak

Letter from The Editor: A modest proposal for a better transition

Pork trade threatened for sixth year by African Swine Fever (ASF)

Selling pork with ractopamine was supposed to be easier, but just got harder in Taiwan

Attorneys are already skirmishing over Parnell Feb. 24 hearing rules

Added sugars and alcohol are not good for you, but diet guidelines unchanged

9th Circuit again sides with California on Prop 12; meat producers likely to seek U.S. Supreme Court review

Motion to dismiss charges against former Blue Bell chief denied by Austin judge

Naughty and Nice: FSN’s annual list cancelled for 2020 as the virus dominates