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.

Food recalls during the COVID Quarter came with ‘glaring food safety headlines’

In the B2B market, Bannockburn, IL-based Stericycle’s hand-holding of regulated businesses puts it in a unique position for monitoring almost all recall activity. And as a result, Stericycle is

By Dan Flynn

/ 3 Sep 2020

Food recalls during the COVID Quarter came with ‘glaring food safety headlines’

Food safety brass over summer were taking COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 calls

Unlike the first 90 days or so of the coronavirus pandemic, not every outsider who made contact with USDA’s top Food Safety and Inspection Service executives in June wanted

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Aug 2020

Food safety brass over summer were taking COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 calls

Consumer Reports takes consumers by hand on fresh produce and pesticides

Everybody knows the story about Goldilocks and the Three Bears and that porridge that was too cold and too hot but was finally “just right.” Consumer Reports is looking at

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Aug 2020

Consumer Reports takes consumers by hand on fresh produce and pesticides

Virtual meetings help keep FDA’s Frank Yiannas in touch with all interested in food safety

Like the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration keeps “public calendars” to document when its top officials meet with people outside the

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Aug 2020

Virtual meetings help keep FDA’s Frank Yiannas in touch with all interested in food safety

Administrative action light against large establishments during ‘COVID-19 Quarter’

Only a handful of large meat and poultry establishments were subjected to administrative action by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service this past quarter when the industry came under

By Dan Flynn

/ 19 Aug 2020

Administrative action light against large establishments during ‘COVID-19 Quarter’

OSHA’s agreement with Meat Institute may be one toke over the line

The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) last month signed a two-year alliance to provide Meat

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 Aug 2020

OSHA’s agreement with Meat Institute may be one toke over the line

Letter from the Editor: Time to put the branding irons in the museum

Opinion Later this week, the ranchers who belong to that group with the long name are holding their annual convention in Deadwood, SD. One major item on their agenda is

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Aug 2020

Letter from the Editor: Time to put the branding irons in the museum

Trace amounts of COVID-19 virus found by Chinese cities on packages of frozen foods

City food inspectors from Shenzhen and Xian, China report finding traces of the COVID-19 virus on the packaging for imported chicken wings and shrimp. China in June stepped up its

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 Aug 2020

Trace amounts of COVID-19 virus found by Chinese cities on packages of frozen foods

Coronavirus meat shortages were avoided as production slips but didn’t fall all that much

Livestock and poultry production in the United States held up after the Defense Production Act put USDA in charge of making sure meat processors kept operating but in compliance with

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Aug 2020

Coronavirus meat shortages were avoided as production slips but didn’t fall all that much

Letter from the Editor: Any sign of normalcy is worth feeling cheerful about

Opinion Now when I get a report on Salmonella infections in backyard flocks across 46 states or hundreds sickened by Salmonella Newport due to contaminated onions, I feel just a

By Dan Flynn

/ 9 Aug 2020

Letter from the Editor: Any sign of normalcy is worth feeling cheerful about

First indictments of poultry managers stemming from last year’s big poultry raid

A Federal Grand Jury in the Southern District of Mississippi has indicted four managers or supervisors or human resource officers stemming from the raid last August that saw 680 illegal

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Aug 2020

First indictments of poultry managers stemming from last year’s big poultry raid

A magistrate judge won’t say why, but denies poultry price-fixing defendant’s safari request

Federal Magistrate Judge Kristen L. Mix denied defendant Mikell Fries request to go on an African safari before his trial next year for price-fixing, but she’s made her ruling

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Aug 2020

A magistrate judge won’t say why, but denies poultry price-fixing defendant’s safari request

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Dan Flynn

Food recalls during the COVID Quarter came with ‘glaring food safety headlines’

Food safety brass over summer were taking COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 calls

Consumer Reports takes consumers by hand on fresh produce and pesticides

Virtual meetings help keep FDA’s Frank Yiannas in touch with all interested in food safety

Administrative action light against large establishments during ‘COVID-19 Quarter’

OSHA’s agreement with Meat Institute may be one toke over the line

Letter from the Editor: Time to put the branding irons in the museum

Trace amounts of COVID-19 virus found by Chinese cities on packages of frozen foods

Coronavirus meat shortages were avoided as production slips but didn’t fall all that much

Letter from the Editor: Any sign of normalcy is worth feeling cheerful about

First indictments of poultry managers stemming from last year’s big poultry raid

A magistrate judge won’t say why, but denies poultry price-fixing defendant’s safari request