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.

Harvard suggests FSIS go slowly on labeling ‘lab-grown’ meat and poultry

In some action on the petition front, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) acknowledges a request from the Harvard Law School’s “Animal Law and Policy Clinic.” The

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Jul 2020

Harvard suggests FSIS go slowly on labeling ‘lab-grown’ meat and poultry

DOJ does not want poultry executive going on safari before price-fixing trial

As expected, the Department of Justice attorneys don’t want Claxton Poultry President Mikell Fries to safari in Tanzania before he goes to trial on price-fixing. Fries, one of four

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Jul 2020

DOJ does not want poultry executive going on safari before price-fixing trial

Bats and maybe some scaly anteaters likely caused COVID-19 pandemic and they could do it again

An article published Wednesday in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene by eminent scientists suggests naturally infected bats and scaly anteaters called pangolins in Asia and Southeast Asia

By Dan Flynn

/ 23 Jul 2020

Bats and maybe some scaly anteaters likely caused COVID-19 pandemic and they could do it again

At the start, Brashears finds Under Secretary for Food Safety job is all COVID-19 all the time

The day after she was finally confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Mindy Brashears was back home in Lubbock, TX, giving an Ag Appreciation Day speech to the local Chamber

By Dan Flynn

/ 22 Jul 2020

At the start, Brashears finds Under Secretary for Food Safety job is all COVID-19 all the time

African Swine Fever kept out of U.S. but pork remains threatened around the world

What if the coronavirus never made the leap from Asia to North America? COVID-19 would still be infecting millions in Europe, Africa, and Asia, but not in the United States

By Dan Flynn

/ 21 Jul 2020

African Swine Fever kept out of U.S. but pork remains threatened around the world

Thousands of poultry price-fixing victims are a challenge for the court

Poultry price-fixing has thousands of victims, making it impossible to notify them individually or accord all of their rights contained in the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA). Department of Justice

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 Jul 2020

Thousands of poultry price-fixing victims are a challenge for the court

All charges dismissed against former Blue Bell CEO Paul Kruse

All charges against the former chief executive of Blue Bell Creameries were dismissed Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman. The felony charges were dismissed after a motion hearing

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Jul 2020

All charges dismissed against former Blue Bell CEO Paul Kruse

Life stages and dietary patterns are major themes of science report from diet advisory panel

The 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has submitted its 845-page “Scientific Report” to the Secretaries of the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS). The

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Jul 2020

Life stages and dietary patterns are major themes of science report from diet advisory panel

Claxton Poultry Farms president hopes to go on safari while waiting for 2021 trial

A Denver trial in a poultry price-fixing case now won’t begin until Feb. 16, 2021, and one defendant hopes to use some of that extra time for a hunting

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 Jul 2020

Claxton Poultry Farms president hopes to go on safari while waiting for 2021 trial

FDA food safety inspections will resume next week after the pandemic pause

On-site inspections by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will resume next week, according to Commissioner Stephen Hahn. The announcement that the FDA will resume domestic inspection comes with

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 Jul 2020

FDA food safety inspections will resume next week after the pandemic pause

Letter from the Editor: Infections and deaths from COVID-19 in meat, poultry industries

Opinion When Saul Sanchez, a 78-year old “green hat” supervisor at the JBS beef plant in Greeley, CO, died from COVID-19 this past April 7, nobody was thinking he might

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Jul 2020

Letter from the Editor: Infections and deaths from COVID-19 in meat, poultry industries

USDA won’t require meat and poultry testing for COVID-19

Plant-based diet advocates known as the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine failed to persuade USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service that it should require all meat to be tested

By Dan Flynn

/ 9 Jul 2020

USDA won’t require meat and poultry testing for COVID-19

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Dan Flynn

Harvard suggests FSIS go slowly on labeling ‘lab-grown’ meat and poultry

DOJ does not want poultry executive going on safari before price-fixing trial

Bats and maybe some scaly anteaters likely caused COVID-19 pandemic and they could do it again

At the start, Brashears finds Under Secretary for Food Safety job is all COVID-19 all the time

African Swine Fever kept out of U.S. but pork remains threatened around the world

Thousands of poultry price-fixing victims are a challenge for the court

All charges dismissed against former Blue Bell CEO Paul Kruse

Life stages and dietary patterns are major themes of science report from diet advisory panel

Claxton Poultry Farms president hopes to go on safari while waiting for 2021 trial

FDA food safety inspections will resume next week after the pandemic pause

Letter from the Editor: Infections and deaths from COVID-19 in meat, poultry industries

USDA won’t require meat and poultry testing for COVID-19