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.

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

Chile passes USDA foreign equivalency audit

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service found no deficiencies threatening public health in a new onsite equivalence verification audit of Chile. Chile’s current exports to the United States

By Dan Flynn

/ 9 Jul 2020

Chile passes USDA foreign equivalency audit

Colorado makes egg producers remodel

Colorado is going with the more expensive, cage-free eggs, limiting the options on its menu for producers. A bill signed July 1 by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis sets a 2025

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Jul 2020

Pew’s Eskin suggests ways to reduce romaine risk from surrounding threats

Outbreaks A, B, and C sickened at least 188 people in 2019 when they ate romaine lettuce contaminated with E Coli O157:H7. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Jul 2020

Pew’s Eskin suggests ways to reduce romaine risk from surrounding threats

Fauci says nothing to fear so far from new G4 Swine flu virus

“Pandemic potential” or “pandemic-on-pandemic” are scary concepts these days and Chinese and British scientists are using those very terms to describe the threat from a new swine flu virus. Not

By Dan Flynn

/ 3 Jul 2020

Fauci says nothing to fear so far from new G4 Swine flu virus

Federal court expected to dismiss charges against former Blue Bell CEO

Felony charges lodged against former Blue Bell Creameries CEO Paul Kruse on May 1 are all but certain to be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The dismissal could

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Jun 2020

FSIS gains some in push back with OIG over process audit for new swine slaughter rule

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) report on USDA’s recent rulemaking for the Modernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection did not find much to concern USDA’s Food Safety and

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Jun 2020

FSIS gains some in push back with OIG over process audit for new swine slaughter rule

Spike in outbreak of parasites found in bags of salad; multiple grocery chains involved

The protozoan parasite, Cyclospora cayetanensis, is riding on the certain contents of bagged salad mixes, invading consumers’ intestinal tracts and causing loose stools and dehydrating diarrhea. More people fell victim

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Jun 2020

Spike in outbreak of parasites found in bags of salad; multiple grocery chains involved

Bottled water’s arsenic king remains legal but still loaded with heavy metal

Consumer Reports still has a knack for finding something hiding in plain sight that many people will find outrageous. The find this time is bottled Starkey Spring Water manufactured by

By Dan Flynn

/ 25 Jun 2020

Bottled water’s arsenic king remains legal but still loaded with heavy metal

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Dan Flynn

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

Chile passes USDA foreign equivalency audit

Colorado makes egg producers remodel

Pew’s Eskin suggests ways to reduce romaine risk from surrounding threats

Fauci says nothing to fear so far from new G4 Swine flu virus

Federal court expected to dismiss charges against former Blue Bell CEO

FSIS gains some in push back with OIG over process audit for new swine slaughter rule

Spike in outbreak of parasites found in bags of salad; multiple grocery chains involved

Bottled water’s arsenic king remains legal but still loaded with heavy metal