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.

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

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Aug 2020

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

FDA/USDA say they are making progress on labeling cell-made food

When there are Star Trek replicators, what are they going to call the meat, poultry, or seafood products that come out of them? Steaks and chops and chicken breasts from

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Aug 2020

FDA/USDA say they are making progress on labeling cell-made food

FDA announces limit on inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereals

The Food and Drug Administration has announced the availability of a final guidance for industry entitled “Inorganic Arsenic in Rice Cereals for Infants: Action Level.” “This guidance finalizes FDA’s

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Aug 2020

FDA announces limit on inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereals

Line speeds become a cause in the coronovirus pandemic era

Line speeds for those with waivers from USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service don’t increase the speeds all that much, but the issue has reached celebrity status thanks

By Dan Flynn

/ 4 Aug 2020

Line speeds become a cause in the coronovirus pandemic era

Mystery mailings of seeds from China leave USDA fairly clueless

From county extension agents to state agriculture commissioners to USDA, the public is being warned about “mysterious and unsolicited seed” shipments coming from China that may show up in their

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Jul 2020

Mystery mailings of seeds from China leave USDA fairly clueless

Much of the old gang that fought for real GE labeling is back together for lawsuit against USDA

Natural Grocers, Citizens for GMO Labeling, Label GMOs, Rural Vermont, Good Earth Natural Foods, Puget Consumers Co-op, and the Center for Food Safety are plaintiffs in a new lawsuit

By Dan Flynn

/ 29 Jul 2020

Much of the old gang that fought for real GE labeling is back together for lawsuit against USDA

Japan’s export of raw intact beef to United States has more issues now than two years ago

Japan’s export of raw intact beef to the United States came in for review earlier this year in the form of an on-site equivalence verification audit by USDA’

By Dan Flynn

/ 29 Jul 2020

Japan’s export of raw intact beef to United States has more issues now than two years ago

New York likely to become third state to ban PHAS in food packaging

A bill to ban the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances known as PFAS, that are a group of man-made chemicals that includes PFOA, PFOS, GenX, and many other

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Jul 2020

New York likely to become third state to ban PHAS in food packaging

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

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Dan Flynn

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

FDA/USDA say they are making progress on labeling cell-made food

FDA announces limit on inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereals

Line speeds become a cause in the coronovirus pandemic era

Mystery mailings of seeds from China leave USDA fairly clueless

Much of the old gang that fought for real GE labeling is back together for lawsuit against USDA

Japan’s export of raw intact beef to United States has more issues now than two years ago

New York likely to become third state to ban PHAS in food packaging

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