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.
Correction of sorts: It seems that when Chris Gregory and I were speaking, he frequently referred to the term SKU, which is a stock keeping unit. I was hearing “skewed,
In March, when Mindy M. Brashears became the fifth Senate-confirmed USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety and Paul Kiecker moved up to be theUSDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
Opinion
President Trump wanted to open American in time to celebrate the Resurrection on this past Easter Sunday, but he could not make it happen. Coloradans, however, are getting a
When USDA’s second quarter of the fiscal year ended on March 31, livestock slaughter was off only 2.2 percent from the first quarter and poultry production was actually
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says federal food safety agencies “could strengthen existing efforts to prepare for oversight of cell-cultured meat.”
However, the most
Meat production this week is up about 3 percent compared with the previous week, according to market reports by SiriusXM’s Rural Radio. That’s still off by as much
Coronavirus illnesses to date may touch as little as 4 percent of meat and poultry employment, but it been enough to roil the industry over how much protection the plants
Opinion
Not since the defunct Peanut Corporation of America’s CEO Stewart Parnell was convicted six years ago has an American food industry executive been in as much possible criminal
When Paul W. Kruse three years ago stepped down as the CEO of the 111-year old Blue Bell Creameries, he was hailed for practicing “stellar crisis communications” in bringing the
Going into a motion hearing yesterday, attorneys for Smithfield Foods might have expected a quick ruling in their favor. After all, hours earlier the company’s plant had been placed
Updated content throughout — President Donald J. Trump has by Executive Order placed the American meat industry under the Defense Production Act to prevent meat shortages by keeping meat processing plants
When they have not sold enough spot advertising, broadcasters air public service announcements that these days are all about how we are “in this together.”
But up and down the
