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.

Advocacy group is collecting public comments on the MAHA Commission report

Consumer Action for a Strong Economy (CASE), a Virginia-based advocacy group that keeps its funding sources secret, is soliciting comments on the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission and its

By Dan Flynn

/ 9 Jul 2025

Advocacy group is collecting public comments on the MAHA Commission report

USDA asked to share animal welfare with state law enforcement in pending petition

Princess Bednarski, Livestock Manager for the Houston Humane Society (HHS), has renewed support for a 2-year-old petition from Animal Partisan to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Jul 2025

USDA asked to share animal welfare with state law enforcement in pending petition

Letter from the Editor: Food safety policy changes and the MAHA agenda — both good and bad

— OPINION — “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” It’s hard to believe

By Dan Flynn

/ 1 Jul 2025

Letter from the Editor: Food safety policy changes and the MAHA agenda — both good and bad

Petition asks USDA to remove agency’s exemption from National Environmental Policy Act requirements

The Center for Biological Diversity, the Humane Society of the United States, and the Humane Society Legislative Fund filed a petition with the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) nearly

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Jun 2025

Petition asks USDA to remove agency’s exemption from National Environmental Policy Act requirements

Texas is the 7th state to put brakes on lab-grown meat

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed Senate Bill 261, making the Lone Star State the seventh in the nation to ban lab-grown meat. Texas new law establishes a prohibition on

By Dan Flynn

/ 25 Jun 2025

Texas is the 7th state to put brakes on lab-grown meat

North Carolina may close raw milk loopholes because it could spread bird flu

North Carolina’s 2025 Farm Act may enhance the state’s ban on raw milk sales, taking a loophole-closing approach to non-pasteurized dairy. The 2025 Farm Act, Senate Bill 639,

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Jun 2025

North Carolina may close raw milk loopholes because it could spread bird flu

RFK Jr. isn’t making raw milk advocates happy

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is getting plenty of criticism for what could happen as his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda upends some long-established public

By Dan Flynn

/ 23 Jun 2025

RFK Jr. isn’t making raw milk advocates happy

Rollins and RFK Jr. promise that USDA and HHS will issue new dietary guidelines soon

A “dawn of a new day” is promised for the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. According to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, it hasn’t happened yet, but will soon.

By Dan Flynn

/ 19 Jun 2025

Rollins and RFK Jr. promise that USDA and HHS will issue new dietary guidelines soon

President nominates Mindy Brashears to a second term as USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety

President Trump has again nominated Mindy Brashears to be USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety. Brashears served as Undersecretary for Food Safety for the last 303 days of Trump’s

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 Jun 2025

President nominates Mindy Brashears to a second term as USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety

MAHA gets states to sign waivers further restricting SNAP purchases

The 41.7 million people who received monthly SNAP benefits in 2024 have long known they cannot use what were once called food stamps to purchase alcohol, tobacco, personal care

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 Jun 2025

MAHA gets states to sign waivers further restricting SNAP purchases

There is less action for Amos Miller this year and it’s not helping his fundraising

Amos Miller could not be blamed for wishing it were last year. That’s when he was a star in the middle of a campaign that helped deliver Pennsylvania to

By Dan Flynn

/ 11 Jun 2025

There is less action for Amos Miller this year and it’s not helping his fundraising

A cry out of Arizona for a poultry vaccine to end the devastating spread of bird flu

Poultry vaccines are available to producers who need to control Bronchitis, Bursal Disease, Encephalitis, Fowl Pox, Laryngotracheitis, Marek’s Disease, Mycoplasma Gallisepticum, Newcastle Disease, Pigeon Pox, Reovirus, and Tenosynovitis. Those

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Jun 2025

A cry out of Arizona for a poultry vaccine to end the devastating spread of bird flu

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Dan Flynn

Advocacy group is collecting public comments on the MAHA Commission report

USDA asked to share animal welfare with state law enforcement in pending petition

Letter from the Editor: Food safety policy changes and the MAHA agenda — both good and bad

Petition asks USDA to remove agency’s exemption from National Environmental Policy Act requirements

Texas is the 7th state to put brakes on lab-grown meat

North Carolina may close raw milk loopholes because it could spread bird flu

RFK Jr. isn’t making raw milk advocates happy

Rollins and RFK Jr. promise that USDA and HHS will issue new dietary guidelines soon

President nominates Mindy Brashears to a second term as USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety

MAHA gets states to sign waivers further restricting SNAP purchases

There is less action for Amos Miller this year and it’s not helping his fundraising

A cry out of Arizona for a poultry vaccine to end the devastating spread of bird flu