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 leads editorial direction and covers foodborne illness policy.

Letter From The Editor: Oh Corona!

Is the best of the free life behind us now and are the good times really over for good? –Merle Haggard Opinion When the White House announced its “Slow the

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Apr 2020

CDC provides first guidance to a specific meat plant for combating COVID-19 among employees

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped off a 15-page report at the South Dakota Health Department that contains the key for getting all the nation’s

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Apr 2020

CDC provides first guidance to a specific meat plant for combating COVID-19 among employees

Food safety violations continued after injunction; Miller finally signs consent decree

When we last left the saga of the United States versus Amos Miller and Miller’s Organic Farm, U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain had presented all the evidence he

By Dan Flynn

/ 21 Apr 2020

Food safety violations continued after injunction; Miller finally signs consent decree

A third federal district court is mulling over the New Swine Inspection System

The USDA has until Friday to submit final written arguments in a federal court in New York for dismissing a third challenge to the New Swine Inspection System (NSIS). Federal

By Dan Flynn

/ 20 Apr 2020

A third federal district court is mulling over the New Swine Inspection System

Food recalls in the COVID-19 era are a little more erratic than usual

Everyone who tracks food recalls knows they are an unpredictable and erratic occurrence. But even given that reality, food recalls during the past 30 days or so have been in

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Apr 2020

Food recalls in the COVID-19 era are a little more erratic than usual

Light start for foodborne illness outbreaks in 2020

Almost one-third of the year is in the rearview mirror at the federal Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta and only two new multistate outbreaks of foodborne illnesses are on

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Apr 2020

Light start for foodborne illness outbreaks in 2020

Two large meat facilities shutdown because of too many employee COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 has forced the closures of the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, SD, and the JBS USA beef plant in Greeley, CO. Smithfield on Easter Sunday announced

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 Apr 2020

Two large meat facilities shutdown because of too many employee COVID-19 cases

Ex-PCA manager Daniel Kilgore leaves federal prison in crisis for half-way house

Daniel W. Kilgore, a one-time plant manager at the now defunct Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) processing plant at Blakely, GA, has been released from a federal prison in Oakdale,

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 Apr 2020

Ex-PCA manager Daniel Kilgore leaves federal prison in crisis for half-way house

Stewart Parnell requests a new trial with 2255 Petition in peanut butter case

If you’ve been convicted by a jury, had your conviction and sentence upheld by an appellate court, and the Supreme Court declined to review your case, there’s still

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 Apr 2020

Stewart Parnell requests a new trial with 2255 Petition in peanut butter case

Death, illness reports cause industry to get busy with COVID-19 mitigation measures

Saul Sanchez, a 78-year old “green hat” supervisor at the JBS beef plant in Greeley, CO, died from COVID-19 on April 7. He worked at the Greeley beef plant for

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Apr 2020

Death, illness reports cause industry to get busy with COVID-19 mitigation measures

Federal court in California will hear oral arguments in USDA motion to dismiss swine lawsuit

The USDA by April 15 will ask a federal court in California to dismiss a second lawsuit filed to overturn the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS’s) new

By Dan Flynn

/ 9 Apr 2020

Federal court in California will hear oral arguments in USDA motion to dismiss swine lawsuit

USDA gets all but the line speed issue thrown out of court

The unions are down to one issue with the USDA about new inspection protocols for market hogs, and it is not food safety. After tossing out challenges to how USDA’

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Apr 2020

USDA gets all but the line speed issue thrown out of court

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Dan Flynn

Letter From The Editor: Oh Corona!

CDC provides first guidance to a specific meat plant for combating COVID-19 among employees

A third federal district court is mulling over the New Swine Inspection System

Food recalls in the COVID-19 era are a little more erratic than usual

Light start for foodborne illness outbreaks in 2020

Two large meat facilities shutdown because of too many employee COVID-19 cases

Ex-PCA manager Daniel Kilgore leaves federal prison in crisis for half-way house

Stewart Parnell requests a new trial with 2255 Petition in peanut butter case

Death, illness reports cause industry to get busy with COVID-19 mitigation measures

Federal court in California will hear oral arguments in USDA motion to dismiss swine lawsuit

USDA gets all but the line speed issue thrown out of court