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.
Another round of romaine-connected E. coli outbreaks is over, according to the Food and Drug Administration and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Before the end came, infections
Each member of the triumvirate responsible for food safety at USDA brings something unique to the department’s leadership. Deputy Under Secretary Mindy Brashears is a top food scientist. FSIS
Opinion
Everything I know about “line speeds,” I learned late last year in the Netherlands by spending an afternoon inside the VanDrie Group’s vast veal slaughter and processing facilities.
A federal judge in St. Paul is scheduled, on Jan. 27, to consider the government’s motion to dismiss a last-ditch attempt to stop the modernization of swine inspection procedures.
Six food oerations shut down in 2019 in the Seattle area by Public Health remain closed in 2020. The six include two grocery stores, a restaurant, a mobile food truck,
A deadly salmonella outbreak from last year ended before 2019 expired, but three other multistate foodborne illness Investigations involving Listeria and E. coli O157: H7 remain open into 2020
The
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service answered three more petitions for policy changes before 2019 ended, none favorably.
Import Export Associates, Inc. petitioned the
A foodborne outbreak occurs whenever two or more people get sick from the same contaminated food or beverage. If the illnesses occur in two or more states, the situation becomes
Commentary
Editor’s note: Today, Food Safety News looks back at the Top 10 most important food safety news events for 2019. We’ve shared our annual rankings with our
Fresh cut fruit recalled on Dec. 7 continues to be consumed at schools and health care facilities, sickening many more people with Salmonella Javiana.
A multistate outbreak blamed on the
Editor’s note: For additional coverage of the Dutch veal industry, please see: “A close look at Dutch veal — dubbed safest in the world.”
If veal is on your shopping
