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.

DeLauro demands an immediate mandatory recall by FDA of Cavi papayas

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, is demanding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) use its mandatory authority to force Agroson’s LLC to recall the Cavi brand of the

By Dan Flynn

/ 19 Jul 2019

FSIS rules against meat and poultry warning labels about colorectal cancer risk

Increased risk of colon and rectal cancer from frequent consumption of processed meats and poultry does not merit warning labels for those products, according to a USDA ruling. USDA’s

By Dan Flynn

/ 19 Jul 2019

FSIS rules against meat and poultry warning labels about colorectal cancer risk

UK-USA research team finds pitfalls, opportunities for lab-grown meat

An independent international research team has stepped forward with cues and pointers for the fledgling lab-grown meat industry. Authors, Christopher Bryand, and Courtney Dillard say “cultured meat,” as they call

By Dan Flynn

/ 19 Jul 2019

UK-USA research team finds pitfalls, opportunities for lab-grown meat

Hepatitis A outbreak prompts city to consider restaurant ratings

The Coast Guard’s 65 signal flags and pennants were part of Scott Benson’s life for 20 years. He retired with the rank of Commander and now finds himself

By Dan Flynn

/ 18 Jul 2019

Hepatitis A outbreak prompts city to consider restaurant ratings

Amos Miller gets his legal team back together and plans to fight FSIS in federal court

Amos Miller and Miller’s Organic Farm had to terminate their defense attorneys two years ago during a federal court case because Miller couldn’t pay all the legal bills.

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 Jul 2019

Amos Miller gets his legal team back together and plans to fight FSIS in federal court

Exemptions added to state public disclosure act to get FDA to resume sharing information

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is about to find out if appeasement works with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In 2018 the FDA stopped sharing nonpublic information

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Jul 2019

Exemptions added to state public disclosure act to get FDA to resume sharing information

Promised meat labeling compromise fails to materialize in Missouri federal court

That anticipated out-of-court settlement between Missouri and Turtle Island Foods is not happening. The many parties involved “do not believe additional time will allow for resolution of the impasse, according

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 Jul 2019

Promised meat labeling compromise fails to materialize in Missouri federal court

Activists are now challenging civil statutes for spying on animal agriculture

Animal activist organizations want to conduct undercover investigations by gaining entry to the nonpublic areas of private property and collecting evidence of animal abuse in the form of audio or

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 Jul 2019

Activists are now challenging civil statutes for spying on animal agriculture

Investigation into local illness suggest national Salmonella Reading outbreak likely called too soon

Public Health in King County, WA, is reporting that a private event on April 20, 2019, resulted in salmonellosis illnesses likely linked to a deadly national outbreak. Previously not included,

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 Jul 2019

Investigation into local illness suggest national Salmonella Reading outbreak likely called too soon

CDC says rare O26 outbreak sourced to flour is over, but continue to beware

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta is calling the end to an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to flour. But there is one significant

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Jul 2019

CDC says rare O26 outbreak sourced to flour is over, but continue to beware

Journal for Food Protection looks at 17 years of data on Salmonella outbreaks

Halfway through this year, it is looking like most any other year when it comes to Salmonella. In eight multistate outbreaks involving a range of three to 41 states since

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Jul 2019

Journal for Food Protection looks at 17 years of data on Salmonella outbreaks

FSIS may not be blowing doors off, but they are open to large meetings with outsiders

Public calendars issued by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) show the agency’s top officials opening up calendar space for some pretty large meetings recently. For

By Dan Flynn

/ 9 Jul 2019

FSIS may not be blowing doors off, but they are open to large meetings with outsiders

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Dan Flynn

DeLauro demands an immediate mandatory recall by FDA of Cavi papayas

FSIS rules against meat and poultry warning labels about colorectal cancer risk

UK-USA research team finds pitfalls, opportunities for lab-grown meat

Hepatitis A outbreak prompts city to consider restaurant ratings

Amos Miller gets his legal team back together and plans to fight FSIS in federal court

Exemptions added to state public disclosure act to get FDA to resume sharing information

Promised meat labeling compromise fails to materialize in Missouri federal court

Activists are now challenging civil statutes for spying on animal agriculture

Investigation into local illness suggest national Salmonella Reading outbreak likely called too soon

CDC says rare O26 outbreak sourced to flour is over, but continue to beware

Journal for Food Protection looks at 17 years of data on Salmonella outbreaks

FSIS may not be blowing doors off, but they are open to large meetings with outsiders