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.

Summer may soon fade away, but some outbreaks are hanging around

There’s always a lot to remember when you are going back to school. And this year, it includes a considerable number of foodborne disease outbreaks that are not yet

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 Aug 2019

Summer may soon fade away, but some outbreaks are hanging around

Federal action against Amos Miller and Miller’s Organic Farm goes to oral arguments in November

Amos Miller and Miller’s Organic Farm still plan to go up against the government in settlements talks, but only after a Sept. 17 discovery deadline. Miller, who government attorneys

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 Aug 2019

Federal action against Amos Miller and Miller’s Organic Farm goes to oral arguments in November

Options for poultry producer raids were many; here’s where the feds went

The fifth and ninth largest poultry producers and three smaller operators were targets this week of one of the most massive worksite immigration raids in Mississippi history. Mississippi has 63

By Dan Flynn

/ 9 Aug 2019

Options for poultry producer raids were many; here’s where the feds went

Mandatory food handler vaccines for hepatitis A imposed by Missouri county

Franklin County, MO has joined the shortlist of cities and counties requiring hepatitis A vaccines for restaurant workers. A deadly national hepatitis A epidemic touched Franklin County more than 50

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Aug 2019

Mandatory food handler vaccines for hepatitis A imposed by Missouri county

New IG report is likely just a speed bump on USDA’s road to Kansas City

A new report by the Inspector General for USDA has only one Constitutionally- suspect argument for use by Congressional opponents of moving some federal jobs to the Kansas City area.

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Aug 2019

New IG report is likely just a speed bump on USDA’s road to Kansas City

Meatpacking plant owner dodged employment taxes with cash payments

A Tennessee meatpacking plant owner, sentenced for three federal felony counts and one misdemeanor, on July 31 promises to turn himself in to federal prison. James Brantley, the owner of

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Aug 2019

Meatpacking plant owner dodged employment taxes with cash payments

Real deadline for new hog slaughter inspection rule might be Sept. 30

USDA’s new swine slaughter inspection system has been 22 years in the making. And if the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) wants to avoid further delay, it likely

By Dan Flynn

/ 5 Aug 2019

Real deadline for new hog slaughter inspection rule might be Sept. 30

San Diego County Fair outbreak source remains elusive

The June outbreak that took the life of a 2-year old boy and infected nearly a dozen other children with E. coli O157: H7 likely occurred from exposure to

By Dan Flynn

/ 2 Aug 2019

San Diego County Fair outbreak source remains elusive

National epidemic of hepatitis A outbreaks puts restaurant customers at risk

A McDonald’s in Johnson City, TN, and a Little Caesar’s Pizza in Newark, OH, put their customers at risk of exposure to hepatitis A by permitting an employee

By Dan Flynn

/ 1 Aug 2019

National epidemic of hepatitis A outbreaks puts restaurant customers at risk

Ag groups tell Senate it is time to confirm Mindy Brashears as Under Secretary for Food Safety

American Agriculture is letting the U.S. Senate know that 68 months is long enough to go without a USDA under secretary for food safety. Ten of the nation’s

By Dan Flynn

/ 31 Jul 2019

Ag groups tell Senate it is time to confirm Mindy Brashears as Under Secretary for Food Safety

Letter From The Editor: A full plate for the Southwest Meat Association

Opinion About a decade ago, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service deployed a diverse task force to look at risk-based inspection. The first meeting was not very productive.

By Dan Flynn

/ 31 Jul 2019

Letter From The Editor: A full plate for the Southwest Meat Association

Now growing hemp, not deadly cantaloupe, Jensen brothers face felony charges in Kansas

Former cantaloupe growers, brothers Eric and Ryan Jensen, owed $26,368 in restitution imposed by the U.S. District Court in Denver when they decided to work off their debt

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Jul 2019

Now growing hemp, not deadly cantaloupe, Jensen brothers face felony charges in Kansas

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Dan Flynn

Summer may soon fade away, but some outbreaks are hanging around

Federal action against Amos Miller and Miller’s Organic Farm goes to oral arguments in November

Options for poultry producer raids were many; here’s where the feds went

Mandatory food handler vaccines for hepatitis A imposed by Missouri county

New IG report is likely just a speed bump on USDA’s road to Kansas City

Meatpacking plant owner dodged employment taxes with cash payments

Real deadline for new hog slaughter inspection rule might be Sept. 30

San Diego County Fair outbreak source remains elusive

National epidemic of hepatitis A outbreaks puts restaurant customers at risk

Ag groups tell Senate it is time to confirm Mindy Brashears as Under Secretary for Food Safety

Letter From The Editor: A full plate for the Southwest Meat Association

Now growing hemp, not deadly cantaloupe, Jensen brothers face felony charges in Kansas