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.

Ag committee again clears way for Senate to confirm Brashears for USDA

The nomination of Mindy Brashears, currently deputy undersecretary for food safety, to be the USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety was reported favorably Tuesday out of the Senate Committee

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 May 2019

Ag committee again clears way for Senate to confirm Brashears for USDA

USDA quarterly report spotlights violations by some of biggest meat and poultry concerns

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service took 31 administrative actions against 21 of the nation’s largest meat and poultry facilities during the second quarter of of the federal

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 May 2019

USDA quarterly report spotlights violations by some of biggest meat and poultry concerns

Prop 65 may be requiring more warnings by more food companies

Almost as many food companies this year have been caught up in California’s Proposition 65 cancer and toxic warnings than during all of last year. Speaking last week in

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 May 2019

Prop 65 may be requiring more warnings by more food companies

Letter From the Editor: The four horsemen speak at Town Hall

Opinion There are at least two ways to generate a crowd at a food safety conference. You can do a panel of opponents where individuals who’ve been on opposite

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 May 2019

Letter From the Editor: The four horsemen speak at Town Hall

It’s no simple process to become a food safety ‘thought leader’

CHICAGO — Oscar Garrison, senior vice president of food safety regulatory affairs for United Egg Producers, is one of the speakers at this week’s Food Safety Summit who is ending

By Dan Flynn

/ 9 May 2019

It’s no simple process to become a food safety ‘thought leader’

Food Safety Summit Opens Today in Chicagoland’s ‘food cluster’

CHICAGO — The 21st annual Food Safety Summit with Trade Show and Conference, begins today at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. The May 6-9 events are technically occurring in Rosemont,

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 May 2019

Food Safety Summit Opens Today in Chicagoland’s ‘food cluster’

Not listing milk on label requires 1,047 ton recall by Conagra of P.F. Chang’s products

Conagra Brands Inc., in Russellville, AR, has recalled approximately 2,094,186 pounds of frozen entrees due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen, according to the U.S. Department of

By Dan Flynn

/ 4 May 2019

Not listing milk on label requires 1,047 ton recall by Conagra of P.F. Chang’s products

Secretary Perdue names top 3 finalists for new home of USDA research agencies

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue late Friday announced his finalists of 136 Expressions of Interest received from parties in 35 states vying to become the new homes of

By Dan Flynn

/ 3 May 2019

Secretary Perdue names top 3 finalists for new home of USDA research agencies

New York steps ahead of Hawaii on agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos

The agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos, which escaped being banned nationally a couple of years ago, soon won’t be legally available in New York or Hawaii. In 2018, Hawaii enacted legislation

By Dan Flynn

/ 3 May 2019

New York steps ahead of Hawaii on agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos

Glyphosate use may be OK on farms, gardens, but Bayer may pay for it

Its critics say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has “doubled down” on the active ingredient in Roundup, the popular weed killer. But that’s probably an overstatement. On April

By Dan Flynn

/ 2 May 2019

Glyphosate use may be OK on farms, gardens, but Bayer may pay for it

Public Health closes fourth Seattle area restaurant during April

For the fourth time in one month, Seattle-King County Public Health forced a restaurant closure Tuesday within its jurisdiction. Seattle Mamak, a mobile food establishment found operating at 225 Terry

By Dan Flynn

/ 1 May 2019

Public Health closes fourth Seattle area restaurant during April

USDA food safety official reports first meetings with people outside federal government

Since Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue named Mindy Brashears Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, the former Texas Tech University food safety professor is finding herself in demand. Perdue named

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Apr 2019

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Ag committee again clears way for Senate to confirm Brashears for USDA

USDA quarterly report spotlights violations by some of biggest meat and poultry concerns

Prop 65 may be requiring more warnings by more food companies

Letter From the Editor: The four horsemen speak at Town Hall

It’s no simple process to become a food safety ‘thought leader’

Food Safety Summit Opens Today in Chicagoland’s ‘food cluster’

Not listing milk on label requires 1,047 ton recall by Conagra of P.F. Chang’s products

Secretary Perdue names top 3 finalists for new home of USDA research agencies

New York steps ahead of Hawaii on agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos

Glyphosate use may be OK on farms, gardens, but Bayer may pay for it

Public Health closes fourth Seattle area restaurant during April

USDA food safety official reports first meetings with people outside federal government