Americans handle a lot without fatigue ever becoming a issue. Consider just a few examples: – We pick our way through an estimated 50,000 items each time we do the grocery shopping. – We keep
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Dr. Richard Raymond
Letter From The Editor: Just Mad
These should be heady days at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The nation’s $1+ trillion deficit is not much of a speed bump for the $288 billion potpourri we call the 2012 Farm Bill…
Hagen Promises to Declare More STECs Adulterants
Less than a week after being confirmed as Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Dr. Elisabeth Hagen met yesterday with food safety leaders in a meeting organized by former food…
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Measuring Pathogens in Poultry
Shouldn’t we test for pathogens closer to where the public actually buys their meat and poultry?
In one of his periodic Meatingplace.com blogs (subscription required). Dr. Richard Raymond made a statement about testing poultry…
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Wide Support For Traceback Bill
Former FSIS head, consumer advocates are backing Sen. Tester’s traceback bill
Former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) undersecretary for food safety, Dr. Richard Raymond and consumer advocates have voiced strong support for a meat safety …
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Five Minutes with Marler & Raymond
Editor’s Note: “Jolley: Five Minutes With Bill Marler, Richard Raymond & The New Food Safety” originally appeared at CattleNetwork.com and is reprinted with permission from Chuck Jolley.
On September 29 Richard Raymond used…
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Former Under Secretary For Food Safety Speaks Up
President Obama is too prone to making inflammatory remarks about food safety and it is “unnatural” to go this long without a “Senate-confirmed” Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
So…
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