Skip to content
Sponsored by Marler Clark
Sponsored by Marler Clark
Food Safety News logo

Food Safety News

Breaking news for everyone's consumption

Menu

HomeOutbreaksRecallsDirectoryEventsAbout UsMedia KitContact Us
Search
Close

Food Safety News

Al Almanza

Subscribe to Al Almanza

Abusive veterinarian turns FSIS Billings District into his own fiefdom, paper charges

By News Desk on September 19, 2017

In a two-part series, a daily newspaper in Montana documents 12 years of harassment by a vindictive federal supervisory inspector of some of the state’s small meat plants.

In “Feds admit harassing small Butte …
Continue Reading Abusive veterinarian turns FSIS Billings District into his own fiefdom, paper charges

Former USDA officials say feds critically short of veterinarians

By Cookson Beecher on August 21, 2017

Sometimes when a door swings open, opportunity for change has the chance to enter.

That’s what some members of the National Association of Federal Veterinarians are hoping will happen now that two top food safety…
Continue Reading Former USDA officials say feds critically short of veterinarians

Government Newswire Feeds

FDA
USDA
CDC
CFIA

Updated: OSI was last meeting on Almanza’s FSIS calendar

By News Desk on August 18, 2017

The USDA’S Food Safety and Inspection Service Friday amended its Officials’ Calendar of Meetings for July 2017, showing Kenneth Petersen of the OSI Group as the last party outside the federal government to meet with…
Continue Reading Updated: OSI was last meeting on Almanza’s FSIS calendar

JBS taps Almanza to lead its food safety program worldwide

By News Desk on August 4, 2017

The mega-meat company JBS, racked recently by involvement in Brazil’s development bank and inspection bribery scandals that cost its top shareholders billions, is turning to a freshly retired U.S. food safety official to regain public…
Continue Reading JBS taps Almanza to lead its food safety program worldwide

Letter From The Editor: Fill USDA’s top food safety posts now

By Dan Flynn on August 1, 2017

UPDATED: So far,  so good. Secretary Perdue has named, on a temporary basis,  two USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) career employees to the top jobs. Paul Kiecker is acting FSIS administrator and Carmen …
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: Fill USDA’s top food safety posts now

A farewell message from Al Almanza after 39 years with FSIS

By Alfred V. Almanza on July 30, 2017

Editor’s note: Originally posted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a Constituent Update, this message from Al Almanza comes as he prepares for his last day on the job at the agency’s Food …
Continue Reading A farewell message from Al Almanza after 39 years with FSIS

Chipotle’s food safety officials recently visited Washington D.C.

By Dan Flynn on July 21, 2017

James Marsden, top food safety official for Chipotle Mexican Grill, and Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, who joined the Denver-based burrito chain’s Food Safety Advisory Board in January, met on June 1 with top officials at USDA’s…
Continue Reading Chipotle’s food safety officials recently visited Washington D.C.

Out with the old, in with the new-ish in USDA’s No. 2 post

By Dan Flynn on July 15, 2017
Al Almanza speaking to Food Safety Summit in May 2016.

The Al Almanza decade as USDA’s most important figure in food safety is ending, and Stephen Censky is coming in as…
Continue Reading Out with the old, in with the new-ish in USDA’s No. 2 post

New leadership at USDA, FDA might increase outside meetings

By Dan Flynn on May 22, 2017

Poultry, antibiotics, Ionophores and activities with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency were among the subjects of April meetings between Al Almanza, administrator of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and people outside the federal…
Continue Reading New leadership at USDA, FDA might increase outside meetings

Top food safety regulators say D.C. transition going smoothly

By Dan Flynn on May 12, 2017

CHICAGO — America’s top cops in food safety gathered for a “Town Hall” Thursday morning at the 2017 Food Safety Summit. They let the attendees know that if they were worried about the transition in…
Continue Reading Top food safety regulators say D.C. transition going smoothly

Post navigation

Older Posts 

FSN Editors Show/Hide

  • Dan Flynn
  • Coral Beach
FSN Writers & Contributors​

Stay Connected

RSS Facebook Twitter Subscribe LinkedIn

Subscribe by email

Events Calendar

Food Recalls

  • Pindjur vegetable spread recalled in Canada over glass in product
  • 2.5 million pounds of Kroger, Great Value, Goya, and more brands of canned meat recalled over packaging defect
  • Jambalaya and gumbo products recalled over lack of inspection
  • Ready-to-eat sausages recalled after inspection finds Listeria on production surfaces
More Recalls

Editorials & Guest Opinions

A new day: IFT weighs in on the future of the FDA

By Guest Opinion on February 1, 2023

Letter to the Editor: We don’t need an upheaval of USDA and FDA to make a single food safety unit

By Guest Contributor on January 31, 2023

Letter from the Editor: An independent food safety board is far better than anything FDA Commissioner does on his own

By Dan Flynn on January 29, 2023
More Op-Eds
Letters to the Editor

Latest from Twitter

Tweets by @foodsafetynews

Food Safety Guides

  • Cooking Temperatures
  • Cross-Contamination
  • Foodborne Pathogens
Find Your Health Department
Restaurant Inspections
eFood Alert Blog
Marler Blog
Marler Clark logo
1012 First Avenue
Fifth Floor
Seattle, Washington 98104-1008
RSS Facebook Twitter Subscribe LinkedIn
  • Consumer Education
  • Enforcement
  • Events
  • Food Policy & Law
  • Food Recalls
  • Food Safety Guides
  • Foodborne Illness Investigations
  • Nutrition & Public Health
  • Opinion & Contributed Articles
  • Science & Research
  • Sustainability
  • Technology
  • Victim Stories
  • World
  • Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
  • For Foodies
  • Government Agencies
  • Lawsuits & Litigation
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Local Food
  • Media Kit
Copyright © 2023, Marler Clark. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy PolicyLegal StatementAdvertise
Law blog design & platform by LexBlog LexBlog Logo