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Not a lot of outsider demand for meetings with “acting” agency heads

By News Desk on April 10, 2017

Al Almanza and Carmen Rottenberg are keeping the coffee hot at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) but they are not getting many takers during this transition in government period.
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FSIS steps up hotline and online chat services to improve food safety

By News Desk on April 7, 2017

The Meat and Poultry Hotline and the  “Ask Karen” online chat service have gone to expanded hours, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).   Both consumer lines are for…
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USDA beefs up scrutiny of Brazilian beef amid bribery scandal

By News Desk on March 23, 2017

brazilfederalpolice_406x250None of the slaughter or processing facilities targeted by the Federal Police in Brazil have shipped meat products to the United States, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

Nevertheless, FSIS immediately instituted…
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Vacant positions are slowing things down at FDA and FSIS

By Dan Flynn on March 9, 2017

While the Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price says we can expect the next Food and Drug Administrator commissioner to be named soon, significant meetings held by designated FDA policy makers with persons…
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January saw few outside meetings for top food safety officials

By News Desk on February 17, 2017

2017calendar_406x250The federal government’s transition month of January saw only a handful of meetings involving top food safety officials and members of the public.

Both the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and U.S. Food…
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USDA saying less during transition, but scientists not gagged

By Dan Flynn on January 25, 2017

Reports of a black out on public information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service are vastly overblown.

ARS Chief of Staff Sharon Drumm did send out a three-line email Tuesday to the…
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Storms and stability ahead for food safety efforts in 2017

By Dan Flynn on January 2, 2017

Food safety in 2017 will be dependent on our “complicated bureaucracies” that exist to get through transitions and times of change. Both USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the U.S. Food and Drug…
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Almanza ends his deputy undersecretary appointment with plenty of meetings

By Dan Flynn on December 13, 2016

FSIS-Logo_406x250When his  appointment as Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety comes to an end on Jan. 20, 2017, Al Almanza, who never gave up his  career employee status, will just switch back to being Administrator…
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Don’t poison the family: Wash your hands, not the turkey

By U.S. Department of Agriculture on November 23, 2016

Editor’s note: Provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Millions of Americans are about to gather family and friends around the dinner table to give thanks. But for those preparing…
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USDA says activists off the mark with catfish complaints

By News Desk on October 12, 2016

The activist group Food and Water Watch is down as a “strong supporter” of the catfish program now underway in USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). It would, however, like to see more progress…
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