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Stakeholders and lobbyists leave tracks at FSIS during October

By Dan Flynn on December 11, 2018

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top two food safety officials met ten times with stakeholders and lobbyists over 21 days in October, according to the recently issued public calendar from the Food Safety and Inspection…
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Catfish was on the menu for meetings with top USDA food safety officials

Posted on October 18, 2018

Carmen Rottenberg and Paul Kiecker, USDA’s top food safety executives, met last Sept. 4 with Corey Rosenbusch and Lowell Randel of the Global Cold Chain Alliance about export issues.
Rosenbusch and Randel’s…
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The leadership burden at FSIS gives Senate another reason to take action

By Dan Flynn on October 10, 2018

Although her appointment is stalled in the U.S. Senate with hundreds of others, the nomination of Mindy Brashears as the next U.S. Under Secretary for Food Safety puts a real face on the long-time vacancy.
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Setting the record straight: USDA says your meat and poultry are safe to eat

By Carmen Rottenberg on August 29, 2018
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Note on the author: Carmen Rottenberg, administrator of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service posted this alert today.

As the head of a public health agency that ensures the safety of meat and…

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Letter From The Editor: Just a chat with the new administrator

By Dan Flynn on July 15, 2018

During last week’s IAFP meetings in Salt Lake City, I had the opportunity to chat with FSIS Administrator Carmen Rottenberg, who is also serving as USDA’s  Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety.

I did…
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Hormel, Pilgrim’s Pride, BPI provide reports to USDA’s brass

By News Desk on March 21, 2018

Hormel, Pilgrim’s Pride and Beef Products Inc. were three companies providing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service with a personal update during February. A delegation from each company met with acting…
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USDA’s acting officials use face time to promote agency agenda

By Dan Flynn on February 20, 2018

Meeting with people outside the federal government usually means hearing about somebody’s else’s agenda, but USDA’s top food safety officials apparently think it can be a two-way street.

During this past December and January, Carmen…
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USDA drafts rule for eggs, egg substitutes used in many foods

By News Desk on January 10, 2018

Eggs and egg substitutes used as ingredients in other foods could be subject to new safety rules from USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. Safety plans and measures to ensure that eggs are free of…
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Consumer and industry representatives meeting with FSIS

By Dan Flynn on December 15, 2017

The USDA’s top food safety officials are for the first time making public the names of consumer and industry representatives they meet with during separate monthly meetings.

The meetings on Nov. 14 included Carmen Rottenberg,…
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Codex transfer was not held up for lack of talk about it

By Dan Flynn on October 30, 2017

In most months, industry and consumer representatives, each get one meeting with USDA’s top brass at the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

But in September, acting FSIS Administrator Paul Kiecker and temporary Deputy Under…
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