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Dear colleagues,
As her service comes to an end on May 31, it is appropriate to thank Dr. Susan Mayne for more than eight years of professional dedication as Director of FDA’s
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: Thank you to Susan Mayne for leadership at CFSAN
Food Safety News was the first to hire Helena Bottemiller Evich to cover food safety in Washington D.C., during the run up to the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act. She had energy
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The FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and Office of Food Policy and Response has released a list of draft and final guidance topics that are a priority for the FDA Foods Program
Continue Reading 30 food safety tasks on FDA’s work list for 2022
To quote Willy Wonka: “So shines a good deed in a weary world.”
Lots of people have been bagging on lots of governmental entities for my whole life. Whether they want bigger or smaller government,
Continue Reading Beach Beat: FDA picks up scientist who is food safety champion
Some say technology is the driving force behind the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and they may be right. One thing for certain is that food safety technologies are hitting the market at a quick
Continue Reading Technology Gaps Outlined in CFSAN’s Science & Research Plan
Another prominent food safety consumer advocate is moving to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. At the end of July, Chris Waldrop will leave his position as director of the Food Policy Institute at the
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(This article by Susan Mayne, Ph.D., director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, was originally posted here on June 15, 2015.) FDA is taking a
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Caroline Smith DeWaal has left the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) for a new position at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Her last day at CSPI was Thursday.
DeWaal, who served
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Food-safety advocates were pleased to see increased funding for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System for Enteric Bacteria (NARMS) in the $1.1-trillion spending bill President Barack Obama signed
Continue Reading Food-Safety Advocates Applaud Increased FSMA, NARMS Funding
