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30 years of food safety standouts

By Guest Opinion on January 26, 2023

Editor’s note: This column and profiles of the 16 food safety champions (four not pictured above) was originally published by Quality Assurance magazine. It is reprinted here with permission. To read profiles of the individual…

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Congressional duo continues push for switch to single food safety agency

By News Desk on June 21, 2019

Describing the U.S. food safety system as “hopelessly fragmented and outdated,” a congresswoman is pushing for the creation of a single federal agency to secure the nation’s food supply.

Currently, the Food and Drug Administration…
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Amendment to Increase FSMA Funding Fails in Committee

By Lydia Zuraw on July 17, 2015

FDAmoney_406The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the agriculture appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016 on Thursday after discussing a handful of amendments. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) proposed an amendment to increase the funding allocated for implementation…
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Senators Ask GAO to Examine Options for Food Safety Oversight

By Lydia Zuraw on June 24, 2015

papers_406x250Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) study whether creating a single food agency would increase efficiencies, reduce costs and…
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Senators Want USDA to Finalize Poultry Pathogen Standards

By News Desk on June 5, 2015

http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photography-raw-chicken-drumsticks-close-up-image45080472Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) are asking Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to finalize USDA’s Salmonella and Campylobacter performance standards as soon as possible. In January, USDA’s Food Safety and…
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FSIS Would Have Mandatory Recall Authority Under Proposed Bill

By Lydia Zuraw on February 6, 2015

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is proposing legislation that would require recalls of meat and poultry contaminated with pathogens. “As it stands now, if foods like ground beef and sliced turkey are found to be unsafe,…
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Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Create Single Food Safety Agency

By Lydia Zuraw on January 28, 2015

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) have introduced bills in Congress that would establish a single, independent federal food safety agency. Food safety oversight is currently split up among 15 agencies in…
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FSIS Drafting Campylobacter Performance Standards for Chicken Parts

By News Desk on May 28, 2014

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is planning to release new safety standards for Campylobacter in poultry, in addition to the Salmonella performance standard already in the works. Both are…
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With E. Coli Close to Home, Durbin Blasts Proposed FDA Cuts

By Helena Bottemiller on November 7, 2011

Just across the river from the epicenter of a mysterious E. coli outbreak, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) warned that cuts to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) budget would be a step backward for…

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Durbin Wants FDA to Regulate Food with Melatonin

By Dan Flynn on May 19, 2011

The marketing of melatonin-laced brownies to children was a just a local issue last week, but not anymore.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Wednesday asked U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to see…

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