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Federal food safety policy and personnel changes underway at FSIS, FDA, and CDC

By Dan Flynn on January 26, 2021

Changes in federal food safety policy and personnel are occurring with the new Biden Administration — officials are talking about some, but not others.

They left it to Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society …
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New York steps ahead of Hawaii on agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos

By Dan Flynn on May 3, 2019

The agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos, which escaped being banned nationally a couple of years ago, soon won’t be legally available in New York or Hawaii.

In 2018, Hawaii enacted legislation to ban chlorpyrifos beginning in 2022.
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OMB approves HIMP swine slaughter rule; industry pleased

By News Desk on January 16, 2018

Changes to how pork slaughter plants could be regulated are going forward after a mere 21 years in the making. President Donald Trump’s Administration has approved a final rule that had its origin during President…
Continue Reading OMB approves HIMP swine slaughter rule; industry pleased

Letter from The Editor: The shameful vacancy at USDA

By Dan Flynn on December 13, 2017

For those marking time, waiting for a new USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety, today is something of an anniversary. It was four years ago today that Dr. Elisabeth Hagen stepped down from the post.
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Moving the U.S. Codex Office to USDA Trade is a big mistake

By Brian Ronholm on September 11, 2017

One significant provision in Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s most recent realignment announcement would move the U.S. Codex Office from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to the newly created Trade and Foreign Agricultural…
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Americans have a right to know: Where’s the beef — from?

By Thomas Gremillion on August 15, 2017

This week marks the beginning of formal talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, an agreement President Donald Trump has called the “worst deal in history.” To make it a better deal, his…
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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…
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Death by a thousand cuts

By Phyllis Entis on May 31, 2017

Editor’s note: This opinion piece by Phyllis Entis was originally published on eFoodAlert.com and is reposted here with permission.

Trump with light saberDonald Trump has declared war. Not on North Korea; not on ISIS or Iran. Certainly not…
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Trump’s budget — Does FDA get a 9% increase or 31% cut?

By Steven Grossman on May 28, 2017

Editor’s note: This was originally published May 26, 2017, on the website of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA. The alliance is committed to an ongoing, multi-year effort with two specific goals — to …
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Trump sheds little light on food safety plans; names advisers

By Coral Beach on March 1, 2017

Even though President Donald Trump did not mention food safety in his first speech before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, one observer with a finely tuned food safety focus says the new…
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