Dr. Mindy Brashears

Brashears: Beating salmonella in poultry needs to focus on serotypes causing human illness with improved data

Mindy Brashears was Under Secretary for Food Safety in late 2020 when USDA’s Office of Food Safety (OFS) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) released a plan

By Dan Flynn

/ 22 Nov 2023

Brashears: Beating salmonella in poultry needs to focus on serotypes causing human illness with improved data

How the food safety transition went, according to the public calendars

Mindy Brashears, the fifth in history confirmed USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety, said goodbye to her consumer, government and industry stakeholders January 14. Her political appointment as the federal

By Dan Flynn

/ 22 Apr 2021

How the food safety transition went, according to the public calendars

Here’s what the Food Safety and Inspection Service did in fiscal year 2020

Editor’s Note: In this year-end summary, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reports on its key achievements for fiscal year (FY) 2020 and highlights progress on its

By News Desk

/ 27 Dec 2020

Here’s what the Food Safety and Inspection Service did in fiscal year 2020

New FSIS boss moves from one telephonic ring to another

After eight months on the job as boss over USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service headquarters (FSIS), Administrator Paul Kiecker likely is feeling like P.T. Barnum. Kiecker’s

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Dec 2020

New FSIS boss moves from one telephonic ring to another

Election brings change of some food safety officials from across government

If the United States had a single independent food safety authority like most counties, a change of administrators would not be a significant event. But with food safety spread across

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 Dec 2020

Election brings change of some food safety officials from across government

Faster line speeds may not be the food safety issue some thought

During the modernization era for meat and poultry, how fast carcasses are moved across the slaughter floor is an issue that’s created controversies involving both food safety and worker

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Oct 2020

Faster line speeds may not be the food safety issue some thought

Conventional and cultured industries express goals for federal labels

The industry of animal cell-based/cultured technology has not yet brought any products to market, but the entry is fast approaching and applicable federal labels are soon going to be

By News Desk

/ 22 Oct 2020

Conventional and cultured industries express goals for federal labels

USDA food safety agencies announces plan to reduce Salmonella

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Food Safety (OFS) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has a plan to decrease Salmonella, one of the leading

By News Desk

/ 21 Sep 2020

USDA food safety agencies announces plan to reduce Salmonella

Food safety brass over summer were taking COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 calls

Unlike the first 90 days or so of the coronavirus pandemic, not every outsider who made contact with USDA’s top Food Safety and Inspection Service executives in June wanted

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Aug 2020

Food safety brass over summer were taking COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 calls

FDA/USDA say they are making progress on labeling cell-made food

When there are Star Trek replicators, what are they going to call the meat, poultry, or seafood products that come out of them? Steaks and chops and chicken breasts from

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Aug 2020

FDA/USDA say they are making progress on labeling cell-made food

At the start, Brashears finds Under Secretary for Food Safety job is all COVID-19 all the time

The day after she was finally confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Mindy Brashears was back home in Lubbock, TX, giving an Ag Appreciation Day speech to the local Chamber

By Dan Flynn

/ 22 Jul 2020

At the start, Brashears finds Under Secretary for Food Safety job is all COVID-19 all the time

Bill Marler’s last word (or maybe not) on the Salmonella petition

Bill Marler is getting the last word on the petition he filed with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in January, which is on behalf of Rick Schiller,

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Jun 2020

Bill Marler’s last word (or maybe not) on the Salmonella petition

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Dr. Mindy Brashears

Brashears: Beating salmonella in poultry needs to focus on serotypes causing human illness with improved data

How the food safety transition went, according to the public calendars

Here’s what the Food Safety and Inspection Service did in fiscal year 2020

New FSIS boss moves from one telephonic ring to another

Election brings change of some food safety officials from across government

Faster line speeds may not be the food safety issue some thought

Conventional and cultured industries express goals for federal labels

USDA food safety agencies announces plan to reduce Salmonella

Food safety brass over summer were taking COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 calls

FDA/USDA say they are making progress on labeling cell-made food

At the start, Brashears finds Under Secretary for Food Safety job is all COVID-19 all the time

Bill Marler’s last word (or maybe not) on the Salmonella petition

Your Support Protects Public Health