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

By Dan Flynn on April 22, 2021

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 government’s top food safety official …
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Here’s what the Food Safety and Inspection Service did in fiscal year 2020

By News Desk on December 27, 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 goal of modernizing the agency and fulfilling

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New FSIS boss moves from one telephonic ring to another

By Dan Flynn on December 16, 2020

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 meetings with people outside of the federal government…
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Election brings change of some food safety officials from across government

By Dan Flynn on December 14, 2020

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 as many as 20 departments…
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Faster line speeds may not be the food safety issue some thought

By Dan Flynn on October 27, 2020

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 safety.

Line speed, as it is…
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Conventional and cultured industries express goals for federal labels

By News Desk on October 22, 2020

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 required.

And, the North American Meat…
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USDA food safety agencies announces plan to reduce Salmonella

By News Desk on September 21, 2020
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 causes of foodborne illnesses.

The…

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

By Dan Flynn on August 30, 2020

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 to talk about COVID-19. Nor was…
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FDA/USDA say they are making progress on labeling cell-made food

By Dan Flynn on August 7, 2020

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 the replicators will be grown …
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At the start, Brashears finds Under Secretary for Food Safety job is all COVID-19 all the time

By Dan Flynn on July 22, 2020

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 of Commerce.  After that, she’s found…
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