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One heck of a way to run a government

By Dr. Richard Raymond on February 17, 2019
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Dr. Elisabeth Hagen left the USDA in December of 2013, leaving the position of the USDA’s Undersecretary for Food Safety vacant and President Obama chose not to fill it for the remainder of his…
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Re-visiting 2018 food safety Op-Eds

By News Desk on December 23, 2018

Editor’s note: Since its inception a decade ago, commentary in the from of guest opinion-editorial, or Op-Ed, content has been an important part of Food Safety News. Hundreds of contributors have found a place …
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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 Codex out of FSIS will boost trade, not food safety

By Dr. Richard Raymond on September 21, 2017

Editor’s note: This guest opinion column by Dr. Richard Raymond was originally publish on MeatingPlace.com and is republished here with permission. 

The U.S. Codex Office is moving from USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)…
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FDA faces appeal for failing to reveal retailers in papaya outbreak

By Dan Flynn on September 8, 2017

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) wants the Food and Drug Administration to release the names and locations of supermarkets and other retailers who sold papayas now subject to a nationwide recall…
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Food safety expertise could trump ho-hum ag appointment

By Dan Flynn on December 27, 2016

One of the nation’s past top food safety officials might be named Secretary of Agriculture by President-elect Donald J. Trump.

Murano_406x250Cuban-born Texan Professor Elsa Murano, who served as U.S. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food…
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Letter From the Editor: Ban Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Dihydrogen Monoxide?

By Dan Flynn on May 10, 2015

The former USDA Undersecretary for Food Safety, Dr. Richard Raymond, lives just down the road a piece. He’s always good for pointing out something we’ve missed, or setting us straight, or both. He recently called…
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Superbugs and Other Nonsense

By Dr. Richard Raymond on December 23, 2013

In a recent Consumer Reports article entitled, “The high cost of cheap chicken,” CR stated, “our tests reveal that superbugs can be found in about half of the chicken we tested.” Consumer Reports is claiming…
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Animal Ag Group Wants to Talk Antibiotic Resistance

By News Desk on October 4, 2013

In both 2011 and 2012, the National Institute for Animal Agriculture held symposia on antibiotic use in food animals that may have calmed the industry but did little to dial back the movement to strictly…
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Humane Society Getting Its Way on "Downed" Veal Calves

By Dan Flynn on March 20, 2013

For most of the past decade, “downer” cattle were kept out of the food supply because of concern that most were older cows, which are thought to be more susceptible to disease, especially Bovine Spongiform…
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Complacency, Not Fatigue, The Only Real Recall Danger

By Dan Flynn on June 12, 2012

Americans handle a lot without fatigue ever becoming a issue. Consider just a few examples: – We pick our way through an estimated 50,000 items each time we do the grocery shopping. – We keep…
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