Although her appointment is stalled in the U.S. Senate with hundreds of others, the nomination of Mindy Brashears as the next U.S. Under Secretary for Food Safety puts a real face on the long-time vacancy.
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The Food Safety News Top 10 News Stories of 2013
Editor’s Note: Each year, the writers and editors of Food Safety News pick the top 10 news stories based on the story’s overall importance within the food safety community. This year, we’ve added a separate
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Hagen to Join Deloitte After Leaving USDA
After stepping down this month from her post as Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Dr. Elisabeth Hagen will join Deloitte as a food safety senior advisor for the
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Food-Safety Stakeholders React to Hagen's Departure From USDA
In reacting to Friday’s announcement that Dr. Elisabeth Hagen will resign her position as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s under secretary for food safety in December, food-safety experts, industry associations, consumer advocates and members of
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Hagen to Step Down as USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that Elisabeth Hagen plans to leave her position as under secretary for food safety in mid-December. In her statement, Hagen said that she will be entering the private
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Hagen, Taylor Urge Public to Engage in Lengthy Policymaking Process
The public should not hesitate to be more involved in the food safety policymaking process, Dr. Elisabeth Hagen and Michael Taylor, the nation’s two leading food safety officials, told an audience at the Food Safety
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Meeting Our Mission – A Safer Food Supply
My passion for public health stems from my career as an infectious disease doctor, watching families cope with the heartbreak caused by preventable diseases, including foodborne illness. I know what it feels like to explain
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