Frank Yiannas

It’s time to finally clear up food date label confusion for consumers

— OPINION — Roughly nine years ago, while serving as Vice President for Food Safety at the world’s largest food retailer, I surveyed how many different date labels were used by

By Frank Yiannas

/ 5 Mar 2024

It’s time to finally clear up food date label confusion for consumers

New FDA administrator says he is ready to cooperate to restructure the agency

The Food and Drug Administration’s first Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, Jim Jones, started his work yesterday and sent the below letter to colleagues. FDA Commissioner Robert Calif appointed

By Coral Beach

/ 26 Sep 2023

The American people deserve a single food safety agency

— OPINION — By Frank Yiannas and Mindy Brashears Both of us have dedicated our careers to advancing food safety and protecting the public. We’ve both done so at the height

By Guest Contributor

/ 11 Sep 2023

The American people deserve a single food safety agency

FDA Commissioner names EPA insider to agency’s top food safety post

EPA’s James “Jim” Jones was named Wednesday as the first FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. In an expanded position, he will fill the voids left at the FDA

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Aug 2023

Is mandatory testing the best approach for managing hepatitis A in berries?

— OPINION — Soft fruits like strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and berry blends play an important part of an overall healthy diet. While millions of servings are consumed safely every day, they continue

By Guest Contributor

/ 12 Jul 2023

Is mandatory testing the best approach for managing hepatitis A in berries?

Some question the FDA commissioner’s plan for the reorganization of the agency’s regulatory office

The head of the Food and Drug Administration says his evolving plan to restructure the food side of the agency is moving forward with changes planned for regulatory affairs, but

By Coral Beach

/ 27 Jun 2023

Some question the FDA commissioner’s plan for the reorganization of the agency’s regulatory office

FY24 food and nutrition budgets follow the current ‘banner year’

Dr. Susan Mayne, who leaves government on May 31, has told the Alliance for a Stronger FDA, that the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) she has led

By Dan Flynn

/ 11 Apr 2023

FY24 food and nutrition budgets follow the current ‘banner year’

Testimony from former FDA deputy commissioner on infant formula crisis

— OPINION — Editor’s note: This is the March 28 written statement of Frank Yiannas, M.P.H.Prior FDA Deputy Commissioner, Food Policy & Response (Nov 2018 – Feb 2023) for

By Guest Contributor

/ 30 Mar 2023

Testimony from former FDA deputy commissioner on infant formula crisis

Witnesses tell congressional subcommittee that infant formula crisis was example of FDA problems

A congressional subcommittee hearing Tuesday on the infant formula crisis of 2022 not only explored how the crisis occurred but also examined how the structure of the FDA hampered efforts

By Coral Beach

/ 29 Mar 2023

Witnesses tell congressional subcommittee that infant formula crisis was example of FDA problems

MSU to host an executive education program on how to create a food safety culture

Michigan State University is hosting a two-day Executive Education program to discuss how to Create a Food Safety Culture within the workplace June 13-15, 2023. The program, “Creating a Food

By News Desk

/ 24 Mar 2023

MSU to host an executive education program on how to create a food safety culture

Letter from the Editor: An independent food safety board is far better than anything FDA Commissioner does on his own

— OPINION — How food safety is best organized in a country this big and this populous is the question we should be asking. Instead during the past confusing year, we’ve

By Dan Flynn

/ 29 Jan 2023

Letter from the Editor: An independent food safety board is far better than anything FDA Commissioner does on his own

30 years of food safety standouts

Editor’s note: This column and profiles of the 16 food safety champions (four not pictured above) was originally published by Quality Assurance magazine. It is reprinted here with permission.

By Guest Opinion

/ 26 Jan 2023

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Frank Yiannas

It’s time to finally clear up food date label confusion for consumers

New FDA administrator says he is ready to cooperate to restructure the agency

The American people deserve a single food safety agency

FDA Commissioner names EPA insider to agency’s top food safety post

Is mandatory testing the best approach for managing hepatitis A in berries?

Some question the FDA commissioner’s plan for the reorganization of the agency’s regulatory office

FY24 food and nutrition budgets follow the current ‘banner year’

Testimony from former FDA deputy commissioner on infant formula crisis

Witnesses tell congressional subcommittee that infant formula crisis was example of FDA problems

MSU to host an executive education program on how to create a food safety culture

Letter from the Editor: An independent food safety board is far better than anything FDA Commissioner does on his own

30 years of food safety standouts

Your Support Protects Public Health