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First signs that the executives may remove FSIS from remote controls

By Dan Flynn on May 20, 2022

It costs the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) more than $1 billion a year for close to 10,000 inspectors to provide their services at more than 6,200 locations where the private sector produces…
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Key achievements were only a phone call away during pandemic year 2

By Dan Flynn on January 25, 2022

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service named its key achievements for 2021 that the agency claims highlight progress in its mission to prevent foodborne illness and protect public health.

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Working the phone for food safety comes naturally to Eskin

By Dan Flynn on August 18, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has left some hating and some loving telephonic communications options like those Zoom calls. USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s recently released public calendars for May and June are pretty good evidence…
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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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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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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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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…
Continue Reading At the start, Brashears finds Under Secretary for Food Safety job is all COVID-19 all the time

Rottenberg’s last 6 months were busy, and were over before the storm

By Dan Flynn on May 19, 2020

In March, when Mindy M. Brashears became the fifth Senate-confirmed USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety and Paul Kiecker moved up to be theUSDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service Administrator, it’s likely neither could have…
Continue Reading Rottenberg’s last 6 months were busy, and were over before the storm

USDA’s food safety triumvirate had a lot of visitors this past year

By Dan Flynn on January 15, 2020

Each member of the triumvirate responsible for food safety at USDA brings something unique to the department’s leadership. Deputy Under Secretary Mindy Brashears is a top food scientist. FSIS Administrator Carmen Rottenberg is an experienced…
Continue Reading USDA’s food safety triumvirate had a lot of visitors this past year

No summer slow down for those with agendas for USDA food safety leaders

By Dan Flynn on August 29, 2019

Business establishments it regulates, foreign trade partners, and academic and educational organizations were among those outside the federal government who met with USDA’s food safety executives so far this summer.

The public calendar from the…
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