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With the New Year comes new challenges, many of which are hanging on from 2022.
A bright spot that appeared in the final days of 2022 that is shining into 2023 was
Continue Reading What’s old is new again this New Year— OPINION —
With the New Year comes new challenges, many of which are hanging on from 2022.
A bright spot that appeared in the final days of 2022 that is shining into 2023 was…
Continue Reading What’s old is new again this New Year— OPINION —
With but a few hours remaining, it’s time to look back at the important food safety events and trends of 2022. While Food Safety News stories are the source of much of…
Continue Reading One last look at 2022’s Top TenWhen you’re waiting to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, hearing that your nomination has been taken hostage with others is not good news. But for Jose Emilio Esteban, who the president has nominated as…
Continue Reading Time is running out for Esteban’s confirmation in lame-duck CongressIf the U.S. Senate can stay focused for long enough today, Jose Emilio Esteban will likely be confirmed as the nation’s sixth undersecretary for food safety. He’s been waiting for 340 days
With a Senate…
Continue Reading Senate could confirm Esteban for USDA post as early as todayA committee in the U.S. Senate has finally set a nomination hearing to consider Jose Emilio Esteban for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top food safety job.
Nominated on Nov. 12, 2021, by President Joe…
Continue Reading Senate committee sets nomination hearing for top food safety officialAny hope that the U.S. Senate would confirm Jose Emilio Esteban as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety before the late summer break is gone.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry has not…
Continue Reading Senate sits on Esteban nomination as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food SafetyThe FDA Commissioner and USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety are the top officials charged with keeping food safe for Americans.
More than 60 days ago, President Biden nominated Robert Califf as FDA Commissioner and …
Continue Reading Califf clears Senate H.E.L.P. Committee, while Esteban is stuck in Agriculture
The White House plans to submit the name of Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban to the United States Senate for confirmation as USDA’s next under secretary for food safety.
Esteban is President Joe Biden’s choice to…
Continue Reading President Biden set to nominate Jose Emilio Esteban to head USDA food safety
The Codex Committee on Food Hygiene met in Cleveland, Ohio earlier this month to talk about food allergen management, biological foodborne outbreaks and guidelines to control E. coli.
Codex Alimentarius is a collection of standards,…
Continue Reading Experts discuss food hygiene, allergens and STEC at Codex meeting
The annual meeting of the International Association for Food Protection begins its four-day run today in Tampa. With 4,000 members and 54 affiliates around the globe, IAFP’s yearly meeting is a marquee event for world…
Continue Reading Marquee food safety event in Tampa begins with talk of change