Skip to content
Sponsored by Marler Clark
Sponsored by Marler Clark
Food Safety News logo

Food Safety News

Breaking news for everyone's consumption

Menu

HomeOutbreaksRecallsDirectoryEventsAbout UsMedia KitContact Us
Search
Close

Food Safety News

Kirsten Gillibrand

Subscribe to Kirsten Gillibrand
illustration food recall

Food recalls are a changing mix without being mandatory

By Dan Flynn on December 28, 2021

After a decade of food recalls under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), not everything has turned out as expected.

President Barack Obama signed the FSMA into law during the first week of 2011. Among…
Continue Reading Food recalls are a changing mix without being mandatory

Santa Claus holding a quill pen whilst checking the naughty or nice list.

We checked it twice: The good, the bad and on the bubble

By Coral Beach & Joe Whitworth on December 24, 2019
Commentary

It’s Dec. 24, do you know where your name is?

Here at Food Safety News we’ve been checking the year-end Naughty & Nice Lists and we’re ready to nominate some names. When it comes…
Continue Reading We checked it twice: The good, the bad and on the bubble

Government Newswire Feeds

FDA
USDA
CDC
CFIA
beef_1000x565

Federal legislators call for USDA to name contaminated beef plants

By News Desk on November 16, 2019

Although a single supplier has not been identified, federal officials know of a number of specific beef plants that are contaminated with a strain of Salmonella behind a deadly outbreak. But, the USDA won’t name…
Continue Reading Federal legislators call for USDA to name contaminated beef plants

GAO says some USDA food safety standards are outdated

By News Desk on April 19, 2018

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)  should carry on with its work to reduce pathogens in meat and poultry, but first, the agency needs to improve documentation, add some timelines to its tasks…
Continue Reading GAO says some USDA food safety standards are outdated

Senators Still Want Answers From Antibiotic Resistance Task Force

By Lydia Zuraw on August 19, 2015

http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-images-white-house-image18128229Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) are still waiting for answers to animal antibiotics questions posed eight months ago. The senators originally wrote to the co-chairs of the Interagency Task…
Continue Reading Senators Still Want Answers From Antibiotic Resistance Task Force

Senators Ask GAO to Examine Options for Food Safety Oversight

By Lydia Zuraw on June 24, 2015

papers_406x250Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) study whether creating a single food agency would increase efficiencies, reduce costs and…
Continue Reading Senators Ask GAO to Examine Options for Food Safety Oversight

Senators Want USDA to Finalize Poultry Pathogen Standards

By News Desk on June 5, 2015

http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photography-raw-chicken-drumsticks-close-up-image45080472Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) are asking Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to finalize USDA’s Salmonella and Campylobacter performance standards as soon as possible. In January, USDA’s Food Safety and…
Continue Reading Senators Want USDA to Finalize Poultry Pathogen Standards

Gillibrand Proposes Mandatory Recall Authority for USDA

By Lydia Zuraw on May 13, 2015

After FRONTLINE’s documentary on Salmonella in poultry aired Tuesday night on PBS, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) officially introduced legislation to give the U.S. Department of Agriculture mandatory recall authority over contaminated meat and poultry. Gillibrand…
Continue Reading Gillibrand Proposes Mandatory Recall Authority for USDA

Publisher’s Platform: A Reasonable Proposal for Safer Meat

By Bill Marler on March 14, 2015

http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-image-fast-food-hamburger-image12143746New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has once again proposed a law that would give the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) the ability that it does not believe it already has…
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: A Reasonable Proposal for Safer Meat

FSIS Would Have Mandatory Recall Authority Under Proposed Bill

By Lydia Zuraw on February 6, 2015

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is proposing legislation that would require recalls of meat and poultry contaminated with pathogens. “As it stands now, if foods like ground beef and sliced turkey are found to be unsafe,…
Continue Reading FSIS Would Have Mandatory Recall Authority Under Proposed Bill

Post navigation

Older Posts 

FSN Editors Show/Hide

  • Dan Flynn
  • Coral Beach
FSN Writers & Contributors​

Stay Connected

RSS Facebook Twitter Subscribe LinkedIn

Subscribe by email

Events Calendar

Food Recalls

  • Pindjur vegetable spread recalled in Canada over glass in product
  • 2.5 million pounds of Kroger, Great Value, Goya, and more brands of canned meat recalled over packaging defect
  • Jambalaya and gumbo products recalled over lack of inspection
  • Ready-to-eat sausages recalled after inspection finds Listeria on production surfaces
More Recalls

Editorials & Guest Opinions

A new day: IFT weighs in on the future of the FDA

By Guest Opinion on February 1, 2023

Letter to the Editor: We don’t need an upheaval of USDA and FDA to make a single food safety unit

By Guest Contributor on January 31, 2023

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

By Dan Flynn on January 29, 2023
More Op-Eds
Letters to the Editor

Latest from Twitter

Tweets by @foodsafetynews

Food Safety Guides

  • Cooking Temperatures
  • Cross-Contamination
  • Foodborne Pathogens
Find Your Health Department
Restaurant Inspections
eFood Alert Blog
Marler Blog
Marler Clark logo
1012 First Avenue
Fifth Floor
Seattle, Washington 98104-1008
RSS Facebook Twitter Subscribe LinkedIn
  • Consumer Education
  • Enforcement
  • Events
  • Food Policy & Law
  • Food Recalls
  • Food Safety Guides
  • Foodborne Illness Investigations
  • Nutrition & Public Health
  • Opinion & Contributed Articles
  • Science & Research
  • Sustainability
  • Technology
  • Victim Stories
  • World
  • Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
  • For Foodies
  • Government Agencies
  • Lawsuits & Litigation
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Local Food
  • Media Kit
Copyright © 2023, Marler Clark. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy PolicyLegal StatementAdvertise
Law blog design & platform by LexBlog LexBlog Logo