American Agriculture is letting the U.S. Senate know that 68 months is long enough to go without a USDA under secretary for food safety.
Ten of the nation’s largest and most influential agricultural organizations have
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Letter From The Editor: A full plate for the Southwest Meat Association
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About a decade ago, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service deployed a diverse task force to look at risk-based inspection.
The first meeting was not very productive. Dr. Richard Raymond, then the undersecretary for
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Brashears promises data, science and food safety modernization at FSIS
GALVESTON, TX — The $2 billion hog market slaughter industry will get more flexibility, and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will have greater inspection oversight.Mindy Brashears, the USDA deputy undersecretary for food safety, says
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Ag committee again clears way for Senate to confirm Brashears for USDA
The nomination of Mindy Brashears, currently deputy undersecretary for food safety, to be the USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety was reported favorably Tuesday out of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
The
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USDA food safety official reports first meetings with people outside federal government
Since Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue named Mindy Brashears Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, the former Texas Tech University food safety professor is finding herself in demand.
Perdue named Brashears to the post on
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List of last minute Senate confirmations fail to include top food safety job
The nation’s top food safety job remains vacant after the U.S. Senate left it out of a final batch of nominees confirmed this past Wednesday night during the final hours of the 115th Congress.
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Senate likely to vote soon on Brashears as USDA’s top food safety official
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry late Wednesday voted to favorably report the nomination of Mindy Brashears to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety.
Her nomination may now be considered by
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Senate finally moves to fill USDA’s long-vacate top food safety post
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry will finally conduct a public nomination hearing on Nov. 28 for Mindy Brashears to become USDA’s under secretary for food safety.
Six months and 24 days after
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The leadership burden at FSIS gives Senate another reason to take action
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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Senate committee has yet to schedule hearing for Brashears
In the two weeks since President Trump nominated Mindy Brashears as USDA’s next Under Secretary for Food Safety, not much has happened.
The Senate has assigned management of her confirmation to the Senate Committee on
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