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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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FSIS gains some in push back with OIG over process audit for new swine slaughter rule

By Dan Flynn on June 30, 2020

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) report on USDA’s recent rulemaking for the Modernization of Swine Slaughter Inspection did not find much to concern USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

“We determined whether FSIS,”…
Continue Reading FSIS gains some in push back with OIG over process audit for new swine slaughter rule

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…
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Paul Kiecker succeeds Carmen Rottenberg as FSIS Administrator

By News Desk on February 25, 2020

Carmen Rottenberg, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service administrator is leaving the government after two decades of federal service.  Rottenberg, an attorney, is moving to the private sector.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today…
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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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Mobile App helps attendees get the most of Food Safety Summit

By News Desk on May 7, 2019

CHICAGO — The Food Safety Summit, which continues here today, has been on the cutting edge since its inception and remains there. Mobile apps for conferences and events have gone in the blink of an…
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Stakeholders and lobbyists leave tracks at FSIS during October

By Dan Flynn on December 11, 2018

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top two food safety officials met ten times with stakeholders and lobbyists over 21 days in October, according to the recently issued public calendar from the Food Safety and Inspection…
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Catfish was on the menu for meetings with top USDA food safety officials

Posted on October 18, 2018

Carmen Rottenberg and Paul Kiecker, USDA’s top food safety executives, met last Sept. 4 with Corey Rosenbusch and Lowell Randel of the Global Cold Chain Alliance about export issues.
Rosenbusch and Randel’s…
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The leadership burden at FSIS gives Senate another reason to take action

By Dan Flynn on October 10, 2018

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.
Continue Reading The leadership burden at FSIS gives Senate another reason to take action

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