Editor’s note: This guest column was written by Senior Director of Health and Food Erik Olson and Interim Food Director Lena Brook of the Natural Resources Defense Council. (In an earlier version of this post, FSN incorrectly identified the NRDC. The acronym stands for Natural Resources Defense Council.)
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Continue Reading When lettuce becomes unhealthy, it’s time to rethink food safety in the U.S.
President Donald J. Trump wants to consolidate federal food safety under a single agency housed in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
President Barack Obama also wanted to consolidate food safety, only he preferred housing it in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Food and Drug
Continue Reading Trump wants a single federal food safety agency put under USDA
Editor’s note: This column includes information from an “Advocacy at a Glance” posting by the Alliance for a Stronger FDA and analysis and commentary by Steven Grossman, deputy executive director of the alliance, both republished here with permission.
President Donald Trump is proposing shifting $54 billion from domestic to defense
Continue Reading More money for military defense means less for food defense
While it may appear safe to assume that President Trump will have no interest in these issues, determining his impact on the food safety agenda actually will require a nuanced effort. Notwithstanding the tweet complaining about the so-called “food police” and a leaked phone conversation about imposing stricter food safety
Continue Reading Trump’s well-done habits could bode well for food safety
Since taking office, President Trump has instituted a freeze on federal employees and the same on new or pending regulations. He signed an Executive Order setting up a task force within agencies to repeal old rules. The President has also asked for a $54 billion increase in military spending that
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: The president isn’t focused on safe food
The next secretary of agriculture is expected to be former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue.
President-elect Donald J. Trump plans to announce the Perdue appointment Thursday, according to multiple media reports. As head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Perdue’s responsibilities would include overseeing the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS),
Continue Reading Trump to name Georgia’s Sonny Perdue to run the USDA
Every once in a while in the news business, a feeling comes through our once ink-filled veins. It does not reach everyone at the same time or place, but eventually we all say it: “I think we’ve turned a page.”
That’s what I began feeling during the past week or
Continue Reading Letter from The Editor: Turning the Page
The 15 federal agencies that together enforce at least 30 federal food safety laws are getting new leadership just as fast as President-elect Donald J. Trump can make his cabinet appointments from the long line of applicants showing up at Trump Tower in New York City.
And some top job
Continue Reading Leadership shake-up begins for all 15 federal food safety agencies
