President Trump

Publisher's Platform: The Fifty-State Cyclospora count is 20,927 this morning. The President has said one thing about it. The Secretary says it is under control. Here is what they should have said instead.

Ohio released new numbers today — 4,013 cases in 80 counties, up from 2,576 a week ago. Add the states up, one by one, all fifty of them, and the floor under this outbreak this morning is 20,927 people.

By Bill Marler

/ 31 Jul 2026

Publisher's Platform: The Fifty-State Cyclospora count is 20,927 this morning. The President has said one thing about it. The Secretary says it is under control. Here is what they should have said instead.

FDA commissioner resigns

No word on when a replacement will be named

By Coral Beach

/ 12 May 2026

Trump, aided by RFK Jr., is dismantling the U.S. food safety network

— OPINION — Donald Trump and his acolyte, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., vowed to “Make America Healthy Again.” They lied. * RFK Jr. fired every single member of FDA’s media communications team,

By Phyllis Entis

/ 26 Sep 2025

Trump, aided by RFK Jr., is dismantling the U.S. food safety network

Senate committee seeks to rein in some of President Trump’s USDA, FDA cuts

The Senate Appropriations Committee has voted to advance its agricultural funding bill, which, if approved, could reduce the impact of some of the provisions sought by the president. The bill

By Coral Beach

/ 14 Jul 2025

Senate committee seeks to rein in some of President Trump’s USDA, FDA cuts

FDA delays implementation of rule that would require new nutrition labeling

The FDA is delaying implementation of a rule that would require food companies to print nutritional information on the front labels of their products. The proposed rule was developed by

By Coral Beach

/ 9 May 2025

FDA delays implementation of rule that would require new nutrition labeling

Lawmakers ask President Trump to restore interagency communications

Eighty-four members of Congress have written to President Trump expressing concerns about his actions regarding the CDC and USDA that will negatively impact the nation’s ability to ensure

By Coral Beach

/ 26 Feb 2025

Lawmakers ask President Trump to restore interagency communications

A new foodborne illness benchmark, just in time for ‘shock and awe’

— OPINION — For nearly a decade and a half, food safety advocates like me have recited CDC’s 2011 foodborne illness estimates: 3,000 deaths. 128,000 hospitalizations. 48 million illnesses

By Thomas Gremillion

/ 7 Feb 2025

A new foodborne illness benchmark, just in time for ‘shock and awe’

South Dakota ranch family got pardon; likely got off light at time of crimes

They are not the last cowboy song but they are likely the final full pardons from the 45th President of the United States. And they are being forgiven for breaking

By Dan Flynn

/ 23 Jan 2021

South Dakota ranch family got pardon; likely got off light at time of crimes

Senator’s Call for Meat Industry’s Answers Exposes Reach of Money in Politics

Opinion By Brendan Fischer and Maggie Christ Despite what you might think, America’s broken campaign finance system is about more than expensive ads flooding your screen and glossy mailers

By Guest Contributor

/ 4 Jul 2020

Senator’s Call for Meat Industry’s Answers Exposes Reach of Money in Politics

Trump’s order to keep meat plants open gives big business a loophole

Opinion President Trump’s executive order keeping meat plants open during the COVID-19 pandemic is a further threat to the health of the women and men who produce our

By Center for Science in the Public Interest

/ 30 Apr 2020

Trump’s order to keep meat plants open gives big business a loophole

Letter From The Editor: Brashears confirmation vote long overdue

Opinion USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is getting a new top administrative officer. Paul Kiecker, who joined the agency in 1988 as a food inspector, is succeeding

By Dan Flynn

/ 1 Mar 2020

Letter From The Editor: Brashears confirmation vote long overdue

Consumer Reports taps former USDA food safety official to direct food policy

Consumer Reports Monday announced the appointment of former USDA deputy undersecretary Brian Ronholm as director of food policy for the 80-year old non-profit organization. “Mr. Ronholm will lead

By News Desk

/ 7 Jan 2020

Consumer Reports taps former USDA food safety official to direct food policy

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President Trump

Publisher's Platform: The Fifty-State Cyclospora count is 20,927 this morning. The President has said one thing about it. The Secretary says it is under control. Here is what they should have said instead.

FDA commissioner resigns

Trump, aided by RFK Jr., is dismantling the U.S. food safety network

Senate committee seeks to rein in some of President Trump’s USDA, FDA cuts

FDA delays implementation of rule that would require new nutrition labeling

Lawmakers ask President Trump to restore interagency communications

A new foodborne illness benchmark, just in time for ‘shock and awe’

South Dakota ranch family got pardon; likely got off light at time of crimes

Senator’s Call for Meat Industry’s Answers Exposes Reach of Money in Politics

Trump’s order to keep meat plants open gives big business a loophole

Letter From The Editor: Brashears confirmation vote long overdue

Consumer Reports taps former USDA food safety official to direct food policy

Your Support Protects Public Health