Sandra Eskin

Letter From the Editor: Transition gap hurts food safety

–– OPINION — Dr, Jose Emilio Esteban left office 100 days ago. He was for two years and one month USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety. The office is currently vacant

By Dan Flynn

/ 1 May 2025

Letter From the Editor: Transition gap hurts food safety

Publisher’s Platform: Great news, Sandra Eskin is new CEO at STOP

— OPINION — Tough to fill the shoes of Mitzi Baum, but the STOP Board did just that. Sandra Eskin is now the CEO for STOP Foodborne Illness. Eskin was appointed USDA

By Bill Marler

/ 21 Jan 2025

Publisher’s Platform: Great news, Sandra Eskin is new CEO at STOP

Springtime meetings with FSIS brass

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has updated its public calendar to provide information about its meetings in March and April. It lists meetings held by the

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Sep 2024

Food Safety and Inspection Service leadership meets with public, industry representatives

The best sign that post-pandemic normalcy is back at USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is that everybody is again getting their meeting times. That means that Dr. Emilio

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Jul 2024

Food Safety and Inspection Service leadership meets with public, industry representatives

Publisher’s Platform: Congrats to Biden, Vilsack, Esteban and Eskin

USDA finalizes policy to protect consumers from Salmonella in raw breaded stuffed chicken products — OPINION — Food Safety, like politics, is the art of the possible. Sure, it would be great

By Bill Marler

/ 30 Apr 2024

Publisher’s Platform: Congrats to Biden, Vilsack, Esteban and Eskin

30 years of food safety standouts

Editor’s note: This column and profiles of the 16 food safety champions (four not pictured above) was originally published by Quality Assurance magazine. It is reprinted here with permission.

By Guest Opinion

/ 26 Jan 2023

One last look at 2022’s Top Ten

— OPINION — With but a few hours remaining, it’s time to look back at the important food safety events and trends of 2022. While Food Safety News stories are the

By Dan Flynn

/ 31 Dec 2022

CDC finds that many consumers fail to cook raw frozen stuffed chicken products properly

A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used an internet panel survey and found that more than one-half of respondents reported using an appliance other than

By Jonan Pilet

/ 9 Dec 2022

CDC finds that many consumers fail to cook raw frozen stuffed chicken products properly

Senate committee sets nomination hearing for top food safety official

A committee in the U.S. Senate has finally set a nomination hearing to consider Jose Emilio Esteban for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top food safety job.

By News Desk

/ 20 Sep 2022

Senate committee sets nomination hearing for top food safety official

Keep safe school lunches in mind during that back to school shopping trip

On your next back-to-school shopping trip, make sure to include food safety items on your shopping list to keep school lunches safe, USDA says. “Every day, parents focus on the

By News Desk

/ 22 Aug 2022

Keep safe school lunches in mind during that back to school shopping trip

Senate sits on Esteban nomination as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety

Any hope that the U.S. Senate would confirm Jose Emilio Esteban as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety before the late summer break is gone. The Senate Committee

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Aug 2022

Senate sits on Esteban nomination as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety

Top food safety administrators in U.S. say it’s not rocket science, but it is science

PITTSBURGH, PA — Technology, pathogens and diligence were the watchwords from two leaders from the USDA and FDA as they addressed attendees at the International Association of Food Protection’s 2022

By Coral Beach

/ 2 Aug 2022

Top food safety administrators in U.S. say it’s not rocket science, but it is science

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Letter From the Editor: Transition gap hurts food safety

Publisher’s Platform: Great news, Sandra Eskin is new CEO at STOP

Springtime meetings with FSIS brass

Food Safety and Inspection Service leadership meets with public, industry representatives

Publisher’s Platform: Congrats to Biden, Vilsack, Esteban and Eskin

30 years of food safety standouts

One last look at 2022’s Top Ten

CDC finds that many consumers fail to cook raw frozen stuffed chicken products properly

Senate committee sets nomination hearing for top food safety official

Keep safe school lunches in mind during that back to school shopping trip

Senate sits on Esteban nomination as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety

Top food safety administrators in U.S. say it’s not rocket science, but it is science