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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 Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety on March 24, 2021. In this role, Eskin lead the Office of
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Great news, Sandra Eskin is new CEO at STOP
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 Under Secretary and Deputy Under Secretary, Office of Food Safety (OFS), and the Administrator and Deputy Administrator for FSIS with persons
Continue Reading Springtime meetings with FSIS brass
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 Esteban, USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety, is again rounding up top FSIS personnel like Administrator Paul Kiecker and his deputy
Continue Reading Food Safety and Inspection Service leadership meets with public, industry representatives
USDA finalizes policy to protect consumers from Salmonella in raw breaded stuffed chicken products
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Food Safety, like politics, is the art of the possible.
Sure, it would be great if, like Shiga-toxin producing E. coli in beef are considered adulterants, Salmonellas (at least the 30 plus known
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Congrats to Biden, Vilsack, Esteban and Eskin
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. To read profiles of the individual food safety professionals referenced in the column, please click here.
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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 source of much of what was important during the year, we like to think our approach is more meaningful
Continue Reading One last look at 2022’s Top Ten
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 an oven to cook frozen stuffed chicken products.
The study, titled “Appliances Used by Consumers to Prepare Frozen Stuffed Chicken
Continue Reading CDC finds that many consumers fail to cook raw frozen stuffed chicken products properly
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.
Nominated on Nov. 12, 2021, by President Joe Biden, Esteban is scheduled to go before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Continue Reading Senate committee sets nomination hearing for top food safety official
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 health and safety of their children, and this focus includes how they prepare and pack lunches,” said Sandra Eskin, Deputy
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 on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry has not scheduled a nomination hearing for Esteban. President Biden nominated him for the nation’s top food
Continue Reading Senate sits on Esteban nomination as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety