PHOENIX — FDA’s Frank Yiannas and USDA’s Sandra Eskin, two of the federal government’s top food safety officials, were brought together here online Monday for IAFP 2021.
Eskin, who was online from her home, produced
Continue Reading Yiannas and Eskin pipe their messages to IAFP 2021
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and South Dakota have finalized a Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS) agreement, which provides an opportunity for selected state-inspected meat and poultry processors to ship their products across state
Continue Reading South Dakota ninth state with cooperative interstate meat agreement with USDA
For the 10th year, a panel of the nation’s top food safety officials spoke Wednesday to more than 300 virtual Food Safety Summit attendees.
Food and Drug Administration Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas told the virtual
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On the same day that a federal judge in Minnesota issued an order slowing line speeds under the New Swine Inspection Program, attorneys for USDA in California filed a cutting 45-page answer to an amended
Continue Reading Ag Secretary Vilsack, Food Safety Deputy Eskin in court defense of new hog inspection program
Mindy Brashears, the fifth in history confirmed USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety, said goodbye to her consumer, government and industry stakeholders January 14.
Her political appointment as the federal government’s top food safety official
Continue Reading How the food safety transition went, according to the public calendars
The 2021 virtual Food Safety Summit will offer three full days of education sessions, access to vendors who will be showcasing the newest and most innovative food safety solutions and several online networking opportunities.
Continue Reading Dynamic education program set for virtual Food Safety Summit
The new administration in Washington has yet to name an Under Secretary for Food Safety, but it has named a “power player” as Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety. She can take office immediately as
Continue Reading Pew’s Sandra Eskin named as USDA’s Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety
Outbreaks A, B, and C sickened at least 188 people in 2019 when they ate romaine lettuce contaminated with E Coli O157:H7.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on May 21 this year that
Continue Reading Pew’s Eskin suggests ways to reduce romaine risk from surrounding threats
A recently announced interpretation of authority on mandatory recalls weakens food safety.
The Food and Drug Administration’s decision late last year not to order a mandatory recall of yellowfin tuna that sickened at least
Continue Reading FDA should require recall of unsafe tuna to protect consumers
Enough went into the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) to make the food industry queasy, but the new law’s limited reliance on third-party auditors is still enough to make consumer advocates feel about the same
Continue Reading Third-party auditor certification: Not the only tool in the toolkit
Food safety is spread throughout various departments and programs in the federal budget and the document President Obama proposed Tuesday for fiscal 2017 is no different. The policy wonks who know how the federal budgeteers
Continue Reading Obama’s 2017 budget not enough for a food safety legacy
