President Trump has again nominated Mindy Brashears to be USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety.
Brashears served as Undersecretary for Food Safety for the last 303 days of Trump’s first term, which turned out to be the most significant period for any Under Secretary for Food Safety in history, as
Continue Reading President nominates Mindy Brashears to a second term as USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety
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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 awaiting a new Presidential appointee and U.S. Senate confirmation.
How did that go last time? It was 701
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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
It’s been six months since the White House announced President Biden was appointing Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban to serve as USDA’s Undersecretary for Food Safety, and nothing more has happened.
By protocol, the undersecretary is the top food safety post in the federal government. But that has not made any
Continue Reading Committee’s disinterest in food safety may be reason for delaying confirmation
Rural quality of life is the latest esoteric subject getting a hearing out of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Foresty, which also has had time to recommend that the complete Senate confirm four new Commodity Futures Trading Commissioners.
It’s not new that the business of agriculture takes precedence
Continue Reading Food safety nominee still waiting for his hearing before Senate committee
If food safety is more important than commodities to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, this morning is not a good time to try and prove it.
The Committee is holding a confirmation hearing this morning for Heath P. Tarbert of Maryland to be Commissioner and Chairman of
Continue Reading Senate holds a nomination hearing, but not for food safety pick
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry will finally conduct a public nomination hearing on Nov. 28 for Mindy Brashears to become USDA’s under secretary for food safety.
Six months and 24 days after President Donald J. Trump nominated Brashears for the post, the Senate committee will hear public
Continue Reading Senate finally moves to fill USDA’s long-vacate top food safety post
Senators Pat Roberts, D-KS, and Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, were beaming Tuesday during the first agricultural committee hearing since the Farm Bill passed.
Roberts, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Nutrition, was so proud he kept asking to be reminded that the Farm Bill, now in conference, passed
Continue Reading Senate holds confirmation hearing, but not for key food safety post
In the two weeks since President Trump nominated Mindy Brashears as USDA’s next Under Secretary for Food Safety, not much has happened.
The Senate has assigned management of her confirmation to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. But the committee has not announced a hearing schedule.
Brashears is
Continue Reading Senate committee has yet to schedule hearing for Brashears
