Opinion
Editor’s note: This guest column was written by Senior Director of Health and Food Erik Olson and Interim Food Director Lena Brook of the Natural Resources Defense Council. (In an earlier version of this
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The leadership burden at FSIS gives Senate another reason to take action
Although her appointment is stalled in the U.S. Senate with hundreds of others, the nomination of Mindy Brashears as the next U.S. Under Secretary for Food Safety puts a real face on the long-time vacancy.
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Letter From The Editor: Fill USDA’s top food safety posts now
UPDATED: So far, so good. Secretary Perdue has named, on a temporary basis, two USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) career employees to the top jobs. Paul Kiecker is acting FSIS administrator and Carmen
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Publisher’s Platform: Make America Barf Again
President Trump seems to be spending most weekends at his “Southern White House” golfing. I wonder if he eats the food there or heads to the closest McDonald’s or KFC? Or, perhaps he will start
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My bromance with ‘The Donald’: To hell with food safety
It looks like “The Donald” is trying to expand his bromances from Vladimir Putin to a broader group of guys — including me. In a Trump fact sheet posted online Thursday, which was then removed
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