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Last week was a big one for Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. The U.S. Senate heard his testimony and groups visiting Washington D.C., like the state agriculture directors, listened to his every word he
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Inbox fills while Senate drags out confirmation for Breshears
The U.S. Senate hasn’t scheduled her confirmation hearing yet. A local radio disc jockey has called her a “pink slime denier.” But, nothing really terrible has happened to Mindy Brashears in the past month.
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Food Safety Caucus urges Trump to name Under Secretary
Ten Democrats who are members of the Congressional Food Safety Caucus are asking President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to get someone named as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety.
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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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Raymond to Perdue: Top food safety candidate is in your backyard
The pairing of Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue with Michael Doyle as USDA’s undersecretary for food safety might seem like a natural.
Perdue is a former Georgia governor and Doyle is the University of Georgia’s
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Top food safety job and others remain to be filled at USDA
With the somewhat tardy appointment of former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as secretary of agriculture combined with Senate Democrats taking their time with the confirmation process, there’s going to be a backup of some other
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Letter From the Editor: A 10-Year Term is the Vacancy Solution
It has been almost two years since Dr. Elisabeth Hagen stepped down as our most recent USDA under secretary for food safety. President Obama has not appointed, nor has the Senate confirmed, anyone to fill
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USDA Names Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety
Food Safety News has learned that Brian Ronholm has been named acting under secretary for food safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Brian Ronholm joined USDA in April 2011 as deputy under secretary for
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Letter From the Editor: A 10-Year Term
Dr. Elisabeth Hagen is departing government in mid-December, again leaving America without a Senate-confirmed under secretary for food safety. How common are these periods when USDA is without an under secretary for food safety? More
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Top USDA Food Safety Nominee Clears Ag Committee
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) just might have an Under Secretary for Food Safety this grilling season.
The Senate Agriculture Committee yesterday approved the nomination of Dr. Elisabeth Hagen to lead the USDA’s Food
Lincoln Survives Heated Primary Runoff
Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) defeated labor-backed Arkansas Lt. Governor Bill Halter in a heated Democratic primary runoff Tuesday, bucking the notion that Lincoln might be the third Senate incumbent casualty