Brashears was confirmed to the same position during Trump’s first term in March 2020—around the same time that the COVID-19 pandemic was dominating the headlines.
The fiscal 2026 budget request from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services touches on infant formula, ultra-processed foods, and other HHS priorities that Food Safety Magazine has reported on.
As part of the educational campaign, the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (AGM) has been releasing a series of social media posts this week to showcase the work conducted by department staff to ensure the state’s food supply is safe.
Developing a continental food safety data hub with a rapid alert mechanism, a traceability system, and regional centers will be critical to the agency getting up and running.
The bill’s passage by the California State Assembly comes on the heels of two other food safety-related bills authored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel and passed into law.
Science plays a fundamental role in food safety risk assessment. This special World Food Safety Day article examines the complementary role of "art," encapsulated by human skills and execution, in ensuring food safety.
FAO Senior Food Safety Officer Markus Lipp and FAO Director General Qu Dongyu both delivered recent messages emphasizing the fundamental role that science plays in achieving food safety goals around the globe.
A key component of the project was a field and laboratory study conducted to assess the presence and potential transmission of AMR Campylobacter and Escherichia coli during the processing of chicken in two similar-sized, large-scale UK chicken processing sites.
As of May 30, 45 people across 18 states have been infected, compared to 26 people across 15 states who had been infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella as of May 19.
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