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The FSIS also has authority in inspection and monitoring of food-related establishments, while the FDA has no jurisdiction regarding restaurants and food businesses. FSIS derives its authority from the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906, [7] the Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1957, [8] and the Egg Products Inspection Act of 1970. [9]
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 21, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced changes to the agency’s leadership team. These changes reflect the agency’s continual effort to protect public health through science-based regulation, strong enforcement, and advancement of its ...
Brashears was born as Mindy Malynn Hardcastle in Wheeler, Texas.She grew up on a cattle and cotton farm, the daughter of Gary and Becky Hardcastle. Brashears graduated from Wheeler High School and went to Texas Tech University in Lubbock, where she majored in Food Technology within the Department of Animal and Food Sciences.
The United States has three federal and two state governmental organizations that are in control of food safety within the United States: the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the State Department of Public Health, and the State Department of Agriculture. [13]
Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban is the 6th and current Undersecretary of Food Safety. He was sworn in on January 4, 2022. [6]Previous Under Secretaries include Dr. Mindy Brashears (March 2020–January 2021), Dr. Elisabeth Hagen (August 2010–December 2013), Richard Allen Raymond (July 2005–January 2009), Elsa A. Murano (October 2001–December 2004) and Catherine Woteki (July 1997–January 2001).
The USDA said in a press release Wednesday it has recalled about 2,500 employees to open offices for three business days starting Thursday. Workers will be available to help process existing farm ...
Talmadge-Aiken plants (Federal-State Cooperative Inspection Plants) are meat and poultry plants in the United States in which state agency inspectors perform federal safety inspections. This arrangement was established under the Talmadge-Aiken Act of 1962, named after US Senators Herman Talmadge and George Aiken .
He also announced that FSIS would begin testing for E. coli O157:H7 in raw ground beef. One author later called this "perhaps the single most important change in USDA history." [29] The meat industry filed a federal lawsuit challenging Taylor's new policy; the court rejected the industry challenge and upheld the policy. [30] "And with that the ...