” Gremillion said he was encouraged by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s Tweets this week announcing that some of the agency’s inspections, including it’s checks of high-risk imported food, would resume. [read post]

The members of the Coalition for Poultry Safety Reform are: Consumer Representatives Center for Science in the Public Interest James Kincheloe, Food Safety Campaign Manager Peter Lurie, President and Executive Director and former Associate Commissioner, FDA Sarah Sorscher, Deputy Director of Regulatory Affairs Consumer Federation of America Thomas Gremillion, Director of Food Policy Consumer Reports Brian Ronholm, Director of Food Policy and former USDA Deputy Under Secretary, Food Safety… [read post]

Included were: Sarah Sorscher, Center for Science in the Public Interest; Thomas Gremillion, Consumer Federation of America; Brian Ronholm, Consumer Reports;  Scott Faber, Environmental Working Group; Mitzi Baum, Stop Foodborne Illness; Amanda Craten, Consumer Federation of America; Vanessa Coffman, STOP Foodborne Illness; Shrinidhi (Nidhi) Joshi, STOP Foodborne Illness; Craig Hedberg, University of Minnesota; John Glenn Morris, University of Florida;… [read post]

On June 9, poultry food safety was the topic of a meeting Eskin held for consumers’ interests, including James Kincheloe  of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Sarah Sorscher of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Connor Eichenwald of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Michael Taylor of Stop Foodborne Illness; Mitzi Baum of Stop Foodborne Illness; Thomas Gremillion of the Consumer Federation of America, Brian Ronholm of Consumer Reports,… [read post]