Animal rights advocates say the new regulatory regime requires private slaughterhouse employees to make decisions about which ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday released a plan aimed at improving the agency’s response to foodborne illness that includes the launch of a new food safety laboratory in the Midwest.

Dr. Denise Eblen, who holds a doctorate in food safety microbiology from the University of Ulster at Jordanstown, is the top executive at the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, where she is ...

The Food and Drug Administration is developing a plan to shift more food safety inspection responsibility to state agencies over the course of five years, according to two sources familiar with ...