
07/17/2025
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, while attending the opening of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) new, modernized Midwestern Food Safety Laboratory, launched a comprehensive plan to bolster USDA’s efforts to combat foodborne illness. This plan, the USDA states, better positions USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), which is responsible for ensuring meat, poultry, and egg products are safe, wholesome, and properly labeled, to protect the nation’s food supply.
The USDA plan is as follows:
1. Enhancing Microbiological Testing and Inspection Oversight
2. Equipping FSIS Inspectors with Updated Training and Tools
3. Charging Ahead to Reduce Salmonella Illnesses
4. Strengthening State Partnerships
5. Empowering FSIS Inspectors to Take Action to Drive Compliance
More details about each step are available on the news section of AAMP's website, available here: https://aamp.com/news/706042/USDA-Announces-new-plans-for-FSIS-and-Food-Safety.htm