Ed O’Keefe of the Washington Post caught me by phone as I walked off the ferry Friday morning. Either way this goes, I hope someone reads this – "Open Letter to a New Under Secretary for Food Safety – FSIS – The End of E. coli Conservatism." Here is Ed’s article – “Change” may be
Ron Hicks Named Acting USDA FSIS Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed Ron Hicks to lead the Office of Food Safety during the interim of the incoming administration. Mr. Hicks recently served as FSIS’ Chief Operating Officer. In this position, he monitored the daily operations of the Agency with a focus on the design, operations and improvement of FSIS’ management systems.
I guess I do not speak Canadian
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I’m a bit confused. Yesterday it was reported that Ranchers Beef Ltd (now out of business) was both the source of an E. coli outbreak in the United States that had sickened at least 40 tied to the consumption of Topps Meat (also out of business) AND 44 ill persons and 1 death in Canada.