At the opening of USDA’s new Midwestern Food Safety Laboratory in Missouri, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins launched a comprehensive plan to combat foodborne illness.
“USDA is charting a bold new course in giving consumers confidence their meat, poultry, and egg products meet our best-in-class food safety standards,” Rollins said.
The plan strengthens USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and enhances collaboration with other federal agencies. FSIS will improve listeria testing and revise its salmonella approach after withdrawing a Biden-era framework due to stakeholder concerns about regulatory costs for small producers.
