Veterinarians have a vital role in advancing and maintaining food safety for the benefit of society.

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) supports the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service Public…

Four AVMA policies relating to food safety saw revisions proposed by the Food Safety Advisory Committee

The Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service recently concluded its first phase of the Veterinary Student Employment

Formal title: Docket Number [2003N-0573] Draft Animal Cloning Risk Assessment; Proposed Risk Management Plan; Draft Guidance for Industry;…

Proposed by the AVMA Food Safety Advisory Committee and approved by the Board of Directors April 7, the policy reads as follows:

A $1.3 million grant to develop a new food safety training program for government and industry has been awarded by the Food and Drug

Federal agencies have taken a number of steps recently to improve food safety, according to a December 2011 progress report from

Legislation passed by Congress in September contains food safety provisions requiring the Food and Drug Administration

News, action alerts, and briefs on critical issues affecting food safety are available through the new AVMA microsite

Department of Agriculture has released a new brochure for consumers Food Safety and Food Security: What Consumers

The Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service recently celebrated 100 years of protecting consumers

AVMA to partner in food safety alliance The Executive Board approved AVMA participation in the new Alliance for Food

  posted February 18, 2011         Dr. H. Scott Hurd   A multi-institutional project is under way to teach a new framework for problem solving…

The Department of Agriculture has awarded more than $12 million in grants to universities to advance the National Integrated Food

The AVMA recommends that the state and federal entities develop and expand training programs for veterinary students in the area of food safety,…

USDA launches Web site on food safety research programs

The public is being asked to comment on a food safety agency's decision-making process that led the agency to conclude that

The recent recall of cat and dog food has raised broad concerns about food safety, oversight of pet food, and manufacturing practices.

 USDA announces unified food safety research agendaAgriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman has announced a unified food safety research agenda to improve…

The Food and Drug Administration has released a draft executive summary of a document that assesses the safety of food products

Two new plans for import safety emphasize preventing problems rather than relying only on border inspections to detect

The Department of Agriculture has provided consumers with a list of recommendations for keeping food safe

After eight years of discussion and debate, the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene approved principles and guidelines for microbial risk

The Food and Drug Administration has developed the new Safety Reporting Portal at www.safetyreporting.hhs.gov to allow online