President Donald J. Trump nominated Mindy Brashears to be Under Secretary for Food Safety in the US Department of Agriculture, a post she held for the last 10 months of Trump’s first term in the White House.

Brashears is a member of the Meat Industry Hall of Fame Class of 2023.

As under secretary, Brashears would oversee USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, which is responsible for regulatory oversight of meat, poultry and processed egg products, ensuring they are safe, wholesome, accurately labeled and correctly packaged. She also would serve as the chairperson of the UN Codex Alimentarius Commission’s Policy Committee. Codex is the international food safety standards-setting body.

Currently a professor of food safety and public health at Texas Tech University, Brashears holds a bachelor’s degree in food technology from the university and master’s and doctoral degrees in food science from Oklahoma State University.

The National Pork Producers Council is announcing its support for the nomination of Brashears as under secretary.

Source: USDA