Brazil's JBS hires former USDA food safety head

Reuters reports Brazil’s meatpacker JBS SA has hired Alfred ‘Al’ Almanza as global food security and quality director, it said in a Thursday securities filing. For the last ten years, Almanza was Administrator for the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In all, he worked for the USDA for 40 years. Read more…