We’ve just released a new Chew on This podcast featuring Dr. Temple Grandin, noted author, consultant to the livestock industry on animal behavior issues and the subject of the new HBO biopic Temple Grandin.  Dr. Grandin joins us to discuss her work in animal welfare as it relates to food production in America. Listen to the new podcast now. 

In case you didn’t know, our Chew on This podcast series focuses on food safety and protecting our nation's food supply.  Every month we feature insights from America's leading food experts. Some of our past topics have included E. coli, large scale farms, advocacy and imported food.

If you ever have feedback on a podcast or a suggestion for a future topic or guest, feel free to leave us a comment here or on any of our posts.

In the latest podcast in our Chew on This series, Dr. Kent Ames, professor at the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, discusses animal health and the role that large farms play in providing food for the growing world.

With so much recent debate over how the federal government should improve food safety, we decided it was time to get some straight talk from an expert. Our latest Chew on This podcast has the answers and info you've been looking for on what the federal government is doing to keep our food safe.

Recent food safety outbreaks and recalls have caused many to question the efficiency and effectiveness of our federal food safety system. In this new podcast, Dr. Ron DeHaven, Chief Executive Officer of the AVMA, explains which federal agencies work to keep our food safe and discusses what the government can do to improve food safety.

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It's time for another Chew on This podcast -- covering, as always, important and hot topics related to food safety. This installment's topic: keeping food animals healthy.

Preventing and treating disease in livestock is crucial to keeping our meat, eggs and dairy products safe. In the latest Chew on This podcast, Dr. Christine Hoang, assistant director of the AVMA’s Scientific Activities Division, talks about the methods and treatments used to keep livestock healthy and discusses the important relationship between animal and human health.

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You've read about FARAD and its important role in food safety, now you can learn more about it in our latest Chew on This podcast.

Veterinarians rely on a variety of food safety tools, and FARAD helps make sure our meat, eggs and dairy products are free of drug, environmental and pesticide contaminants. In this new podcast, we discuss the crucial role of the Food Anima l Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) in the food safety with Dr. Jim Riviere, Professor of the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina University and Co-Director of the FARAD program.

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It's time for another Chew on This podcast on protecting our food supply and keeping our food safe.

One thing that you definitely should know by now is that veterinarians are crucial to food safety. Our last podcast detailed some of the ways that vets do this.

In this week's Chew on This podcast, we dig a little deeper into the specific jobs that veterinarians hold in public and private service. Our guest is Dr. Ted Mashima, Associate Executive Director for Academic & Research Affairs at the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges. Dr. Mashima tells us about interesting and important jobs that veterinarians hold.

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We've told you before that veterinarians play a crucial role in keeping our food safe. Veterinarians don’t just take care of pets; they also help ensure a safe and healthy food supply.

In our latest Chew on This podcast, Dr. Mark Lutschaunig, director of the AVMA’s Governmental Relations Division, explains the indispensible role veterinarians play in food safety and how a shortage of food animal veterinarians could spell trouble. Listen to the new podcast now.

It's time for another Chew on This podcast. This week's topic: Food Safety Across Borders.

More and more people these days want to know where their food comes from. How can we tell if it’s safe? How do we know what country it came from? What does animal identification have to do with the meat, eggs and dairy products that we enjoy? In this new Chew on This podcast, Dr. Barbara Masters, Senior Policy Advisor at Olsson Frank Weeda P.C and former Administrator of the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service, talks about the safety of food imported into the U.S. and answers questions about labeling and animal identification. Listen to the podcast now.

In case you missed it, the final law on the Country of Origin Labeling program, or COOL, took effect this week. You can read our post on COOL here.

And finally, learn more about the National Animal Identification System, another crucial program in tracking our food supply by going here.