What to know: President Trump has again nominated Mindy Brashears to be USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety. Her nomination for the Senate confirmation process is now before the Senate Committee on Agriculture. A hearing date has not yet been scheduled.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has held two meetings recently looking at chemicals in water and the use of foresight in food safety. The agency has published summaries of both meetings with full reports available later this year.

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The Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness is now accepting nominations for its third annual “40 Food Safety Professionals Under 40” program.

Past winners include Food Safety News’s Newsletter Editor, staff writer, and Social Media Coordinator, Jonan Pilet in 2024, and European correspondent Joe Whitworth in 2023.

A hackathon event is being held in September to generate ideas on how to improve food safety in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region.

Also, FS4Africa is to provide support for at least 10 projects that address food safety issues.