Food Policy & Law

CA Rejects BPA Ban for Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups

The California Senate defeated a bill Tuesday that would have banned the use of bisphenol-A, or BPA, in baby bottles, sippy cups, and infant formula packaging intended for use by...

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'Fire them all,' Says R-CALF Chief

In 1892, disagreements among cattlemen about the use of the open range led to shootings, lynchings, and an open, armed conflict that came to be known as the Johnson County...

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USDA E. coli Policy Questioned After Beef Recall

Late Friday night, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Cargill Inc. was recalling about 8,500 pounds of ground beef for possible E. coli contamination.According to the USDA, two E. coli...

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Monopoly Practices Divide Rural America

FORT COLLINS, CO--The joint Department of Justice/USDA workshop that was held here was a day-long demonstration of how rural America's views are widely differing when it comes to whether there...

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Letter from the Editor: Antitrust

As the joint DOJ/USDA workshop on antitrust issues in the meat industry got underway in Fort Collins, CO Friday morning, Attorney General Eric Holder said something that caught my attention.These...

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FDA Releases Draft Calorie Labeling Rules

Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a preliminary draft of the restaurant menu labeling rules that will go into effect on March 23, 2011. The FDA is inviting...

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Egg Gaps Illustrate Fractured Food Safety System

Eggs Slip Through the Cracks of a Fractured Food Safety SystemDES MOINES, IA--As consumers scramble to check their egg cartons and federal officials investigate two Iowa farms at the center...

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Meat Industry AntiTrust Workshop Friday in CO

Early Sunday morning in Fort Collins, CO, police got to try out their tear gas and mobile field-in-force tactics after fights broke out after a Bohemian Nights concert. Before the...

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Small Farms Gain From Compromise on S. 510

Though the recently-released Senate food safety bill didn't include a controversial bisphenol-A ban or an amendment by Jon Tester (D-MT) to exempt small producers from certain measures, the package did...

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Food Policy Conference Set for September

The annual National Food Policy Conference will be held September 22 and 23 in Washington, DC this year. Hosted and coordinated by the Consumer Federation of America and the Grocery...

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Making School Food Healthier

Some kids have already started attending classes, and most will be back in school after Labor Day.  Many parents may justifiably be wondering about recent efforts to improve the quality...

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Publisher's Platform: Magic Wand

What if I had a food safety magic wand?The other morning when I was prepping in another studio to talk with another cable channel about yet another food crisis--this time...

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