Food Policy & Law

Taylor's Maid-Rite Not Without Safety Blemishes

The Iowa restaurant that wants the state legislature to exempt it from important food safety rules says its way of making loose meat sandwiches has never made anyone sick.Taylor's Maid-Rite...

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Iowa Ready to Put Food Safety at Risk

The Iowa Legislature is on the brink of extending a waiver of food safety regulations that have allowed a handful of Maid-Rite franchisees to cook and store loose hamburger meat...

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"Ban the Salt," Says NY Lawmaker

New York Assemblyman Felix Ortiz may just be one of those fellows who get a little carried away with the cause of the moment. Or, as the first lawmaker to...

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Wisconsin Bans BPA in Bottles, Sippy Cups

Wisconsin has joined a growing list of state governments taking BPA regulation into their own hands. Governor Jim Doyle signed a bill into law Wednesday banning the chemical from being...

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Canada: Is Unsafe Meat Crossing Lax Border?

Canadians are wondering if meat from the United States is safe after learning 70 truckloads have evaded border inspections since January.  That's how many truckloads the Windsor Star newspaper said...

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Feed Company Violated BSE Controls

A provider of animal feed to nine states is violating federal regulations that prohibit animal proteins in ruminant feed to control the spread of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), according to...

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Court Rulings Endanger Clean Water

According to reports from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New York Times, the drinking water of about 117 million Americans could be subjected to widespread pollution. Yesterday, the...

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DC This Week: Antibiotics, FDA, School Lunch

It is going to be a busy week for food and health issues in the Capital. President Obama is expected to announce the way forward for health care reform and...

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More Calls for Senate to Act on Food Safety

Beltway insiders are hearing more calls to pass the FDA food safety reform bill pending in the Senate. This week, The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper, featured several Op-Eds which...

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Meat Industry Defends Antibiotic Use

Top meat industry groups held briefings on Capitol Hill Tuesday defending the use of antibiotics as a critical tool for animal health.The briefings come two weeks after CBS Evening News...

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Why Did Whole Foods Stop Selling Raw Milk?

Why did Whole Foods stop selling raw milk in California, Washington, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut?In January, I wrote “Risky Business - Why would a retailer like Whole Foods sell Raw Milk?”...

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More or Less Food Safety Regulation?

During the past weeks, a few news stories have highlighted the distinctions between two different legislative approaches to address the issue of food safety.  There is little question that the...

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