Veteran journalist with 15+ years covering food safety. Dan has reported for newspapers across the West and earned Associated Press recognition for deadline reporting. At FSN, he serves as Senior Editor and covers foodborne illness policy.
In the retraction, the scientific publication stated that the action was based on several critical issues including the fact that the carcinogenicity of glyphosate was solely based on unpublished studies from Monsanto.
Food companies can track a package from a warehouse to your door. So why can't the FDA trace where your food actually comes from? The answer involves politics, lobbying, and a lot of delay.
"Products containing 7-OH (which are frequently brewed into tea) are illegal under federal law,” said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department’s Civil Division.
Under the program, Nevada will expand its state inspection capacity with food safety oversight to boost market access for small and very small processors.
A federal Grand Jury indictment has been filed against multiple suspects, including four defendants, with names redacted, who were formerly employed with Fayette Industrial Services. They are being charged with
Animal Partisan’s 2-year-old petition to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service about enforcement of animal welfare laws has been endorsed by a second state law enforcement organization.
Heath Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., again promised on Monday that The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030, will be released to the public in December.
If available by Christmas, many
Plaintiffs suing the state of Florida in an effort to overturn the state’s emergency ban on 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) are listed on the court documents as: K.T., B.M.
This year, many in Congress have been working on bills to reform the Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) protocols for food ingredients.
In the past week, this included Sen. Roger
