Fulfilling a two-year promise, the Canadian government will designate bisphenol-A, or BPA, as a toxic substance, likely within the next 8 to 10 weeks.
In 2008, Canada became
Ten scientists from Bangladesh are being trained this month in aquaculture food safety by seafood experts from FDA and the University of Maryland Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied
In Washington, D.C. school lunch reform advocates are hosting a screening of Lunch Line, a documentary on the history of National School Lunch Program.
Karen Duncan, wife of Secretary
An Ecuadorian fish exporter with 20 years in the business could be banned from shipping to the United States, according to an Aug.11 warning letter sent to the company.
The Senate needs to pass the Linda Rivera Act.
Linda Rivera (Senator Harry Reid’s Nevada constituent) ate premade cookie dough that was contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. She
There used to be nothing like a good conspiracy theory. As one who read and collected about 60 books on the Kennedy assassination before going cold turkey on the subject,
Food safety legislation that had picked up steam in the wake of a massive egg recall has hit a major snag. On the Senate floor Thursday, Majority Leader Harry Reid
In 1933, Edward A. O’Neal, head of the Farm Bureau Federation, warned a Senate committee that, “Unless something is done for the American farmer we will have a revolution
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently discovered key gene and chemical interactions that allow toxic Escherichia coli (commonly known as E. coli or O157:H7) bacteria to
In one of her first major public appearances after Senate confirmation Thursday, Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, under secretary for Food Safety, will be the opening speaker at public meetings later this