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Spending Bill Includes $104-Million Increase for FSMA, COOL Repeal

By Lydia Zuraw on December 17, 2015

Capitol-Nov2015_406x250Late Tuesday night, the House of Representatives released a $1.1-trillion spending bill to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year, which is Sept. 30, 2016. Lobbyists for full funding of the…
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FDA Tells Senate Subcommittee Full Funding is ‘Absolutely Critical’ for FSMA Success

By Lydia Zuraw on September 17, 2015

Sept16FDA-hearingIt’s an oft-heard statement from officials at the Food and Drug Administration: The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires sufficient funding allocated by Congress in order to be a success. The testimony that Acting FDA…
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Food Safety Plays Minimal Role in House Appropriations Markup

By Lydia Zuraw on July 9, 2015

House-AgApprop2015_406x250Food safety was not a significant part of discussions Wednesday during the House Appropriations Committee markup of the agriculture funding bill. Nutrition policies, the Food for Peace program and FDA pre-market review of e-cigarettes were…
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House Appropriations Gives FSMA $41.5-Million Increase

By Lydia Zuraw on June 19, 2015

The House Appropriations Committee has allocated a $41.5-million increase for the Food and Drug Administration’s food safety activities for fiscal year 2016, but it’s less than half of what President Obama’s budget requested. Agriculture Subcommittee…
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Reid Calls for Full FSMA Funding on Senate Floor

By Lydia Zuraw on June 17, 2015

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) urged Congress to fully fund the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in his remarks Tuesday on the floor of the U.S. Senate. “Unfortunately for many Americans, falling ill from…
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Groups Want Increased Funding to Support CDC’s PulseNet Database

By Lydia Zuraw on June 4, 2015

CDCbuilding_406x250As Congress works to prepare its appropriations bills for fiscal year 2016, nine health and consumer groups are requesting that extra funding be allocated for the national database used to track foodborne illness outbreaks.

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Savings From a Single Food Safety Agency Appeal to Some House Republicans

By Lydia Zuraw on February 27, 2015

USDA-Feb2015 Some House Republicans appear to be considering proposals for a single food safety agency. In January, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced bills to establish such an agency independent of any…
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FDA’s Taylor: Proposed 2016 Funding Critical for FSMA Implementation

By News Desk on February 4, 2015

This year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was allocated an additional $27.5 million for food safety activities, and, under the president’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2016, the agency would get another $109.5 million.
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Obama’s 2016 Budget: $1.6 Billion for Food Safety, Single Food-Safety Agency

By Lydia Zuraw on February 3, 2015

President Obama’s $3.99-trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2016, released Monday, would allot $1.6 billion to food-safety work. With all of the major Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules set to be finalized by the …
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Food-Safety Advocates Applaud Increased FSMA, NARMS Funding

By Lydia Zuraw on December 17, 2014

Food-safety advocates were pleased to see increased funding for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System for Enteric Bacteria (NARMS) in the $1.1-trillion spending bill President Barack Obama signed…
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