At some date soon in February or March, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty may follow the tradition of putting on new shoes and walking into the House of Commons with
The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act was the 9th most important food safety story in 2011. When Congress adopted the measure in 2010, it was the most important story. The
The supercommittee, now dubbed a super-failure, has officially thrown in the towel, which could mean big budget cuts for public health agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Just across the river from the epicenter of a mysterious E. coli outbreak, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) warned that cuts to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) budget
By now, most everyone has heard about the so-called “supercommittee,” an idea cooked up by Washington to help resolve the summer-long standoff over raising the debt ceiling. Twelve lawmakers — six
The Senate is considering its Fiscal Year 2012 agriculture appropriations bill — which includes spending levels for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration — this week,
Meat, poultry and egg industries — represented by 20 separate organizations — all agree they don’t like the prospect of paying food safety inspection fees, which they then will try to
In a tough budgetary climate, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration received essentially the only increase in an agriculture appropriations bill that advanced in the Senate this week, just
As August recess comes to an end on Capitol Hill, new details are emerging about the appropriations process that will impact the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the
As much of Washington, D.C. focused on striking a deal on the
debt ceiling last week — and long term deficit reduction — six people
whose lives have been severely impacted
The chances of detecting and stopping major outbreak of foodborne illness in middle America declined Friday due to Minnesota’s political shutdown of most state services — including Team Diarrhea and
President Obama chided House Republicans for seeking steep cuts to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s food safety budget during a news conference at the White House Wednesday.