The state of Minnesota remains in a contentious budget standoff that could have serious implications for the nation’s food safety system. Minnesota’s Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Mark Dayton,
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After three days and more than 25 hours of debate, the House Thursday approved an agriculture appropriations bill for fiscal year 2012 with significant cuts to federal food safety programs,
The House of Representatives continued debate yesterday on an agriculture appropriations bill that affects key food safety programs. The bill still contains significant cuts to the U.S. Food and
The Obama administration expressed “serious concerns” Monday about the agriculture appropriations bill for fiscal year 2012 the House is expected to vote on today. The spending bill, which was recently
As one group put it Wednesday, the food safety advocacy community isn’t exactly “enamored” by the proposed budget cuts to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that advanced
House lawmakers sparred over proposed cuts to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in an appropriations markup on Tuesday. A proposal unveiled by House Republicans Monday seeks $285 million
A new budget proposal put forth by House Republicans Monday would cut the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s budget for Fiscal Year 2012 by $285 million, an 11.
Key food safety agencies will likely escape major budget cuts for the remainder of the fiscal year, according to new details released by congressional appropriators.
Though lawmakers reached an historic
With a last minute budget deal lawmakers avoided government shutdown late Friday night. The final deal’s impact on public health and food safety agencies remains unclear as aides on
The battle over the federal budget for the rest of fiscal year 2011 continues to unfold in Washington, DC, and the final deal could have a significant impact on the
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is getting an extra $100 million to improve food inspection capacity over the next five years.
But the union president representing CFIA employees says the