Budget reductions have forced local health departments to cut programs and staff, resulting in the loss of 6,000 public health jobs last year alone, according to survey released Monday
The New York Times on Sunday sharply questioned proposed food safety budget cuts, pointing to potential public health and economic consequences.
The House has voted to cut more than $88
House lawmakers grilled Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Tuesday on the impact proposed Republican budget cuts would have on key U.S. Department of Agriculture services like food safety inspection.
Democrats
To get back into compliance with its own state code, and without raising fees, Iowa is going with a risk-based restaurant inspection system beginning April 1. The state can no
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food safety programs are not treated equally in the $3.7 trillion budget plan released by
President Obama will release his 2012 budget today, a critical part of the heated debate about how to fund the federal government and deal with rising national debt.
As Steve
Key House Republicans released a proposal late last week to cut $58 billion from the federal budget for the second half of Fiscal Year 2011. Food safety programs at both
A proposal by conservative House Republicans to cut and freeze non-defense discretionary spending from 2012 to 2021 would have a major impact on food safety oversight, according to the Center
Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) will replace Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) as the top Democrat on the House subcommittee that oversees both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S.
Food safety in the United States is being jeopardized by surveillance and workforce cutbacks and other gaps in the public health system, a new study from the nonpartisan Trust for
Choices can be difficult.
Our neighbors down in “The Springs” decided a couple of years ago to nix a tax increase for many things, including keeping the lights on at