A new bipartisan, bicameral bill has been reintroduced in Congress that aims to standardize and clarify food date labels to reduce food waste.
The Food Date Labeling Act, brought forth by the Bipartisan Food Recovery Caucus Co-chair Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-ME, Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-WA, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT
Continue Reading The Food Date Labeling Act looks to standardize food date labels
A subcommittee of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee is set to begin a hearing on infant formula shortages, which are related to recalls of products linked to an outbreak of cronobacter infections.
The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee is scheduled to open the hearing on May 25, according to
Continue Reading Congressional subcommittee to investigate shortages of infant formula linked to outbreak
Some, I am sure, are a bit tired of my ranting about the FSIS doing its job and deeming Salmonella that causes human illness an adulterant in meat.
Fact, after E. coli O157:H7 was deemed an adulterant in ground beef in 1994, it took about a decade for E.
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: I still want to go out of business — it’s Salmonella this time
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The FDA takes exposure to toxic elements in the food supply extremely seriously, especially when it comes to protecting the health and safety of the youngest and most vulnerable in the population. Toxic elements, such as arsenic
Continue Reading FDA responds to questions about report on lead, other toxins in baby food
Citing fragmented food safety oversight, which is split up between 15 federal agencies, two lawmakers want Congress to scrap the current system and the ineffective laws that regulate it.
The Safe Food Act could weave the patchwork system “where no single voice guides industry, retailers and consumers” into a seamless
Continue Reading Bill for Safe Food Act seeks to consolidate federal oversight
The nomination of Mindy Brashears, currently deputy undersecretary for food safety, to be the USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety was reported favorably Tuesday out of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
The last to serve as the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety was Dr. Elisabeth
Continue Reading Ag committee again clears way for Senate to confirm Brashears for USDA
In just the past few months, outbreaks involving romaine lettuce, pre-cut melons and Honey Smacks cereal have reminded us that the work to more effectively prevent foodborne illness is far from complete. People are still getting sick and dying, and markets are still being disrupted. Make no mistake, the commitment
Continue Reading Unfinished business: Keeping the focus on food safety
President Donald J. Trump wants to consolidate federal food safety under a single agency housed in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
President Barack Obama also wanted to consolidate food safety, only he preferred housing it in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Food and Drug
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Some might consider putting Congress on record for or against raw milk as an accomplishment, especially it the vote wasn’t close. An amendment to House Resolution 2 that sought to allow raw milk shipments between any of the 28 states where sales are legal went down 79-331.
It is thought
Continue Reading Was that pasteurization vote with or without representation?
Editor’s note: U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, sent the below letter regarding so-called lab meat and other cell-cultured foods to Gene Dodaro, comptroller general of the United States, on March 28.
Dear Mr. Dodaro:
I am writing to request that GAO investigate what regulatory framework, if any, exists for cell-cultured
Continue Reading U.S. representative wants review of lab meat, cell-cultured food
