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Abbott resumes production of infant formula under strict eye of FDA

By Coral Beach on June 6, 2022

Abbott Nutrition has resumed operations at its baby formula plant which was shut down by the FDA in mid-February because of dirty conditions and a link to a cronobacter outbreak that saw two babies die.
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Abbott’s senior vice president grilled by members of House subcommittee

By Coral Beach on May 26, 2022

“We know we let you down.” 

The senior vice president of Abbott Nutrition — the manufacturer of infant formula whose plant closure amid a food safety investigation has left the country in dire straits with…
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Congressional subcommittee to investigate shortages of infant formula linked to outbreak

By Coral Beach on May 13, 2022

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.

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Publisher’s Platform: Anything that causes food poisoning should be considered an adulterant

By Bill Marler on December 13, 2018
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An additional 87 ill people from 16 states were included in this investigation since the last update on Nov. 15. States with newly reported illnesses include: Michigan, Mississippi, and West Virginia.

As of Dec.
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House Subcommittee Airs Out FSIS Controversies During Budget Hearing

By Lydia Zuraw on April 4, 2014

At Thursday’s hearing with Acting Under Secretary for Food Safety Brian Ronholm, members of the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee addressed many of the controversies currently dogging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection…
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USDA ‘Confident’ About COOL at WTO, Congress May Want a Backup Plan

By Lydia Zuraw on April 3, 2014

Members of Congress are feeling antsy about the World Trade Organization decision on country of origin labeling (COOL) expected this summer. During a House budget hearing on Wednesday, Edward Avalos, the Under Secretary for Marketing…
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Senators Request ‘Robust’ Funding for Food Safety

By News Desk on April 2, 2014

Ahead of Thursday’s coinciding congressional hearings on budgets for the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS), U.S. Sens. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) sent a…
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68 Members of Congress Ask Vilsack to Withdraw Poultry Inspection Rule

By Lydia Zuraw on March 18, 2014

A bipartisan group of 68 members of Congress wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday, asking him to suspend action on the proposed Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection rule, which…
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Issa Calls for Hearing on Food Safety Bureaucracy

By Helena Bottemiller on September 10, 2010

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, yesterday asked committee chairman Ed Towns (D-NY) to hold a hearing “on the coordination–or lack thereof–between the numerous departments and…
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Publisher’s Platform

By Bill Marler on September 5, 2010

Food Safety News to provide $25,000 scholarship for consumer advocacy.

In less than two weeks (on Sept. 14), the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, headed by Representatives Dingell (D-MI), Waxman (D-CA), and…
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