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 and Regulatory Programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, responded to questions about the case.
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Senators Request ‘Robust’ Funding for Food Safety
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 letter to their colleagues, asking them to support “robust” food-safety funding. 
“We ask that the
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68 Members of Congress Ask Vilsack to Withdraw Poultry Inspection Rule
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 is based on the HACCP-Based Inspection Models Project (HIMP). “While we strongly support modernizing our
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Issa Calls for Hearing on Food Safety Bureaucracy
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 agencies responsible for food safety.”
“Our Committee is uniquely positioned to look at the coordination
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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 Stupak (D-MI), will hold what has become an annual event–yet another hearing on the failings
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