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Bill to put animal confinement under FDA regulation for food safety purposes introduced in House

The Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act to give the Food and Drug Administration FDA new powers to investigate livestock feedlots and animal confinement facilities has been introduced in Congress. Sponsored

By News Desk

/ 16 Jun 2023

Bill to put animal confinement under FDA regulation for food safety purposes introduced in House

FDA adopts decade-old draft guidance for arsenic in apple juice

It’s been 10 years in the making, but the FDA has announced final guidance on the levels of arsenic in apple juice, seen as crucial for children’s safety.

By Coral Beach

/ 2 Jun 2023

FDA adopts decade-old draft guidance for arsenic in apple juice

Food safety groups pitch congressional leaders on the inside game

Eleven organizations that work closely with the Food and Drug Administration are asking bipartisan congressional leaders to work with them on “several pressing food safety issues this year.” The eleven

By Dan Flynn

/ 23 May 2023

Food safety groups pitch congressional leaders on the inside game

California Assembly passes first-in-the-nation ban on chemicals in processed food

Consumer Reports and the Environmental Working Group are halfway home in their strategy to ban harmful chemicals in food. They’ve focused on California where a slow but steady approach

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 May 2023

California Assembly passes first-in-the-nation ban on chemicals in processed food

Letter to the Editor: Distinction needed in reports about tuna

— OPINION — I am frustrated that Consumer Reports and other companies will not distinguish us and other small producers who offer a premium troll caught canned tuna. Yes it costs more

By Food Safety News Readers

/ 7 May 2023

Letter to the Editor: Distinction needed in reports about tuna

Letter to the Editor: CR supports USDA work to make chicken safer

— OPINION — Consumer Reports is supporting a proposal announced April 25 by the USDA to declare salmonella an adulterant in breaded stuffed raw chicken products at low levels so that the

By Consumer Reports

/ 27 Apr 2023

Letter to the Editor: CR supports USDA work to make chicken safer

Food chemicals ban moves forward in California Assembly

The California Assembly Health Committee Tuesday was scheduled to consider Assembly Bill 418, introduced in February by Assembly member Jesse Gabriel, D-San Fernando Valley, which seeks to ban five

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Apr 2023

Food chemicals ban moves forward in California Assembly

Consumer Reports compiles a list of 10 ‘risky foods’ to watch out for

Consumer Reports is out with a new analysis of what it describes as risky foods consumers should know about. The list was compiled after the organization looked at data from

By Coral Beach

/ 31 Mar 2023

Consumer Reports compiles a list of 10 ‘risky foods’ to watch out for

Coalition wants an audience with the Senate committee to discuss FDA leadership

A coalition of consumer and industry groups is seeking a meeting with a Senate committee regarding the head of the FDA and his response to a recent report calling for

By Coral Beach

/ 16 Mar 2023

Coalition wants an audience with the Senate committee to discuss FDA leadership

Startup company offers vegan tuna in a can; some say it boosts food safety

Fish-free tuna in a can. How can that be? Turns out that an Israeli company, Vgarden Ltd. has developed what it calls a “game-changing’ vegan tinned tuna.” “Game-

By Cookson Beecher

/ 14 Mar 2023

Startup company offers vegan tuna in a can; some say it boosts food safety

Neither consumer groups nor industry representatives believe FDA plan will work

Leaders from a group of consumer and industry organizations were unanimous yesterday in condemning FDA Commissioner Robert Califf for his plan to restructure the agency. To a person, the leaders

By Coral Beach

/ 1 Mar 2023

Neither consumer groups nor industry representatives believe FDA plan will work

Consumer Brands and Consumer Reports demand action from FDA Commissioner

— OPINION — Editor’s note: The Consumer Brands Association and Consumer Reports were featured in The Hill Opinion on Feb. 22 for sounding the alarm on FDA’s refusal to appoint

By Guest Contributor

/ 24 Feb 2023

Consumer Brands and Consumer Reports demand action from FDA Commissioner

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Consumer Reports

Bill to put animal confinement under FDA regulation for food safety purposes introduced in House

FDA adopts decade-old draft guidance for arsenic in apple juice

Food safety groups pitch congressional leaders on the inside game

California Assembly passes first-in-the-nation ban on chemicals in processed food

Letter to the Editor: Distinction needed in reports about tuna

Letter to the Editor: CR supports USDA work to make chicken safer

Food chemicals ban moves forward in California Assembly

Consumer Reports compiles a list of 10 ‘risky foods’ to watch out for

Coalition wants an audience with the Senate committee to discuss FDA leadership

Startup company offers vegan tuna in a can; some say it boosts food safety

Neither consumer groups nor industry representatives believe FDA plan will work

Consumer Brands and Consumer Reports demand action from FDA Commissioner

Your Support Protects Public Health