Dick Durbin

Legislators seek one agency for food safety

U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-IL, and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, have reintroduced the Federal Food Administration Act. The act is designed to streamline the U.

By Coral Beach

/ 12 Dec 2025

Legislators seek one agency for food safety

Publisher’s Platform: Senators step up to help save FDA funding of state inspection programs

— OPINION — Democratic senators are expressing alarm about planned budget reallocations at the Food and Drug Administration that they fear will threaten the nation’s food safety system. In a letter

By Bill Marler

/ 31 Jan 2025

Publisher’s Platform: Senators step up to help save FDA funding of state inspection programs

Lawmakers want to know why USDA, Boar’s Head did not take action to avoid Listeria outbreak

A group of U.S. legislators are demanding answers from the USDA and Boar’s Head company officials regarding egregious food safety violations at a production plant that has led

By Coral Beach

/ 30 Sep 2024

Legislators introduce bill to consolidate food safety responsibilities at federal level

A senator and representative are calling for a single agency to be established to deal with food safety in America. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, have

By Coral Beach

/ 24 Jul 2024

Legislators introduce bill to consolidate food safety responsibilities at federal level

30 years of food safety standouts

Editor’s note: This column and profiles of the 16 food safety champions (four not pictured above) was originally published by Quality Assurance magazine. It is reprinted here with permission.

By Guest Opinion

/ 26 Jan 2023

Congressional duo continues push for switch to single food safety agency

Describing the U.S. food safety system as “hopelessly fragmented and outdated,” a congresswoman is pushing for the creation of a single federal agency to secure the nation’s food

By News Desk

/ 21 Jun 2019

Congressional duo continues push for switch to single food safety agency

Amendment to Increase FSMA Funding Fails in Committee

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the agriculture appropriations bill for fiscal year 2016 on Thursday after discussing a handful of amendments. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) proposed an amendment to increase

By Lydia Zuraw

/ 17 Jul 2015

Senators Ask GAO to Examine Options for Food Safety Oversight

Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) study whether creating a single food agency would

By Lydia Zuraw

/ 24 Jun 2015

Senators Want USDA to Finalize Poultry Pathogen Standards

Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) are asking Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to finalize USDA’s Salmonella and Campylobacter performance standards as soon as possible.

By News Desk

/ 5 Jun 2015

FSIS Would Have Mandatory Recall Authority Under Proposed Bill

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is proposing legislation that would require recalls of meat and poultry contaminated with pathogens. “As it stands now, if foods like ground beef and sliced turkey

By Lydia Zuraw

/ 6 Feb 2015

Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Create Single Food Safety Agency

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) have introduced bills in Congress that would establish a single, independent federal food safety agency. Food safety oversight is currently split

By Lydia Zuraw

/ 28 Jan 2015

FSIS Drafting Campylobacter Performance Standards for Chicken Parts

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is planning to release new safety standards for Campylobacter in poultry, in addition to the Salmonella performance

By News Desk

/ 28 May 2014

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Legislators seek one agency for food safety

Publisher’s Platform: Senators step up to help save FDA funding of state inspection programs

Lawmakers want to know why USDA, Boar’s Head did not take action to avoid Listeria outbreak

Legislators introduce bill to consolidate food safety responsibilities at federal level

30 years of food safety standouts

Congressional duo continues push for switch to single food safety agency

Amendment to Increase FSMA Funding Fails in Committee

Senators Ask GAO to Examine Options for Food Safety Oversight

Senators Want USDA to Finalize Poultry Pathogen Standards

FSIS Would Have Mandatory Recall Authority Under Proposed Bill

Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Create Single Food Safety Agency

FSIS Drafting Campylobacter Performance Standards for Chicken Parts