Changes in federal food safety policy and personnel are occurring with the new Biden Administration — officials are talking about some, but not others.
They left it to Sara Amundson, president of the Humane Society
Continue Reading Federal food safety policy and personnel changes underway at FSIS, FDA, and CDC
The agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos, which escaped being banned nationally a couple of years ago, soon won’t be legally available in New York or Hawaii.
In 2018, Hawaii enacted legislation to ban chlorpyrifos beginning in 2022.
Continue Reading New York steps ahead of Hawaii on agricultural pesticide chlorpyrifos
Changes to how pork slaughter plants could be regulated are going forward after a mere 21 years in the making. President Donald Trump’s Administration has approved a final rule that had its origin during President
Continue Reading OMB approves HIMP swine slaughter rule; industry pleased
For those marking time, waiting for a new USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety, today is something of an anniversary. It was four years ago today that Dr. Elisabeth Hagen stepped down from the post.
Continue Reading Letter from The Editor: The shameful vacancy at USDA
One significant provision in Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s most recent realignment announcement would move the U.S. Codex Office from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to the newly created Trade and Foreign Agricultural
Continue Reading Moving the U.S. Codex Office to USDA Trade is a big mistake
This week marks the beginning of formal talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, an agreement President Donald Trump has called the “worst deal in history.” To make it a better deal, his
Continue Reading Americans have a right to know: Where’s the beef — from?
The Al Almanza decade as USDA’s most important figure in food safety is ending, and Stephen Censky is coming in as
Continue Reading Out with the old, in with the new-ish in USDA’s No. 2 post
Editor’s note: This opinion piece by Phyllis Entis was originally published on eFoodAlert.com and is reposted here with permission.
Donald Trump has declared war. Not on North Korea; not on ISIS or Iran. Certainly not
Continue Reading Death by a thousand cuts
Editor’s note: This was originally published May 26, 2017, on the website of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA. The alliance is committed to an ongoing, multi-year effort with two specific goals — to
Continue Reading Trump’s budget — Does FDA get a 9% increase or 31% cut?
Even though President Donald Trump did not mention food safety in his first speech before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, one observer with a finely tuned food safety focus says the new
Continue Reading Trump sheds little light on food safety plans; names advisers
