The Food and Drug Administration is requesting 7.4 percent more for its budget for fiscal year 2025 than it received for the current year, which began on Oct. 1, 2023, and runs through Sept. 30 this year.
The FDA’s request is part of President Biden’s proposed $7.3 trillion budget announced
Continue Reading FDA asks for $7.2 billion for the coming year
The federal government machine has only enough quarters to keep food safety functioning for another month. And was it as simple as putting quarters in a machine to keep it running?
Instead, the steps required by Nov. 17 are complicated and must be accomplished during an era of Congressional
Continue Reading Dysfunction in Congress could put federal food safety programs at risk
The Food and Drug Administration has requested $7.2 billion for the fiscal year 2024.
According to President Biden’s budget proposal, the agency wants $128 million of that allocated for food safety programs. The FDA also proposed legislative action from Congress to expand its authority and ability to intervene to prevent
Continue Reading FDA budget request includes scant money for food safety programs
After suspending an ice cream company’s food facility registration in late 2018 during a foodborne illnesses investigation, the FDA is allowing Working Cow Homemade Inc. to reopen, but not as a manufacturer.
The company, in St. Petersburg, FL, is now an ice cream warehouse business, according to a notice from
Continue Reading FDA lifts suspension, but Working Cow Homemade isn’t making ice cream
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 on Russia.
Donald Trump has declared war on the Food Safety Modernization Act.
On the heels of a high-profile Listeria outbreak and the recall of all Blue Bell ice cream products, seven Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday called on the Senate Appropriations Committee to fully fund the federal Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) by approving President Obama’s request for an additional $109.5 million
Continue Reading Senators, Food Industry Groups Call for More FSMA Funding
