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How food safety is best organized in a country this big and this populous is the question we should be asking. Instead during the past confusing year, we’ve come to focus only
Continue Reading Letter from the Editor: An independent food safety board is far better than anything FDA Commissioner does on his own
During the same week that the Food and Drug Administration re-affirmed its approval of Atlantic salmon with an intentionally altered genome, the agency also permitted the growth of chicken from animal cells in laboratories.
The
Continue Reading Technology in food driving FDA’s announcements during the past week
Were it not for all the meetings about infant formula, FDA Commissioner Robert M.Califf’s schedule would look like those of his many predecessors, emphasizing drugs and medical devices.
After his narrow confirmation to serve a
The question members of a Senate subcommittee wanted answered by FDA officials involved how to make food safety a priority at the agency. The FDA commissioner said much of the answer would come out when
Continue Reading Senators ask FDA leaders if food safety is a priority at the agency
UPDATED — This version of this story includes quotes from Commissioner Robert Califf and U.S. Rep. Rosa Delauro.
A shakeup of the chain of command at the FDA may be coming, but the beginning
Continue Reading FDA leader hiring affiliated foundation to review problems at food side of agency
Editor’s Note: FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf delivered remarks in June to the FDLI Annual Conference. Here are excerpts from his prepared remarks that addressed food safety.
“One issue that’s been front and center
Continue Reading Restructuring the Food Program at FDA
It’s that time of year when agency and department heads appear before Congressional committees to discuss their budget requests. For FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. that means justifying FDA’s 2023 food safety and nutrition
Continue Reading $76 million more for food safety sought by FDA Commissioner Califf
More money and reorganization are often offered as solutions when deficiencies turn up in government.
This time, food regulation by the Food and Drug Administration has come up short. In a lengthy report released on
Continue Reading Consumer groups, industry tell FDA Commissioner change is needed
The chairman of a U.S. House subcommittee has demanded that the FDA provide Congress with an explanation of why it took so long to deal with an ongoing outbreak linked to infant formula.
Democratic Rep.
Continue Reading Representative demands answers from FDA about outbreak linked to infant formula
Food safety in 2017 will be dependent on our “complicated bureaucracies” that exist to get through transitions and times of change. Both USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the U.S. Food and Drug
Continue Reading Storms and stability ahead for food safety efforts in 2017
