FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb

Letter from the Editor: An independent food safety board is far better than anything FDA Commissioner does on his own

— OPINION — 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

By Dan Flynn

/ 29 Jan 2023

Letter from the Editor: An independent food safety board is far better than anything FDA Commissioner does on his own

Don’t look for FDA to “pork out” as the nation’s top regulator of livestock genome editing

The pork industry earlier this week said it wants to get the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) out of regulating livestock genome editing. But unless pigs fly, that possibility seems

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Jun 2019

Don’t look for FDA to “pork out” as the nation’s top regulator of livestock genome editing

Scotty, We Hardly Knew Ye!

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the 23rd U.S. Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, will leave the post just short of two years on the job. Gottlieb surprised Washington D.

By Dan Flynn

/ 5 Mar 2019

New FDA report blames on-farm water for latest romaine contamination

The new investigative report about romaine lettuce contamination drew comments Wednesday from both FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas. The report looks at the most recent romaine

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 Feb 2019

New FDA report blames on-farm water for latest romaine contamination

Letter from The Editor: The oxymoron that FDA keeps alive

Opinion We all know an oxymoron when we hear one. Among my favorites: army intelligence, Amtrak schedule, and traffic engineering. Writers usually try to avoid unwittingly using oxymorons. One that

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Feb 2019

Letter from The Editor: The oxymoron that FDA keeps alive

FDA food investigations running at less than 50 percent of normal

The Food and Drug Administration has “more than 200 food investigators” on the job “not counting support staff and supervisors” out of about 550 total professionals “when the agency is

By Dan Flynn

/ 22 Jan 2019

FDA food investigations running at less than 50 percent of normal

FDA considers whether sesame should be subject to allergen labeling law

Undeclared allergens have been driving recent increases in food recalls, which some say contributes to the trend of consumers ignoring recall notices. A year ago, a national recall consultant found

By Dan Flynn

/ 31 Oct 2018

FDA considers whether sesame should be subject to allergen labeling law

FDA drops new produce guidance and wants to talk about it

Call it a little lite winter reading for America’s produce growers and processors. It’s the 152 pages of non-binding draft guidance titled “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing,

By Dan Flynn

/ 25 Oct 2018

FDA drops new produce guidance and wants to talk about it

Letter from The Editor: Is your credibility on the rise or falling off the charts?

Opinion The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are not known for changing up their relationships with the news media. That’s not necessarily

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 Oct 2018

Letter from The Editor: Is your credibility on the rise or falling off the charts?

FDA Commissioner Gottlieb tweets about plans to review some of those labeling claims

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is tweeting about his plans “in coming weeks” to “put out more detailed information about what different terms mean on food packaging, to

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 Aug 2018

FDA Commissioner Gottlieb tweets about plans to review some of those labeling claims

Political impact lingers after two main events in meat industry

Political ramifications are coming in from two events in the past week involving the meat industry. The first event was a July 12 forum sponsored by the U.S. Food

By Dan Flynn

/ 19 Jul 2018

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FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb

Letter from the Editor: An independent food safety board is far better than anything FDA Commissioner does on his own

Don’t look for FDA to “pork out” as the nation’s top regulator of livestock genome editing

Scotty, We Hardly Knew Ye!

New FDA report blames on-farm water for latest romaine contamination

Letter from The Editor: The oxymoron that FDA keeps alive

FDA food investigations running at less than 50 percent of normal

Top 10 food safety stories of 2018

FDA considers whether sesame should be subject to allergen labeling law

FDA drops new produce guidance and wants to talk about it

Letter from The Editor: Is your credibility on the rise or falling off the charts?

FDA Commissioner Gottlieb tweets about plans to review some of those labeling claims

Political impact lingers after two main events in meat industry

Your Support Protects Public Health