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Bill for Safe Food Act seeks to consolidate federal oversight

By Coral Beach on June 27, 2019

Citing fragmented food safety oversight, which is split up between 15 federal agencies, two lawmakers want Congress to scrap the current system and the ineffective laws that regulate it.

The Safe Food Act could weave…
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Don’t wait — Add ‘The Poison Squad’ by Deborah Blum to your reading list

By Phyllis Entis on November 9, 2018
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“Regulation is bad for business.”

It’s an all-too-common refrain, but not exclusively a modern one.

Most people, when asked what they know about the origin of the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act,…
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Just Label It takes a victory lap after losing; opts to move on

By Dan Flynn on July 10, 2016

Just label It is throwing in the towel. The never-ending campaign by the organic industry’s top political players to force GMO labeling on the entire food industry says its time to move on. After a…
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