Food Policy & Law

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Hepatitis A outbreak prompts city to consider restaurant ratings

The Coast Guard’s 65 signal flags and pennants were part of Scott Benson’s life for 20 years. He retired with the rank of Commander and now finds himself

By Dan Flynn

/ 18 Jul 2019

Hepatitis A outbreak prompts city to consider restaurant ratings

Amos Miller gets his legal team back together and plans to fight FSIS in federal court

Amos Miller and Miller’s Organic Farm had to terminate their defense attorneys two years ago during a federal court case because Miller couldn’t pay all the legal bills.

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 Jul 2019

Amos Miller gets his legal team back together and plans to fight FSIS in federal court

Import alerts include cheese, seafood, herbs, pet treats, allergens, misbranding

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent

By News Desk

/ 17 Jul 2019

Import alerts include cheese, seafood, herbs, pet treats, allergens, misbranding

Exemptions added to state public disclosure act to get FDA to resume sharing information

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is about to find out if appeasement works with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In 2018 the FDA stopped sharing nonpublic information

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Jul 2019

Exemptions added to state public disclosure act to get FDA to resume sharing information

Promised meat labeling compromise fails to materialize in Missouri federal court

That anticipated out-of-court settlement between Missouri and Turtle Island Foods is not happening. The many parties involved “do not believe additional time will allow for resolution of the impasse, according

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 Jul 2019

Promised meat labeling compromise fails to materialize in Missouri federal court

Food Code: Not just bigwigs brewing up a batch of new regs

Sometimes it takes more than a sudden jolt to realize that something needs to be improved. And more times than not it takes some fine tuning, bolstered with a great

By Cookson Beecher

/ 15 Jul 2019

Food Code: Not just bigwigs brewing up a batch of new regs

Activists are now challenging civil statutes for spying on animal agriculture

Animal activist organizations want to conduct undercover investigations by gaining entry to the nonpublic areas of private property and collecting evidence of animal abuse in the form of audio or

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 Jul 2019

Activists are now challenging civil statutes for spying on animal agriculture

FDA modifies import alerts for imported foods

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent

By News Desk

/ 10 Jul 2019

FDA modifies import alerts for imported foods

Letter from the Editor: FOIA exemption will keep cash payments secret, not more secure

Opinion Correction: When originally posted, we inadvertently included the $700 billion for SNAP, which is a ten-year estimate, not an annual figure. SNAP’s annual cost, as of 2016, was

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Jul 2019

Letter from the Editor: FOIA exemption will keep cash payments secret, not more secure

FDA modifies alerts for food imports

The FDA uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations on food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’

By News Desk

/ 5 Jul 2019

Sprout, tofu company warned 18 months after FDA inspectors found bugs, rodents, Listeria

The FDA issued a warning letter in recent days regarding an inspection 18 months ago at a sprout and tofu facility where federal officials found live rodents and cockroaches, as

By News Desk

/ 1 Jul 2019

Sprout, tofu company warned 18 months after FDA inspectors found bugs, rodents, Listeria

CDC warns against papayas from Mexico amidst new outbreak; CSPI says FDA should step up enforcement

More than 60 people are confirmed sick with Salmonella infections in a multistate outbreak linked to fresh papayas from Mexico, according to a public alert issued this afternoon. Federal officials

By Coral Beach

/ 28 Jun 2019

CDC warns against papayas from Mexico amidst new outbreak; CSPI says FDA should step up enforcement

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Food Policy & Law

Hepatitis A outbreak prompts city to consider restaurant ratings

Amos Miller gets his legal team back together and plans to fight FSIS in federal court

Import alerts include cheese, seafood, herbs, pet treats, allergens, misbranding

Exemptions added to state public disclosure act to get FDA to resume sharing information

Promised meat labeling compromise fails to materialize in Missouri federal court

Food Code: Not just bigwigs brewing up a batch of new regs

Activists are now challenging civil statutes for spying on animal agriculture

FDA modifies import alerts for imported foods

Letter from the Editor: FOIA exemption will keep cash payments secret, not more secure

FDA modifies alerts for food imports

Sprout, tofu company warned 18 months after FDA inspectors found bugs, rodents, Listeria

CDC warns against papayas from Mexico amidst new outbreak; CSPI says FDA should step up enforcement

Your Support Protects Public Health