Food Policy & Law

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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

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

Bill for Safe Food Act seeks to consolidate federal oversight

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

By Coral Beach

/ 27 Jun 2019

Bill for Safe Food Act seeks to consolidate federal oversight

Pork industry wants FDA out of livestock genome editing

The pork industry wants the regulation of livestock genome editing transferred to the USDA from the Food and Drug Administration. The USDA already regulates genome editing of plants. To support

By News Desk

/ 27 Jun 2019

Pork industry wants FDA out of livestock genome editing

High Court says USDA can keep secrets about $70 billion in SNAP spending

The Argus Leader did not ask for much. It just wanted to know where the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP food stamp spending ended up. That was more than

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Jun 2019

High Court says USDA can keep secrets about $70 billion in SNAP spending

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

/ 26 Jun 2019

New law toughens food allergen labeling

Food businesses in England and Northern Ireland will have to include full ingredients labeling on pre-packaged foods by summer 2021. The new law was announced by Michael Gove, Environment Secretary,

By News Desk

/ 26 Jun 2019

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sides with growing fruits and vegetables over aesthetics

Governor Ron DeSantis has signed Florida’s Senate Bill 82, prohibiting local governments from banning vegetable gardens on any part of residential properties. It means Florida property owners can again

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Jun 2019

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sides with growing fruits and vegetables over aesthetics

Comment now on proposed safety guidance for fresh sprouts

Beginning today, the FDA is accepting comments on proposed guidance designed to improve the safety of fresh sprouts, which have been responsible for at least 50 outbreaks in the past

By Coral Beach

/ 25 Jun 2019

Comment now on proposed safety guidance for fresh sprouts

Faces of Food Safety: Meet Joseph Ndungu of FSIS

Compliance Investigator Joseph Ndungu is a six-year FSIS employee in the Northeast Region of the Office of Investigation, Enforcement and Audit’s (OIEA) Compliance Investigation Division (CID) and part of

By U.S. Department of Agriculture

/ 24 Jun 2019

Faces of Food Safety: Meet Joseph Ndungu of FSIS

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Food Policy & Law

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

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

Bill for Safe Food Act seeks to consolidate federal oversight

Pork industry wants FDA out of livestock genome editing

High Court says USDA can keep secrets about $70 billion in SNAP spending

FDA modifies alerts for food imports

New law toughens food allergen labeling

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sides with growing fruits and vegetables over aesthetics

Comment now on proposed safety guidance for fresh sprouts

Faces of Food Safety: Meet Joseph Ndungu of FSIS

Your Support Protects Public Health