Food Policy & Law

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State warns public about positive Listeria test from raw bottled milk

The state of New York is warning people to not consume unpasteurized raw milk from Churchtown Dairy due to possible contamination of Listeria Monocytogenes. On Friday, the state Department of

By News Desk

/ 2 Aug 2019

State warns public about positive Listeria test from raw bottled milk

Ag groups tell Senate it is time to confirm Mindy Brashears as Under Secretary for Food Safety

American Agriculture is letting the U.S. Senate know that 68 months is long enough to go without a USDA under secretary for food safety. Ten of the nation’s

By Dan Flynn

/ 31 Jul 2019

Ag groups tell Senate it is time to confirm Mindy Brashears as Under Secretary for Food Safety

Letter From The Editor: A full plate for the Southwest Meat Association

Opinion About a decade ago, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service deployed a diverse task force to look at risk-based inspection. The first meeting was not very productive.

By Dan Flynn

/ 31 Jul 2019

Letter From The Editor: A full plate for the Southwest Meat Association

U.S. raises 1 out of 8 food safety trade concerns at WTO meeting

Eight new trade concerns on food safety, animal and plant health were raised at the latest meeting of a World Trade Organization (WTO) committee. The Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary

By News Desk

/ 31 Jul 2019

U.S. raises 1 out of 8 food safety trade concerns at WTO meeting

Firms in New Zealand get three new options for food safety tools

Businesses in New Zealand have been given the option of using three tools designed to make it easier to follow the rules and keep consumers safe. Damien O’Connor, Food

By News Desk

/ 29 Jul 2019

Firms in New Zealand get three new options for food safety tools

Seafood facility owner receives warning letter after inspection

A seafood processing facility in Flushing, NY, is on notice from the FDA for serious violations of federal law including filthy conditions, inadequate refrigeration control and the potential for botulism

By News Desk

/ 29 Jul 2019

Seafood facility owner receives warning letter after inspection

Brashears promises data, science and food safety modernization at FSIS

GALVESTON, TX — The $2 billion hog market slaughter industry will get more flexibility, and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service will have greater inspection oversight.Mindy Brashears, the USDA

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Jul 2019

Brashears promises data, science and food safety modernization at FSIS

Bill patches up tensions between state and FDA for ‘consumers’ best interests’

The public has the right to know. But does it? When it comes to food safety, that was the question at the heart of tensions between Washington state and the

By Cookson Beecher

/ 26 Jul 2019

Bill patches up tensions between state and FDA for ‘consumers’ best interests’

FDA uses its power to suspend food facility registration for sixth time

Topway Enterprises Inc, doing business as Kazy’s Gourmet in Houston, has lost the federal registration required to sell or distribute food. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Jul 2019

FDA uses its power to suspend food facility registration for sixth time

EU sets rules for controls after third country refusal

The European Commission is looking at rules that some animals and goods imported into or transiting through the area must be subject to before they can enter the region. It

By News Desk

/ 24 Jul 2019

EU sets rules for controls after third country refusal

Step by step, program by program, food safety leaders in government plan to make a difference

LOUISVILLE, KY — New blood in the nation’s top two food safety jobs is promising a new era of food safety in the United States as the FDA and USDA

By Coral Beach

/ 23 Jul 2019

Step by step, program by program, food safety leaders in government plan to make a difference

U.S. Attorneys for Arkansas win consent decree for FDA enforcement for food warehouses

Without much attention last November, on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Marshals seized the contents of several Arkansas food warehouses. The federal district court ordered

By News Desk

/ 23 Jul 2019

U.S. Attorneys for Arkansas win consent decree for FDA enforcement for food warehouses

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Food Policy & Law

State warns public about positive Listeria test from raw bottled milk

Ag groups tell Senate it is time to confirm Mindy Brashears as Under Secretary for Food Safety

Letter From The Editor: A full plate for the Southwest Meat Association

U.S. raises 1 out of 8 food safety trade concerns at WTO meeting

Firms in New Zealand get three new options for food safety tools

Seafood facility owner receives warning letter after inspection

Brashears promises data, science and food safety modernization at FSIS

Bill patches up tensions between state and FDA for ‘consumers’ best interests’

FDA uses its power to suspend food facility registration for sixth time

EU sets rules for controls after third country refusal

Step by step, program by program, food safety leaders in government plan to make a difference

U.S. Attorneys for Arkansas win consent decree for FDA enforcement for food warehouses

Your Support Protects Public Health