Only a floor vote in the Missouri Senate may stand between Gov. Jay Nixon’s desk and a bill making fraud and interference new crimes if carried out at agricultural
“Meat glue” is yet another food industry practice that has been around for decades, but the public is only now learning about. Headlines like “Should you be grossed out by
If you follow food safety policy, there’s a good chance that when you think of traceback, you think of John Munsell. Once dubbed the “meatpacking maverick,” Munsell has been
Beef Products Inc., which manufactures lean finely textured beef — the product decried in recent months as ‘pink slime’ — has announced it will shut down three of its four plants on
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Iowa congressional candidate Christie Vilsack, who have been married for almost 40 years, are publicly at odds over a controversial plan to expand a semi-privatized
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Microbiological Data Program will almost certainly be eliminated in fiscal year 2013 after the Senate Appropriations Committee decided to not include funding for
The New York Times editorial on Sunday called on the Obama administration to move key Food Safety Modernization Act rules forward so that the rulemaking process can begin.
In an
The Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday approved a $22 million bump in discretionary funding for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for fiscal year 2013, giving the agency $2.54
As the budget process in Washington rolls along, the House and Senate remain at odds over doling out resources that impact the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The House
The American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, DC, released a working paper this month recommending a single food safety agency, better market incentives, and more foodborne illness
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday released the Foods and Veterinary Medicine Program’s Final Strategic Plan for 2012 to 2016.
The plan highlights seven strategic “program
It’s been well over a year since the monumental Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law and so far implementation has been riddled with speed bumps, not