President Obama entered office amid one of the worst times for food
safety. January through April of 2009 saw an extraordinary number of
recalls and elevated levels of illness due
Last Friday, Dr. Betsy Booren, Director of Scientific Affairs at the American Meat Institute, received a long-awaited letter from the Food Safety Inspection Service. It had been five long years
Last week, the Humane Society of the United States held an unusual press conference. The group announced an agreement with its long-time adversary, the United Egg Producers, to jointly seek
I was rereading the June 3, 2011 (the original version) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) statement on the E. coli O104:H4 outbreak in Europe on my flight to Seattle
The Humane Society of the United States and the United Egg Producers — bitter rivals on animal welfare issues — Thursday took the food and agriculture community by surprise. The two groups
As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration works to meet deadlines and implement an ambitious new food safety law, the agency’s budget for the next fiscal year remains
President Obama chided House Republicans for seeking steep cuts to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s food safety budget during a news conference at the White House Wednesday.
This might not be the best time to release an undercover video of cruelty to Iowa farm animals.
A bill to outlaw such videos, and punish people who make them,
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) is asking the White House Office of Management and Budget to move on a proposal to allow USDA to regulate additional strains of E. coli, beyond
Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have made some serious missteps trying to keep potentially hazardous imported food off the market, according to a new government audit.
Taylor Optimistic on FSMA Implementation, Funding
Food and Drug Administration “food safety czar” Michael Taylor expressed cautious optimism Monday that FDA can resolve what has become a primary concern: a
A bipartisan group of senators re-introduced a bill late last week aimed at preserving the effectiveness of medically important antibiotics by limiting their use in food animal feed. In the