After three days and more than 25 hours of debate, the House Thursday approved an agriculture appropriations bill for fiscal year 2012 with significant cuts to federal food safety programs,
Just as Washington, D.C. is abuzz with a debate on agriculture appropriations — a bill in the House that would fund key food safety programs on the federal level — members
Apples, celery and strawberries are at the top of the latest “Dirty Dozen” list compiled by the Environmental Working Group, while onions, sweet corn and pineapples are among the “Clean
The Obama administration expressed “serious concerns” Monday about the agriculture appropriations bill for fiscal year 2012 the House is expected to vote on today. The spending bill, which was recently
The federal government is adopting new policies aimed at boosting aquaculture production in the U.S. at a time when Americans are eating more imported seafood than ever.
Foreign aquaculture
A commonly used animal drug is being suspended from sale in response to new U.S. Food and Drug Administration data showing it increases arsenic levels in chicken livers.
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is calling on Congress to fund the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act and to pass new meat safety legislation.
Gillibrand’s bill aims to reduce “all
The leading Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are asking their Republican counterparts to hold a hearing on the public health threat posed by the rare and extremely
As one group put it Wednesday, the food safety advocacy community isn’t exactly “enamored” by the proposed budget cuts to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that advanced
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released its annual Pesticide Residue Data on fresh fruits and vegetables, and consumer groups who questioned why the information was four months late
Tens of thousands of cancer cases could be prevented each year if people ate less red meat and added more fiber to their diets, according to a report released Monday.
House lawmakers sparred over proposed cuts to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in an appropriations markup on Tuesday. A proposal unveiled by House Republicans Monday seeks $285 million