As a nationwide Salmonella outbreak linked to 550 million recalled eggs continues to unfold, key lawmakers are pressing federal regulators and the Iowa farms at the center of the recall
U.S. Senators from the Gulf states are asking President Obama to name a Gulf Seafood Advisory Group to advise federal agencies on a menu of concerns that continues in
American Meat Institute President J. Patrick Boyle brought meat regulatory issues into the spotlight on Comedy Central’s Emmy award-winning Colbert Report Tuesday night. Boyle appeared on the show for
President Obama announced yesterday his intent to circumvent the Senate and recess appoint Dr. Elisabeth Hagen to be Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
U.S. pork exporters are criticizing an expected move by the Mexican government to include pork with many other products from the U.S. on which it will be imposing
Update: Exhibit at National Agriculture Library in Maryland Extended Into September, Set to Move to Washington, DC
When Beans Were Bullets, an exhibit of food and agriculture
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Though the recently-released Senate food safety bill didn’t include a controversial bisphenol-A ban or an amendment by Jon Tester (D-MT) to exempt small producers from certain measures, the package
Though a year has passed since the massive peanut butter Salmonella outbreak of 2008 and 2009, victims and their families are not the only ones with peanut product danger still
During a weekend trip to Panama City, Florida, President Obama continued his campaign for Gulf Coast seafood, but not everyone is buying it.
Following a week of high profile White
S. 510 – FDA Food Safety Modernization Act – The Small Farms and Businesses Assistance Act
In early 2007, just after the first large-scale peanut butter Salmonella outbreak, I was meeting with
Senators sent a letter to the Russian Ambassador Wednesday lambasting Russia over what they call a “lack of cooperation” on resolving an ongoing trade dispute over poultry imports.
Senator Blanche
The pending Senate food safety bill inched forward yesterday as key lawmakers released a bipartisan, compromise agreement, a step which should make it easier to bring the bill to the