“Sometimes life’s not fair,” said Vice President Joe Biden, as he addressed a small crowd in New Orleans, Louisiana yesterday. “Y’all have been hit with Katrina, Gustav and
The landscape for food safety is going through some of the most significant changes ever in the context of legislative action, regulatory enforcement, consumer wariness, and industry accountability. With these
Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev Come to Poultry Trade Compromise
Russia has agreed to end its ban on U.S. poultry imports, presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev announced
Fifty-six lawmakers, including 50 representatives and six senators, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday asking that the agency retain the regulated status of
A bipartisan group of Senators is urging President Obama to make Russia’s current “blockade” of U.S. poultry products a topic of discussion during his meeting with Russian President
The U.S. Department of Transportation built on its rule banning airline carriers from subjecting passengers to long tarmac delays this month by introducing additional consumer protections.
The Department is
President Obama Dines on Seafood in the Gulf as NOAA and FDA Announce Efforts to Monitor Seafood Safety
Pushing back against growing criticism of the Administration’s response to the
Last week I spoke at the National Environmental Health Association annual convention. My talk was entitled “What has Changed Since Upton Sinclair? A Contemporary View of Food Safety.” As I
As part of our ongoing expert Q&A series, a conversation with New York Times best-selling author and award-winning journalist Eric Schlosser
Eric Schlosser’s book Fast Food Nation:
Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) defeated labor-backed Arkansas Lt. Governor Bill Halter in a heated Democratic primary runoff Tuesday, bucking the notion that Lincoln might be
In another act of the ongoing catfish regulatory drama, the advocacy group Food and Water Watch sent a letter yesterday to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Health Kathleen
Throwing A Bone to Small Meat: USDA to Hold Public Meetings on HACCP Guidance
After much outcry from small meat processors weary of burdensome government regulation, the U.S. Department