Food Politics

Policy brief covers border rejections due to food safety

An inability of some countries to meet food safety standards of other nations and the associated border rejections contribute to food loss and waste, according to an expert policy brief.

By News Desk

/ 1 Jan 2023

Policy brief covers border rejections due to food safety

One last look at 2022’s Top Ten

— OPINION — With but a few hours remaining, it’s time to look back at the important food safety events and trends of 2022. While Food Safety News stories are the

By Dan Flynn

/ 31 Dec 2022

After the midterms, state food safety remains more in the hands of the GOP

Fewer restrictions on raw milk sales and so-called “Food Freedom” bills have been popular in Statehouses for more than a decade now. And while these do not always break across

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Dec 2022

After the midterms, state food safety remains more in the hands of the GOP

Technology in food driving FDA’s announcements during the past week

During the same week that the Food and Drug Administration re-affirmed its approval of Atlantic salmon with an intentionally altered genome, the agency also permitted the growth of chicken from

By Dan Flynn

/ 19 Nov 2022

Technology in food driving FDA’s announcements during the past week

DeLauro, USDA announce new rule for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)) , with the USDA, has announced a new rule that will expand flexibilities under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.

By News Desk

/ 18 Nov 2022

DeLauro, USDA announce new rule for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

FDA releases draft amended environmental assessment for AquAdvantage salmon and sets virtual public meeting

It was not exactly a do-over, but a federal court did order the Food and Drug Administration to do additional analysis and reconsider its “no effect” determination from 2015 for

By News Desk

/ 17 Nov 2022

FDA releases draft amended environmental assessment for AquAdvantage salmon and sets virtual public meeting

Senate could confirm Esteban for USDA post as early as today

If the U.S. Senate can stay focused for long enough today, Jose Emilio Esteban will likely be confirmed as the nation’s sixth undersecretary for food safety. He’s

By Dan Flynn

/ 20 Oct 2022

Senate could confirm Esteban for USDA post as early as today

Model uses Brazil and EU poultry dispute to assess market impact

Implications of trade policy are related to consumer preferences and market structure, according to an analysis by an economist at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. Mahdi Ghodsi used

By Joe Whitworth

/ 8 Sep 2022

Model uses Brazil and EU poultry dispute to assess market impact

Officials criticized for gap in controls at firm behind Listeria cases

A political party in Germany has criticized the time it took for a long-running Listeria outbreak to be solved. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Bayern said it was shocked

By News Desk

/ 24 Aug 2022

Officials criticized for gap in controls at firm behind Listeria cases

California’s Proposition 12 will be heard by Supreme Court on Oct. 11

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in National Pork Producers Council v Karen Ross on Oct. 11. The court on March 28 granted the writ of certiorari to officially

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 Aug 2022

California’s Proposition 12 will be heard by Supreme Court on Oct. 11

Senate sits on Esteban nomination as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety

Any hope that the U.S. Senate would confirm Jose Emilio Esteban as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety before the late summer break is gone. The Senate Committee

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Aug 2022

Senate sits on Esteban nomination as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety

Jury instructions are important in Kruse’s trial as the law gets applied to the facts in Blue Bell case

The jury continues to hear witnesses at the trial of retired Blue Bell president Paul Kruse while behind-the-scenes work continues on the instructions they’ll get before deliberations. Jury instructions

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Aug 2022

Jury instructions are important in Kruse’s trial as the law gets applied to the facts in Blue Bell case

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Policy brief covers border rejections due to food safety

One last look at 2022’s Top Ten

After the midterms, state food safety remains more in the hands of the GOP

Technology in food driving FDA’s announcements during the past week

DeLauro, USDA announce new rule for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

FDA releases draft amended environmental assessment for AquAdvantage salmon and sets virtual public meeting

Senate could confirm Esteban for USDA post as early as today

Model uses Brazil and EU poultry dispute to assess market impact

Officials criticized for gap in controls at firm behind Listeria cases

California’s Proposition 12 will be heard by Supreme Court on Oct. 11

Senate sits on Esteban nomination as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety

Jury instructions are important in Kruse’s trial as the law gets applied to the facts in Blue Bell case