The 2010 Annual Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance sponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases was held last week in the Washington, DC area.
Doctors, pharmacologists, professors, scientists, and policy
In light of recent food recalls, the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Office of Research (OR) has developed a
Michael Pollan, best-selling author and thought leader of the burgeoning food and agriculture reform movements, warned an audience in San Francisco last week about the implications the Supreme Court’s
After months of newspapers, blogs, and food safety experts raising flags about the dilapidated food safety system, cable news has piped into the food safety discussion more than usual in
Consumer advocates and meat industry representatives responded to the Obama Administration’s announcement Tuesday, naming Dr. Elisabeth Hagen to be Under Secretary of Food Safety at the U.S. Department
The White House announced yesterday that President Obama intends to nominate Dr. Elisabeth Hagen as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Under Secretary for Food Safety, a
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn campaign finance restrictions on corporate and union election spending yesterday left health, food, and agriculture activists worried about future reform efforts
After learning of the recent recall of 390 tons of beef for E. coli contamination, U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), a longtime proponent of stronger food safety laws, called
Russia is making bogus food safety claims to curtail or eliminate American poultry, pork and beef imports, the two top agricultural leaders in the U.S. Senate charge in a
An anonymous teacher in Illinois who is “fed up” with low quality school cafeteria food has launched a blog to chronicle the daily offerings of her own school’s cafeteria–
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service remains leaderless
U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) responded to the Christmas Eve tenderized steak recall by calling out the Obama Administration for
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