The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) announced late last week that it will hold a hearing on reforming the food safety system on Thursday.
The HELP
Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), a long-time advocate for reforming the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said yesterday that Senate legislation to do just that will likely have to
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) released a report on the ten riskiest foods regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that has garnered
Four-year-old Jake Hurley is one of the lucky ones.
Jake was among the over 700 people sickened by Salmonella-tainted peanut butter last year. Ultimately, 200 were hospitalized and 9 were
Food Safety Debate Heats Up as Foodborne Illness Victims Lobby for Stronger Food Laws
A front page story in the the New York Times Sunday paper on the devastating consequences
All Shiga toxin-producing E. coli–not just E. coli O157:H7–should be declared as adulterants under the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), says a petition filed today with the
‘No one is exempt from food safety,’ but USDA, FDA show sensitivity to small farmer concerns
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan addressed food safety concerns last week in the
Eating cultures, food safety, and health insurance as a refrigerator
To many people, “food safety” can sound…well, let’s face it, kinda boring. “Who cares whether COOL (country-of-origin-labeling) passes
Marion Nestle is an authority on food politics and policy. Nestle, a professor of public health and sociology at New York University, has written several books–all must reads for
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has promised the family of a Nevada woman that the U.S. Senate will take up a food safety bill this fall.
Reid, who
Key food safety officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services emphasized the need for stronger food safety laws last week