House Democratic leaders are indicating that beleaguered food safety legislation will likely be considered by the lower chamber this week, as early as Wednesday or Thursday.
The food safety bill
Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) emphasized her support for small farmers Monday at the 75th annual convention of the North Carolina Farm Bureau in Greensboro, NC.
“Whether it’s our large
With last week’s Senate action on major food safety legislation, mainstream media coverage of food safety has picked up considerably, bringing a flurry of entertaining and even absurd articles
Over the last two years, food producers large and small, consumer and public health groups, and Congressional leaders have come together to support legislation that would bring the most significant
A serious constitutional snafu is threatening to derail pending food safety legislation, which passed the Senate by a 3-1 margin early Tuesday.
The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510,
While the Senate vote on S 510 was somewhat divided, 73 yeas to 25 nays, the response from interest groups appears to be mostly supportive. Here’s a sampling of
Senate Approves Food Safety Bill 73-25, But Road Ahead Looks Rocky:
In a rare demonstration of bipartisanship, the Senate passed the most sweeping food safety reform bill in seven decades
UPDATE: The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S.510, cleared the full Senate Tuesday by a vote of 73-25. See Food Safety News tomorrow for all the details. For live
The nation’s biggest fresh produce handlers, distributors and retailers received a gift last week when Food Safety News published an apparently long-planned Q&A with Bob Whitaker, Chief
I’ve been worrying over some of the provisions of this bill, especially since some of my friends in small production agriculture are so dead set against it. They believe
The Senate is expected to begin a series of votes on the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S.510, this evening, a critical move forward for a bill that would