With Thanksgiving fast-approaching, public health groups are ramping up public outreach focused on how holiday cooks can safely select, handle, and prepare turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and pies for
PART II: On the pending food safety legislation, the impact on small farmers, and the agency’s capacity to inspect the food supply: A conversation with Dr. David Acheson, former
Public health officials in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, are cracking down on restaurant owners for food safety violations and may dole out more jail
PART I: On agency turf battles, the shift between the Bush and Obama administrations, and the politics of regulating the food supply: A conversation with Dr. David Acheson, former Associate
The Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) lifted an eight-year-old ban on meat and bone meal imports from the United States after the World Animal Health Organization officially recognized the U.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO’s) world summit on food security in Rome discussed food safety issues in the midst of its focus on increasing food
There has been an ongoing back-and-forth response from the Weston A. Price Foundation (WAPF) to my literature review of the pros and cons of drinking raw (unpasteurized) milk and a
The Government Accountability Project (GAP) held a conference yesterday focused on the important role whistleblowers play in protecting the food supply, exploring ways to empower more food workers to speak
Genetically engineered (GE) crops have experienced a staggering increase in their use of weed-killing pesticides, leading to increased herbicide-resistant weeds, environmental degradation, and chemical residues on foods according to a
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), filed a complaint for permanent injunction against a veal operation in Maryland
Monday the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released Chairman Tom Harkin’s (D-IA) draft markup of the pending S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which
Small and sustainable agriculture advocates are urging the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee to make significant changes to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510, during