Revisions to the Clean Water Act submitted in 2017 for more effective regulations of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) were denied this week by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The EPA denied the 2017 petition submitted by Food & Water Watch and dozens of co-petitioners, including the Center for Food Safety.
Continue Reading EPA denies water quality petition for CAFOs
A-two year-old federal lawsuit brought by three non-governmental organizations claims USDA’s New Swine Inspection System undermines federal inspectors charged with protecting consumers from foodborne illness.
A federal judge in California has found “the matter suitable for disposition without oral argument.”
The Center for Food Safety, Food & Water Watch, and
Continue Reading For now, only written arguments will be allowed to decide case on new swine inspection system
A consumer watchdog group says the federal government is treating its meat inspectors unfairly and endangering their health as well as that of meat plant employees amid the coronavirus pandemic.
This week the group Food & Water Watch leveled serious charges at the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
Continue Reading Food & Water Watch says USDA inspectors not protected from COVID-19
Top FDA administrators say the agency’s new plan for the safety of leafy greens specifically addresses problems, but a key part of the conversation is getting little more than lip service according to some observers.
Vague references to vague actions planned regarding animal feedlots next to and near fresh produce
Continue Reading FDA leafy greens safety plan skimpy on details about feedlot contamination
If you haven’t heard, a Seattle attorney is petitioning the USDA to make it illegal to sell meat and poultry that is contaminated with Salmonella.
Yep, as of right now — and who knows how much longer — it is perfectly legal to sell you hamburger, whole hogs, turkey
Continue Reading Beach Beat: The faces behind the petition
There’s no indication yet that anyone is the least bit embarrassed about the failure to yet identify the precise source of an E. coli O157: H7 outbreak involving at least 32 states and four Canadian provinces. But nine consumer and food safety groups have stepped forward to demand that FDA
Continue Reading Make leafy greens “high risk” and chase them down quickly, say consumer groups
Food & Water Watch has filed suit against the USDA because the agency will not release the names of companies that have applied to switch to a voluntary program that allows for non-government poultry inspections.
A USDA poultry inspector checks carcasses as the production line moves.
Continue Reading Watchdog group sues USDA for names of poultry companies
Each side has just the congressional recess left to practice its hyperbole for the coming Senate fight over how regulations will be used across government. It’s going to get nasty. And confusing. The practice of giving the other side’s bill a dirty name is now a common tactic.
Since the
Continue Reading Food safety insecurity used as a hook against regulatory reform
An activist group says the rejection of 40,000 pounds of catfish from Vietnam is the best evidence possible that Congress should not kill the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new inspection program. “The (USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service) catfish inspection program is working and needs to continue in operation because
Continue Reading Food & Water Watch urges continuation of catfish inspections
Reactions have been varied to the news that Dole Food Co. knowingly produced and shipped salads from a contaminated facility, ranging from criticism of the FDA to an admission by Dole’s management that the company is being investigated by the Justice Department. 
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, is the
Continue Reading Dole salad scandal spurs calls for stronger FDA
