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GFSP calls for more domestic food safety investments in African countries

By Joe Whitworth on February 8, 2019

A report from the Global Food Safety Partnership (GFSP) highlighted the need for increased targeted funding to promote domestic food safety across Africa.

GFSP called for more investment into programs focusing on public health after…
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Food-Safety Advocates Applaud Increased FSMA, NARMS Funding

By Lydia Zuraw on December 17, 2014

Food-safety advocates were pleased to see increased funding for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System for Enteric Bacteria (NARMS) in the $1.1-trillion spending bill President Barack Obama signed…
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Foodborne Illness Victims Request Additional FSMA Funding

By Lydia Zuraw on November 11, 2014

Victims of foodborne illness and their families are urging Congress to appropriate additional funding for implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Several Congress members and plenty of food safety advocates have written to…
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Why FDA Needs FSMA Resources Now

By Michael Taylor on April 30, 2014

(Editor’s note: The following is in response to “Experts Debate Whether Food Safety Funding is Adequate,” published April 24, 2014, on Food Safety News.) Two questions regarding the adequacy of food safety…
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Senators Request ‘Robust’ Funding for Food Safety

By News Desk on April 2, 2014

Ahead of Thursday’s coinciding congressional hearings on budgets for the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS), U.S. Sens. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) sent a…
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White House Threatens to Veto House Ag Appropriations Bill

By News Desk on June 26, 2013

The Obama administration said on Tuesday it would likely veto the House agriculture appropriations bill, just as versions of the funding provisions are moving through both the House and Senate.

“The bill severely undermines key…
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Pew Praises Rep. Latham for House Funding Increase for FDA

By News Desk on June 17, 2013

The Pew Charitable Trusts commended Congressman Tom Latham (R-IA) last week for his leadership in securing approximately $27 million in additional food safety funding for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the appropriations bill…
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House Panel Approves Bill To Keep FDA Funding Flat

By Helena Bottemiller on June 7, 2012

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture Wednesday approved funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for fiscal year 2013 with no new funding for food safety. The bill…
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Hamburg: FDA Needs More Resources for Food Safety

By Helena Bottemiller on March 1, 2012

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg Thursday warned of more outbreaks and import problems if food safety is not properly funded and defended a proposal to collect registration fees to help pay for

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Commissioner Hamburg: FDA Food Safety Funding Vulnerable

By Helena Bottemiller on October 5, 2011

U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Margaret Hamburg emphasized the stark budget challenge facing the agency, which is charged with overseeing 80 percent of the food supply, in a speech before a food policy audience in

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DeLauro Hits Boehner, GOP on Food Safety Funding

By Helena Bottemiller on September 29, 2011

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), a longtime hawk on food safety issues, once again blasted Republicans for seeking cuts to federal food safety programs, this time singling out Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) whose

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