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
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
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
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
The death Tuesday of another victim of the cantaloupe-caused Listeria outbreak has been confirmed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Shelly Occhipinti-Krout, 48, of Parker, CO died
The debt deal struck by leaders in Washington last week has food policy insiders worried about the future of food safety funding at both the U.S. Department of Agriculture
As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration works to meet deadlines and implement an ambitious new food safety law, the agency’s budget for the next fiscal year remains
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) Tuesday renewed her pledge to fight for more food safety funding after a new report found serious gaps in imported seafood oversight.
Monday, the Government Accountability
Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Margaret Hamburg made her case for upping resources at FDA for fiscal year 2012 before a House appropriations committee on Friday,
The Dean of the House of Representatives is calling on Congress to “adequately fund” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration so it can implement the sweeping food safety law
A proposal by conservative House Republicans to cut and freeze non-defense discretionary spending from 2012 to 2021 would have a major impact on food safety oversight, according to the Center
I listened in on Monday’s White House conference call announcing that President Obama would sign the Food Safety Modernization Act.
Speakers said the new bill will give the FDA