The Government Accountability Office says the FDA should have the power to ask for and receive information from food companies about food packaging and food production surfaces in relation to chemical contamination.
In a report on so-called forever chemicals that do not break down that was requested by two U.S.
Continue Reading GAO office says FDA’s hands shouldn’t be tied on food package chemicals
Farmworkers exposed to agricultural pesticides need additional information on how to protect themselves, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Since 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has had a Worker Protection Standard (WPS) for agriculture that permits farmworkers to identify someone who can request a farm’s pesticide information for
Continue Reading GAO recommends EPA track use of pesticide information for farmworkers
Steve D. Morris is a name many may not recognize, yet he is a major national food safety decision maker. And he just writes letters with many of them addressed to Rep. Rosa DeLauro, who is more engaged on food safety than anyone else in Congress.
Continue Reading GAO delivers 3 recommendations to make CDC better
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) wants something done about confusing date labels that contribute to food waste.
GAO recommends the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Serice (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) work with stakeholders outside the federal government to reduce consumer confusion.
Almost one-third of the
Continue Reading GAO report examines how date label confusion contributes to food waste
At the request of Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-CT, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has returned to the problem of managing the risk of arsenic in rice. The GAO is an agency in the legislative branch of the federal government that provides auditing, evaluation and investigative services for Congress
Continue Reading GAO tells Rep. DeLauro that agencies need to pick up the pace
Editor’s note: U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, sent the below letter regarding so-called lab meat and other cell-cultured foods to Gene Dodaro, comptroller general of the United States, on March 28.
Dear Mr. Dodaro:
I am writing to request that GAO investigate what regulatory framework, if any, exists for cell-cultured
Continue Reading U.S. representative wants review of lab meat, cell-cultured food
A federal review of laboratories handling many of the most dangerous pathogens on the planet, including some that can be foodborne such as Brucella and bacterium that cause botulism poisoning, shows room for improvement.
The “high-containment laboratories” are overseen by the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services via
Continue Reading GAO says USDA needs to tighten up policies at certain labs
A new U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report for a handful of congressional leaders takes up less than five pages, but appear to include a smoking gun for produce regulations that have become too burdensome.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the government unit that wrote Standards for the
Continue Reading FDA takes 22 days to respond to produce rule questions from the field
A computerized tool used by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to assess the safety risk of food imported into the United States could be more effective, according to a recent analysis from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The tool is known as PREDICT and uses open source and other
Continue Reading GAO: FDA could improve tool for assessing imported food risk
Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) study whether creating a single food agency would increase efficiencies, reduce costs and improve safety. In January, Durbin and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced bills to establish such
Continue Reading Senators Ask GAO to Examine Options for Food Safety Oversight
