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Coalition speaks out against luke warm plan for proposed FDA reorganization

By Guest Contributor on February 20, 2023

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Editor’s note: A coalition of organizations sent this letter to Xavier Becerra, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Dear Secretary Becerra,

We write to express our concern…

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Work begins on Dietary Guidelines for 2025-2030

By News Desk on February 7, 2023

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans were last updated just as the pandemic got underway and they got very little attention. This time, it’s likely to be different when the public process gets underway. next week.…

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Public comment starts today for Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030

By News Desk on April 15, 2022

As the first step in the development process of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans for 2025-2030, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture are releasing proposed scientific questions for public comment.

The…
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Life stages and dietary patterns are major themes of science report from diet advisory panel

By Dan Flynn on July 16, 2020

The 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has submitted its 845-page “Scientific Report” to the Secretaries of the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS). 

The next step in the processes is…
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It gives only a little, but Trump budget takes nothing way from food safety programs

By Dan Flynn on February 14, 2018

In the fiscal year 2019 budget that sets out to cut domestic programs by almost $700 billion over 10 years, federal food safety has not only escaped the knife but made some small gains.

President…
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Leadership shake-up begins for all 15 federal food safety agencies

By Dan Flynn on December 1, 2016

The 15 federal agencies that together enforce at least 30 federal food safety laws are getting new leadership just as fast as President-elect Donald J. Trump can make his cabinet appointments from the long line…
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Auditors slam FDA for dragging its feet on food recalls

By Coral Beach on June 9, 2016

The Food and Drug Administration is under fire from the Office of Inspector General for inefficient and ineffective food recall procedures that left the public at risk for as much as six months after the…
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Health secretary tells antibiotic-resistance panel to stay on task

By News Desk on March 30, 2016

Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell could not be more succinct in what she wants out of the next two days. She penned a letter to the leadership of the Presidential Advisory…
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New dietary guidelines show potential conflict between safe and healthy

By Cookson Beecher on January 8, 2016

Time was that food and medicine were two different things. Food was for eating and medicine was for curing diseases. It was as simple as that. Take a look at the recently released 2015-2020 Dietary …
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Letter From the Editor: We’re Back!

By Dan Flynn on February 22, 2015

Shortly before Food Safety News was temporarily unable to post — a maintenance period imposed by our techie handlers from late Thursday to mid-day Saturday — the long-awaited proposed “2015 Dietary Guidelines” were dropped by…
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