Skip to content
Sponsored by Marler Clark
Sponsored by Marler Clark
Food Safety News logo

Food Safety News

Breaking news for everyone's consumption

Menu

HomeOutbreaksRecallsDirectoryEventsAbout UsMedia KitContact Us
Search
Close

Food Safety News

John Dingell

Subscribe to John Dingell

Dingell Demands Congress Fund New Food Safety Law

By Helena Bottemiller on February 11, 2011

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 President Obama signed in January.
 …

Continue Reading Dingell Demands Congress Fund New Food Safety Law

Food Safety News Nice List 2010

By Dan Flynn on December 25, 2010

It’s Christmas and time for Food Safety News to present its second annual Nice List.  

For the nice, being on our Nice List is as good as it gets, although those named should not…

Continue Reading Food Safety News Nice List 2010

Government Newswire Feeds

FDA
USDA
CDC
CFIA

Food Bill’s Author Fighting for His Political Life

By Dan Flynn on October 11, 2010

Could this be the “last hurrah” for Rep. John Dingell, dean of the U.S. House and author of the food safety bill?

His Republican opponent, medical doctor Rob Steele, leads Dingell by four points, according…

Continue Reading Food Bill’s Author Fighting for His Political Life

Lawmakers Spar Over Holdup on Food Safety Bill

By Helena Bottemiller on July 20, 2010

In response to media reports that Senator Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) insistence on a controversial bisphenol-A (BPA) ban is holding up the pending food safety bill, Congressman John Dingell (D-MI), a force behind the lower chamber’s…

Continue Reading Lawmakers Spar Over Holdup on Food Safety Bill

Stage Set for Food Safety Bill

By Zach Mallove on May 24, 2010

Last Thursday, the Senate passed the Wall Street reform bill, handing President Obama his second major legislative victory of the year. The contentious bill, which narrowly passed though the Senate on a 59-39 vote, took…

Continue Reading Stage Set for Food Safety Bill

Dingell to Senate: ‘Now is the time’

By Helena Bottemiller on April 21, 2010

Congressman John Dingell (D-MI), currently the longest-serving member of Congress and a fierce advocate for tougher food safety laws, is again calling out the Senate for stalling on pending food safety legislation to modernize the…

Continue Reading Dingell to Senate: ‘Now is the time’

Dingell Calls for Action on Food Fraud

By Helena Bottemiller on April 3, 2010

“At US dinner tables, the food may be a fraud,” read the Seattle Times’ headline, “Federal regulators not doing enough to curb ‘food fraud’,” said The Dallas Morning News. This week, newspapers in several cities…

Continue Reading Dingell Calls for Action on Food Fraud

More Calls for Senate to Act on Food Safety

By Helena Bottemiller on February 26, 2010

Beltway insiders are hearing more calls to pass the FDA food safety reform bill pending in the Senate. This week, The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper, featured several Op-Eds which highlighted the bill’s bipartisan…

Continue Reading More Calls for Senate to Act on Food Safety

Dingell: Senate ‘Slow to Act’ on Food Safety

By Helena Bottemiller on February 22, 2010

U.S. Representative John Dingell (D-MI), the longest serving member of the House and a longtime advocate for stronger food safety laws, recently told Washington, DC’s The Hill that the Senate “has been slow to act”…

Continue Reading Dingell: Senate ‘Slow to Act’ on Food Safety

FSN Editors Show/Hide

  • Dan Flynn
  • Coral Beach
FSN Writers & Contributors​

Stay Connected

RSS Facebook Twitter Subscribe

Subscribe by email

Events Calendar

Food Recalls

  • FDA doesn’t name food behind outbreak, but Daily Harvest company president does
  • Wegmans recalls Vidalia onions over Listeria concerns
  • Gelato recalled in Ontario after testing find norovirus contamination of raspberries
  • Restructuring the Food Program at FDA
More Recalls

Editorials & Guest Opinions

Food Safety in Focus: IAFNS addresses heavy metals in foods

By Guest Opinion on June 15, 2022

Ghost kitchens: The evolution of food safety in nontraditional foodservice

By Guest Contributor on June 13, 2022

Publisher’s Platform: After three Roanoke food service workers prompt Hepatitis A scares, and 52 illnesses with 4 deaths, public health offers free vaccines

By Bill Marler on June 4, 2022
More Op-Eds
Letters to the Editor

Latest from Twitter

Tweets by @foodsafetynews

Food Safety Guides

  • Cooking Temperatures
  • Cross-Contamination
  • Foodborne Pathogens
Find Your Health Department
Restaurant Inspections
eFood Alert Blog
Marler Blog
Marler Clark logo
1012 First Avenue
Fifth Floor
Seattle, Washington 98104-1008
RSS Facebook Twitter Subscribe
  • Consumer Education
  • Enforcement
  • Events
  • Food Policy & Law
  • Food Recalls
  • Food Safety Guides
  • Foodborne Illness Investigations
  • Nutrition & Public Health
  • Opinion & Contributed Articles
  • Science & Research
  • Sustainability
  • Technology
  • Victim Stories
  • World
  • Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
  • For Foodies
  • Government Agencies
  • Lawsuits & Litigation
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Local Food
  • Media Kit
Copyright © 2022, Marler Clark. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy PolicyLegal StatementAdvertise
Law blog design & platform by LexBlog LexBlog Logo