Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Susan Collins (R-ME) on Wednesday introduced a bill that would require the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to collect more data on exactly how antimicrobial drugs are
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Bill Would Broaden USDA Definition of 'Adulterated'
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced a bill late last week aimed at reforming food safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The 67-page bill, introduced Thursday in the U.S. Senate with no cosponsors, widens the
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Sen. Gillibrand Introduces Bill to Combat E. coli
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is calling on Congress to fund the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act and to pass new meat safety legislation.
Gillibrand’s bill aims to reduce “all high-risk pathogens” as well as all
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Publisher’s Platform
Somehow Dan the editor and the several staff of Food Safety News convinced me while in Las Vegas (they may well have pictures) to write a few lines each week about my thoughts on what
Non-O157:H7 STEC Outbreaks Discovered
On cue with recent discussions regarding the regulation of non-O157:H7 strains of E. coli, two outbreaks of non-O157 shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) strains have just emerged.
Michigan and Ohio are currently investigating at least
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Gillibrand to USDA: Regulate Non-O157 E. coli
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), who is quickly becoming a leading food safety advocate in the Senate, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging the agency to include six
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Gillibrand Tackles Food Deserts
On Monday Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Representative Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) introduced legislation to combat ‘food deserts’ prevalent throughout urban and rural communities across the United States.
A food desert is a large and isolated
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Critics: Child Nutrition Act Needs Boost
After a series of USA Today exposes in 2009 found staggering gaps in school food safety, many in food policy circles thought food safety would be addressed in the Child Nutrition Act (CNA) reauthorization process
Gillibrand Asks Moms to Support S.510
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is becoming the newest food safety champion in the Senate. Gillibrand, the first New Yorker to serve on the Agriculture Committee in almost four decades, introduced a comprehensive food policy platform
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Bill Introduced to Improve Recall Notification
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced a bill Monday that would set more specific guidelines for disseminating food recall information to consumers and health care providers, and it appears Democratic leaders have agreed to advance part
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