A bill to partially deregulate the sale of raw, unpasteurized milk has been approved by the Arkansas Legislature and is headed to Gov. Sarah Sanders to be signed into law.
The bill was overwhelmingly approved by the State Senate on Monday. The State House of Representatives also approved the bill
Continue Reading Arkansas Legislature approves bill to expand sales of unpasteurized milk
Several consumer safety groups have banded together to support legislation that would put controls on the amount of opiate contamination of poppy seeds to help ensure their safety for consumption.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is joined by the Association of Food and Drug Officials, Consumer Federation
Continue Reading Bill would force the FDA to regulate the amount of opiates in poppy seeds
A lengthy joint resolution in the Wyoming House calls upon Congress to bring back equine slaughter and processing for markets outside the United States. Wyoming is offering the resolution as a “best management practice” for all those wild mustangs that roam and breed with little effective management throughout the Cowboy
Continue Reading Are there enough wild horses to bring back equine slaughter for human food?
By Michael Fisher
The FSN article “25 years later FSIS final rule on pathogen reduction still making a difference,” tells a story through rose-colored glasses. Like Paul Wolseley of the FSIS Office of Field Operations, I too saw the implementation of the Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control
Continue Reading Same canvas, different picture
A subcommittee of three state legislators in Iowa voted 2-1 Tuesday to advance a bill that would allow dairy operators in the state to sell unpasteurized milk direct to consumers.
Similar bills have not survived in the Iowa Legislature in recent years. This year the effort in the Iowa House
Continue Reading Iowa lawmakers look at raw milk again; previous efforts failed
Citing increasing demand for local food, a group of state legislators in Hawaii is supporting a bill to allow the sale of raw milk in retail stores, but only if it has “a label that warns about the risks of consuming unpasteurized milk, especially to children and the elderly.”
“The
Continue Reading Hawaii lawmakers say locavores want unpasteurized, raw milk
An anti-regulation bill that would have eliminated a training requirement for people selling wild mushrooms to food establishments in Michigan has been vetoed by Gov. Rick Snyder.
The measure, HB 5532, was approved along party lines by the Republican-controlled Michigan House of Representatives and Senate — 57-52 in the House
Continue Reading Michigan governor nixes bill to kill mushroom certification
The Senate compromise bill for labeling food with genetically modified ingredients is on its way to President Obama’s desk after gaining a solid 306-117 bipartisan vote in the House of Representatives early this afternoon. 
Passage of S. 764 came with 101 Democrats joining 205 Republicans in a vote that pre-empts
Continue Reading Compromise bill on GMO labeling lands on president’s desk
Editor’s note on update: A list of specific retail locations that received the recalled product is now available on the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service website. Click here for the list which may be updated as additional information becomes available. The U.S. border has suddenly become meaningful to importers
Continue Reading UPDATED: Foreign catfish discover the U.S. really does have borders
The first genetically modified food to hit the market 22 years ago was a tomato that did not win any taste tests. But it did pass the food safety test, and genetically engineered food has ever since turned out to be as safe as any other. Now in 400-page report
Continue Reading Scientists tell Congress genetically engineered food is safe
