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When lettuce becomes unhealthy, it’s time to rethink food safety in the U.S.

By Guest Contributor on December 5, 2018
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Editor’s note: This guest column was written by Senior Director of Health and Food Erik Olson and Interim Food Director Lena Brook of the Natural Resources Defense Council. (In an earlier version of this …
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USDA delays Obama’s organic livestock standards for review

By Dan Flynn on November 14, 2017

The USDA is today publishing a notice in the Federal Register to further delay and reconsider new mandates for handling and transporting livestock and providing avian “living conditions” for poultry raised as organic food.

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2015 in Review: Animal Antibiotics

By Lydia Zuraw on December 28, 2015

Antibiotics4_406x250It’s difficult to summarize what happened on the animal antibiotics front this year. There were lots of pledges, lots of discussions and lots of reports, but not very many actions. Still, we still wanted to…
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White House Releases Fall 2015 Regulatory Plan

By Lydia Zuraw on November 30, 2015

http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-images-empty-plate-wooden-table-image37698249The White House has released its “Current Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions” for fall 2015, which provides an overview of the Obama administration’s regulatory plans for the coming year.
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Obama’s Choice for FDA Commissioner Gets Senate Hearing on Tuesday

By News Desk on November 12, 2015

An important step on the road to confirmation for President Obama’s choice as the next U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner will be taken this coming Tuesday. That’s when the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor…
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Could a Single Food-Safety Agency be the Answer?

By Baylen Linnekin on February 9, 2015

(This article by Baylen J. Linnekin was published here on Feb. 7, 2015, and is reposted with permission. He is executive director of the Keep Food Legal Foundation and an adjunct professor at George Mason …
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2014 in Review: Animal Antibiotics

By Lydia Zuraw on December 22, 2014

Food Safety News wrote a lot about antibiotic resistance this year — particularly the debate surrounding the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) plan to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in food animals, introduced…
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Letter From the Editor: ‘Craig Memo’ Neuters Freedom of Information Act

By Dan Flynn on July 6, 2014

It was 48 years ago this Fourth of July weekend that President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the original two-page Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). LBJ reportedly was reluctant about opening federal records to…
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White House Threatens to Veto House Ag Appropriations Bill

By News Desk on June 26, 2013

The Obama administration said on Tuesday it would likely veto the House agriculture appropriations bill, just as versions of the funding provisions are moving through both the House and Senate.

“The bill severely undermines key…
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Health Professionals Ask Obama to Take Stronger Action on Antibiotics in Ag

By Helena Bottemiller on June 5, 2013

Citing the growing threat from antibiotic resistant infections, nearly 800 health care professionals signed onto a letter sent to the Obama administration on Tuesday urging more limits on antibiotics used in food animal production. “Current…
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