The New York Times over the weekend called on the White House’s Office of Management and Budget to release food safety rules that the agency has been reviewing for 8 months — adding to a
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New Produce Regulations Won’t Be Final Until OMB Says So
PROVIDENCE–With implementing regulations held up at the White House’s Executive Office of Management and Budget (OMB), officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are finding themselves able to talk only in generalities about…
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Foodborne Illness Victims Call on Obama to Release FSMA Rules
Foodborne illness victims and their families joined the Make Our Food Safe Coalition Tuesday in urging the Obama administration to release key food safety rules that have now been stuck in review for seven months.
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More Deadlines Missed as FSMA Rules Remain Stalled at OMB
Food safety advocates remain frustrated and confused as central Food Safety Modernization Act rules have failed to advance more than six months after they were sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget.
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Publisher’s Platform: Trouble with Imports
When Smiling Hara Tempeh’s managing executive Chad Oliphant began buying starter culture from Maryland-based Tempeh Online to make the popular bean product tempeh, he surely did not expect it to be contaminated with Salmonella (or…
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FDA to Publish New Produce Rule with 120 Days for Comments
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is about to publish a new produce safety rule and will extend the comment period on it to 120 days, according to Michael Taylor, FDA’s deputy commissioner for…
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Key FSMA Rules Continue to Languish at OMB, Months After Deadline
It’s been well over a year since the monumental Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law and so far implementation has been riddled with speed bumps, not to mention funding woes.
Four…
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