The public has the right to know.

But does it?

When it comes to food safety, that was the question at the heart of tensions between Washington state and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

On one hand, the state’s Public Records Act, which favors disclosure, requires the state and
Continue Reading Bill patches up tensions between state and FDA for ‘consumers’ best interests’

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is about to find out if appeasement works with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

In 2018 the FDA stopped sharing nonpublic information with the state department (WSDA), and a top state official says the action “had a significant negative impact” on food safety.
Continue Reading Exemptions added to state public disclosure act to get FDA to resume sharing information

Opinion

The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are not known for changing up their relationships with the news media. That’s not necessarily a bad thing as the information these two agencies provide usually is critical and reaches the public in a timely manner.
Continue Reading Letter from The Editor: Is your credibility on the rise or falling off the charts?

Seven years in the making, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is about to begin quarterly releases of establishment-specific data for inspection and enforcement actions as well as sampling and testing results. “FSIS’ food safety inspectors collect vast amounts of data at food producing facilities every day, which we
Continue Reading FSIS moves establishment specific data to open government portal