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Legislation introduced to improve food safety and hold FDA accountable

By News Desk on May 31, 2022

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate is calling for stricter regulation of “Generally Recognized as Safe” substances and the creation of a new FDA office to assess the safety of chemicals in America’s food…
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Sesame Gains Traction in Push for Food-Labeling Requirements

By Cookson Beecher on November 30, 2015

For the estimated 300,000 to 500,000 people in the United States who are allergic to sesame, the recently introduced Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2015 comes as good news.

Included in the act’s provisions, which…
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Senators Ask GAO to Examine Options for Food Safety Oversight

By Lydia Zuraw on June 24, 2015

papers_406x250Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) study whether creating a single food agency would increase efficiencies, reduce costs and…
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Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Label Genetically Engineered Food

By News Desk on February 13, 2015

Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) reintroduced legislation Thursday to label genetically engineered (GE) food. The Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act would require the U.S. Food and Drug…
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