Rosa DeLauro

Congressional subcommittee to investigate shortages of infant formula linked to outbreak

A subcommittee of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee is set to begin a hearing on infant formula shortages, which are related to recalls of products linked to

By Coral Beach

/ 13 May 2022

Congressional subcommittee to investigate shortages of infant formula linked to outbreak

Former employee blows whistle on baby formula production plant tied to outbreak

A whistle blower document regarding product safety at a plant that manufactured infant formula linked to a deadly, ongoing outbreak provides damning information against Abbott Nutrition, the maker of Similac

By Coral Beach

/ 28 Apr 2022

Food recalls are a changing mix without being mandatory

After a decade of food recalls under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), not everything has turned out as expected. President Barack Obama signed the FSMA into law during the

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Dec 2021

Food recalls are a changing mix without being mandatory

Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock grilled on FDA food safety budget

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) and House Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food, and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chair Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA)

By Dan Flynn

/ 17 May 2021

Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock grilled on FDA food safety budget

Federal legislators call for USDA to name contaminated beef plants

Although a single supplier has not been identified, federal officials know of a number of specific beef plants that are contaminated with a strain of Salmonella behind a deadly outbreak.

By News Desk

/ 16 Nov 2019

Federal legislators call for USDA to name contaminated beef plants

Congressional duo continues push for switch to single food safety agency

Describing the U.S. food safety system as “hopelessly fragmented and outdated,” a congresswoman is pushing for the creation of a single federal agency to secure the nation’s food

By News Desk

/ 21 Jun 2019

Congressional duo continues push for switch to single food safety agency

ALERT: U.S. representative, advocates say food safety programs dangerously disrupted

ALERT: A USDA spokesperson told Food Safety News the agency is not staffing its phones dedicated to consumer complaints about meat, poultry and processed egg products during the partial government

By Coral Beach

/ 17 Jan 2019

ALERT: U.S. representative, advocates say food safety programs dangerously disrupted

Lawmaker says new outbreak shows USDA, poultry industry need to act

Five years after U.S. representatives wrote to the USDA about the agency’s “unacceptable” response to Salmonella outbreaks traced to chicken, one of the lawmakers says déjà vu is

By Coral Beach

/ 18 Oct 2018

Lawmaker says new outbreak shows USDA, poultry industry need to act

U.S. representative wants to know what FDA is doing to ensure egg safety

A day after the CDC reported two dozen more people have been confirmed with Salmonella infections traced to eggs, a member of Congress asked the head of the Food and

By Coral Beach

/ 5 Oct 2018

U.S. representative wants to know what FDA is doing to ensure egg safety

Seeking action: Representative presses FDA for answers on cyclospora in salad

Opinion Editor’s note: U.S. Rep Rosa DeLauro sent this letter to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Friday. Dear Commissioner Gottlieb: I write out of concern about the current

By Guest Opinion

/ 6 Aug 2018

Seeking action: Representative presses FDA for answers on cyclospora in salad

DeLauro pushes FDA for answers on egg outbreak investigation

Connecticut democrat Rep. Rosa DeLauro Monday sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb asking for additional information regarding the ongoing investigation of a Salmonella outbreak traced to shelled eggs.

By News Desk

/ 22 May 2018

U.S. representative wants review of lab meat, cell-cultured food

Editor’s note: U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, sent the below letter regarding so-called lab meat and other cell-cultured foods to Gene Dodaro, comptroller general of

By Guest Opinion

/ 30 Mar 2018

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Rosa DeLauro

Congressional subcommittee to investigate shortages of infant formula linked to outbreak

Former employee blows whistle on baby formula production plant tied to outbreak

Food recalls are a changing mix without being mandatory

Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock grilled on FDA food safety budget

Federal legislators call for USDA to name contaminated beef plants

Congressional duo continues push for switch to single food safety agency

ALERT: U.S. representative, advocates say food safety programs dangerously disrupted

Lawmaker says new outbreak shows USDA, poultry industry need to act

U.S. representative wants to know what FDA is doing to ensure egg safety

Seeking action: Representative presses FDA for answers on cyclospora in salad

DeLauro pushes FDA for answers on egg outbreak investigation

U.S. representative wants review of lab meat, cell-cultured food

Your Support Protects Public Health