USA Today, Coburn weigh in on food safety debate; Coburn to offer alternative bill:
USA Today, one of America’s most widely circulated newspapers, featured opposing sides of the debate
As part of our ongoing expert Q&A series, a conversation with Bob Whitaker, the Produce Marketing Association’s Chief Science Officer:
After working with Congress to get comprehensive
Food safety legislation that came close to a vote in the Senate last week, before stalling over a political debate about earmarks, has another enemy: the Tea Party movement.
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I know people get worked up over legislation–health care being a recent example–but the blather coming from the Tea Party types about food safety is a bit over
After a long day of debating–and waiting–Thursday, the Senate was at impasse over the details and politics surrounding the food safety bill.
Though Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
The Senate made substantial progress on the pending Food Safety Bill Wednesday. To move the sweeping food bill forward, the upper chamber voted 74-25 to limit debate, circumventing Sen. Tom
The Senate today approved a cloture motion for the long-awaited FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, or S. 510. The cloture vote, which eliminates the threat of filibuster by limiting debate,
As the Senate gears up to vote on a motion to limit debate and move the pending food safety bill forward on Wednesday, interest groups are kicking into high gear
The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510, will be brought to the floor of the U.S. Senate Wednesday for a procedural vote and party leaders expect it to
Dan Flynn’s “Inspected by USDA” in Food Safety News last month was a particularly thought-provoking editorial, to which I have some responses.
USDA’s two legal losses stemming from
Though Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives, Democrats maintained narrow control of the Senate in Tuesday’s midterm election, a reality that will likely not impact the fate