Congress may be on recess, but food safety politicking is in full swing.
A coalition backing the pending food safety bill sent an email to Senate offices Tuesday, soliciting support
Could this be the “last hurrah” for Rep. John Dingell, dean of the U.S. House and author of the food safety bill?
His Republican opponent, medical doctor Rob Steele,
It is long past time to pass S. 510, The Food Safety Modernization Act, with the amendment from senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Kay Hagan (D-NC) folded in–at least
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) filed cloture on the food safety bill late yesterday, a move that will ready the measure for a vote after the midterm election, an
Senator Coburn is wrong. The Senate needs to pass meaningful food safety legislation immediately, not keep it on the backburner through the lame duck session so that it can start
I spent most of last week in the “other Washington.” It all does make you wonder, as one Congressman quipped some time ago: “Who needs Al-Qaeda when you have got
Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) says he expects the Senate to approve his amendment aimed at lessening the impact of the pending food safety bill on small-scale food producers. While the
After a year of legislative limbo, the future of the food safety bill in the Senate remains highly uncertain, as the work days left before the contentious midterm elections are
Food Safety News has not yet written the obituary for S. 510, the food safety bill.
Any bill that might garner as many as 90 votes in the 100-member U.
Editor’s Note: We’ve asked Jill Richardson, author of “Recipe for America: Why Our Food System is Broken and What We Can Do to Fix It” for a behind-the-scenes
Food & Water Watch, a Washington, DC-based advocacy group and active proponent of the pending food safety legislation announced its support for an amendment to exempt certain farmers and processors
First, let me make it clear that I have no authority or expertise in the field of foodborne illnesses, however; I am a survivor of Salmonella poisoning and can speak