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Bipartisan Senate Bill to punish Brazil introduced ahead of latest mad cow event

By Dan Flynn on February 28, 2023

It’s rare that a reaction to an event occurs before the event itself. But in a way, that’s what happened last week when Brazil confirmed a case of Atypical BSE or mad cow disease in…

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R-CALF sees MCOOL opening for beef because of new EV origin requirments

By Dan Flynn on August 30, 2022

Any resurrection requires at least a little faith.

Nobody has more confidence than R-CALF’s CEO Bill Bullard for the return of mandatory county of origin labeling, or MCOOL, for meat.

MCOOL is popular with many…

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Tester and DeLauro keep pressure on USDA to suspend Brazilian beef exports

By Dan Flynn on November 20, 2021

Two powerful Democrats, one from the House and the other from the Senate, want to suspend Brazil beef exports to the USA and are willing to make it happen with legislation.

And while it seems…
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Bipartisan senators say mandatory beef labeling is what American consumers want

By Dan Flynn on September 10, 2021

A law not costing the treasury trillions yet delivering something consumers want might be unusual in this day and age, but thats what a bipartisan foursome of U.S. senators have planned.

The four:  U.S. Sens.
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Enzi-Tester bill would make FDA-USDA agreement on cell-culture technology the law of the land

By News Desk on December 18, 2019

A bipartisan pair of influential Western senators wants to “cement into law how government agencies regulate food produced using animal cell-culture technology.”

Sens.  Mike Enzi, R-WY, and Jon Tester, D-MT, have introduced legislation to ensure…
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Congress wants consumers to be able to identify the fake and foreign beef and pork

By Dan Flynn on November 1, 2019

Better beef labeling may not be imminent, but it may be bubbling to the top again.

This week brought a new round of proposals designed to spur discussion on the topic, including reviving a more…
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IG gets Bipartisan call for FSIS misconduct investigation in Montana

By Dan Flynn on December 24, 2017

Montana’s congressional delegation wants USDA’s Inspector General (IG)  to investigate “alleged misconduct within the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and its effect on meat processing facilities in Montana.”

In signing the letter to the…
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Virginia Senate prefers state, not FDA, to inspect produce farms

By Dan Flynn on February 6, 2017

If your business was subject to an unannounced, warrantless inspection, would you rather it be state or federal officials knocking on your door?

That very question is being raised in Virginia for about 400 farms…
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ICYMI: In Case You Missed It

By News Desk on September 28, 2015

In case you missed it, here are some of the top food safety stories from last week: PCA Sentencing: Stewart Parnell, former CEO of the now-defunct Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), was sentenced to 28…
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