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
Continue Reading R-CALF sees MCOOL opening for beef because of new EV origin requirments
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
Continue Reading Tester and DeLauro keep pressure on USDA to suspend Brazilian beef exports
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.
Continue Reading Bipartisan senators say mandatory beef labeling is what American consumers want
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
Continue Reading Enzi-Tester bill would make FDA-USDA agreement on cell-culture technology the law of the land
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
Continue Reading Congress wants consumers to be able to identify the fake and foreign beef and pork
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
Continue Reading IG gets Bipartisan call for FSIS misconduct investigation in Montana
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
Continue Reading Virginia Senate prefers state, not FDA, to inspect produce farms
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
Continue Reading ICYMI: In Case You Missed It
