Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to step up animal antibiotic tracking. Specifically, they
Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a preliminary draft of the restaurant menu labeling rules that will go into effect on March 23, 2011. The FDA is
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lacks a comprehensive vision for food safety and should change its approach to protect the food supply, says a new report by
The food safety bill pending in the Senate has hit another speed bump. S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, will not be brought to the floor next week,
The timing of legislation that would overhaul the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) authority and capacity to regulate the food supply has been in question since
As the list of products recalled for containing Salmonella-contaminated hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP)–a little-known, but widely-used flavoring ingredient–continues to grow, more politicians and public health experts are calling
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) predicted Tuesday that, if all goes well, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510, will be “on the President’s desk by May.”
As chairman
The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, a bill that would greatly increase the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s authority and mandate over the food system, was unanimously voted
Monday the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released Chairman Tom Harkin’s (D-IA) draft markup of the pending S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which
Amidst the ongoing health care reform circus and a busy legislative agenda, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) took time to hold a hearing on food
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has promised the family of a Nevada woman that the U.S. Senate will take up a food safety bill this fall.
Reid, who