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Senators Want FDA to Collect More Animal Antibiotics Data

By News Desk on November 13, 2014

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 want the agency to propose…
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Food Safety News Nice List 2010

By Dan Flynn on December 25, 2010

It’s Christmas and time for Food Safety News to present its second annual Nice List.  

For the nice, being on our Nice List is as good as it gets, although those named should not…

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FDA Releases Draft Calorie Labeling Rules

By Laurel Curran on August 25, 2010

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 inviting comment from the public on…

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Report: FDA Reactive, Lacks Food Safety Vision

By Helena Bottemiller on June 9, 2010

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 Institute of Medicine and the…

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S. 510 Stalls Behind Financial Reform

By Helena Bottemiller on April 16, 2010

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, as was widely expected. Instead…

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DeLauro: Food Safety Law Will Pass in 2010

By Helena Bottemiller on March 19, 2010

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 the House passed its version of the bill…

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HVP Recall Widens, More Call on Senate to Act

By Helena Bottemiller on March 6, 2010

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 on the Senate to pass stalled…

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Harkin: S. 510 Could Be Signed by May

By Helena Bottemiller on March 4, 2010

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 of the Senate Committee on Health…

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Food Safety Bill Clears Senate Committee

By Helena Bottemiller on November 19, 2009

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 out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor…

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Help for Organic Farmers Added to S. 510

By Helena Bottemiller on November 18, 2009

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 contained new provisions to protect organic…

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