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 a rule to improve collection of data on antibiotic use and resistance. “We applaud your
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Food Safety News Nice List 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 expect anything more (from us) than this:
Merry Christmas from all of us at Food
FDA Releases Draft Calorie Labeling Rules
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 the proposed rules. The agency is also inviting public recommendations to help determine the amount
Report: FDA Reactive, Lacks Food Safety Vision
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 National Research Council.
The 500-page report, requested by Congress to identify ways to improve the
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S. 510 Stalls Behind Financial Reform
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, the upper chamber will take up financial regulatory reform.
Not that S. 510 was going
DeLauro: Food Safety Law Will Pass in 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 last July.
Though the measure enjoys broad bipartisan support, and is backed by key industry
HVP Recall Widens, More Call on Senate to Act
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 food safety legislation.
The hydrolyzed vegetable protein being recalled only comes from one Las Vegas
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Harkin: S. 510 Could Be Signed by May
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, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)–which unanimously approved the Senate’s version of the food safety legislation
Food Safety Bill Clears Senate Committee
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, and Pensions (HELP) Committee yesterday, nine months after Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced the measure.
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Help for Organic Farmers Added to S. 510
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 and sustainable farmers.
Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Al Franken (D-MN), Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Sherrod Brown