…Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law in 2011, established a risk-based approach to regulating food safety. For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will regulate…
Former Ag Secretary Working on Milk Export Program with China
…regulations went into effect last year, and the U.S. FDA offered a voluntary registry for U.S. milk producers, but the registry has not been effective. Through Vilsack’s work, the U.S….
Conaway Applauds Delay of Compliance Dates for FSMA Agricultural Water Standards
…Conaway (TX-11) issued the following statement after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its intention to delay the compliance dates for agricultural water requirements in the FDA Food…
Tropical Fruit with a New Look-Pineapple
…over a decade, fruit producing giant Del Monte – which holds the patent on the pink pineapple – has now been given the green light by the FDA to start…
FDA Considering Nutrition Facts Panel Delay
…House Appropriations Committee’s subcommittee on agriculture, FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb said: “We’re going to be taking a hard look at the implementation schedule.” Under the Obama administration, FDA announced the…
Use a Food Thermometer to be Food Safe this Summer
…family and guests from getting a foodborne illness.” Recent research by USDA and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found that only 34 percent of the public use a food…
Elanco Seeks Injunction Against Deceptive rbST Advertising
…has been proven safe and effective since it was first approved by the FDA in 1993. The Arla campaign is called “Live and Unprocessed,” launching across America in late April….
NMPF Facilitates NCIMS Passage of Proposals to Enhance Safety of Dairy Foods
…the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which work together to ensure the safety and integrity of Grade “A” dairy products. The six-day NCIMS meeting concluded Wednesday, after delegates approved…
State Milk Regulators Ask FDA for Assistance
…the standardized names of milk and milk products,” said Briczinski. “FDA needs to stop picking and choosing which regulations it wants to enforce.” For example, FDA’s standards of identity specify…
FDA to Address Agricultural Biotechnology Misinformation
…about agricultural biotechnology in the public domain.” It’s unclear what the FDA campaign will look like, or when it will launch. The Washington Post points out that the $3 million…
NMPF Urges Dairy Imitators to Comply with Food Labeling Standards
…real food, this ‘fake food’ movement has gone in the opposite direction, flaunting U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards that define milk as the product of cows, not heavily…
USDA to Study Antibiotics Use in Pork operations
…antimicrobial-use practices in 2016 before FDA’s implementation of policies that eliminated the use of medically important antimicrobials for growth promotion purposes in food-producing animals and required veterinary oversight of such…
Seed Industry to “Storm the Hill”
…PLANT BREEDING: ASTA encourages FDA, USDA and EPA to closely coordinate their activities to ensure a consistent policy approach regarding plant breeding, across the U.S. government, and for the administration…
Trump Document Proposes Cuts to 2017 USDA, FDA Spending
…for USDA that the administration included in its 2018 budget outline. The proposal includes a $40 million cut to the FDA, a $363 million cut from the Food for Peace…