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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, January 02, 2025
USDA and the Food and Drug Administration say they’ve taken a key step in streamlining produce safety requirements for farmers and making oversight of food safety stronger and more efficient.
Is that imported food you're buying for your family safe? FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says his agency is taking steps to make sure those foods meet the same safety standards as those in the U.S.
Whether it’s the FDA tightening control over produce safety as it implements the Food Safety Modernization Act or the Interior Department’s policies on cattle grazing, farmers and ranchers can get caught up in complex regulations written by agencies that often don’t understand agriculture the way USDA does.
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2017 - A plan that the Obama administration developed to reform USDA’s biotechnology regulatory process could wind up stifling innovation instead of making it easier...
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2017 - The Senate this week takes up two of President Trump’s nominees who are critical to agriculture, his picks for Food and Drug Administration commissioner and U.S. trade representative.
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 - State agencies that are beginning to implement new produce safety and other standards required by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) will need a lot more money in fiscal 2018...
WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, 2017 - Gottlieb gets some initial support for top FDA post * Farms and ranches hit hard by Kansas wildfires * Trump administration still undecided on support for T-TIP
