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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, January 02, 2025
AquaBounty Technologies, which first secured approval of genetically engineered salmon in 2015 but faced relentless litigation and a lack of consumer acceptance, is shutting down its fish farming operations.
The food and beverage industry, Food and Drug Administration and Congress all came under attack at a Senate hearing Thursday that focused on the epidemic of obesity and chronic disease in the U.S., which FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said is in the “unfortunate position” of having “the lowest life expectancy among large, high-income countries."
Lawmakers return this week for the remainder of their lame duck session, facing a to-do list that includes passing a farm bill extension and averting a government shutdown. Also, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy head to Capitol Hill, and a Senate committee puts a focus on FDA and its role in combatting obesity..
An ambitious effort to reduce the size of the federal government in the second Trump administration is encountering skepticism from seasoned government observers and watchdogs who wonder whether the billionaires leading it know what they’re getting into.
In this opinion piece, Blake Hurst, a Missouri farmer, lays out what's at stake for U.S. agriculture and Ag Secretary-designate Brooke Rollins in the new administration.
Marty Makary, a highly acclaimed surgeon who is an outspoken critic of the U.S. food system, the use of pesticides, and of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, was selected by President-elect Donald Trump on Friday as the new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vocal critic of U.S. food systems and federal nutrition scientists, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services and take on the "industrial food complex."
The Food and Drug Administration will no longer rely on state feed control officials for help with animal food ingredient approvals after choosing not to renew a long-standing agreement that supported one of its primary review pathways.
Stakeholders from the food supply chain and consumer groups highlighted the need for data uniformity across different input systems and other remaining challenges for complying with the FDA’s upcoming traceability rule.
More than a dozen ground cinnamon products have been recalled over the last year, after the Food and Drug Administration boosted efforts to monitor and test lead levels, following last year's recall of apple-cinnamon puree products linked with over 500 cases of lead poisoning in children.
