Articles Tagged with ''FDA''

The House will debate funding for USDA and FDA as lawmakers return from their break for the Republican National Convention, while the House Agriculture Committee this week will hold a hearing on farmers’ current financial situation.

Spending for USDA and FDA would be increased by 3% in fiscal 2025 under a bill advanced by the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday, drawing a sharp contrast with the House GOP version of the measure.

Lawmakers return to Washington to try to focus on fiscal 2025 spending bills even as Democrats face an ongoing debate about whether President Joe Biden should end his re-election bid.

The Food and Drug Administration said it's taking action to address its handling of potential infant formular contamination, responding to a report from the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general that found FDA’s response to the 2022 crisis was woefully deficient.

The top Republican on the Senate Ag Committee, John Boozman, has laid out his proposals for a new farm bill. For the most part they mirror the bill the House Ag Committee approved last month, which means the partisan divide over policy and funding is no closer to being resolved.  

House Republicans are proposing more modest cuts to spending at USDA than GOP appropriators tried last year, but they also are attempting to block USDA's new regulations for the meat and poultry industry and slow down new food traceability requirements.

The list of states reporting highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy herds has grown to a dozen with Friday's announcement by Wyoming of a detection there.

In this joint opinion piece, Roberta Wagner, senior vice president of regulatory and scientific affairs with the International Dairy Foods Association, and Stephanie Goodwin, director of nutrition policy with Danone North America, explore the benefits of the new qualified health claim for yogurt.