Home » FDA

Articles Tagged with ''FDA''

Booming food delivery brings gray areas in traceability regulation

06/05/24 6:15 AM By Rebekah Alvey

Companies along the food supply chain are working to meet traceability regulations ahead of the compliance deadline on January 20, 2026. But along with general challenges in adopting these changes, experts point to one key gray area: Food delivery.

Washington Week Ahead: Lawmakers face renewed spending battle, farm bill uncertainty

06/02/24 10:24 AM By Philip Brasher

House members return to Washington to battle over fiscal 2025 spending bills ahead of the national party conventions, and Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson says he’ll be trying to round up support for the farm bill his panel advanced before the Memorial Day weekend.

Daybreak May 31: FDA reorganization moves forward

05/31/24 9:44 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, Rebekah Alvey, and Noah Wicks

The Food and Drug Administration’s reorganization to create a unified Human Food Program has received approval from the Department of Health and Human Services and will go into effect Oct. 1.

FDA OKs Bovaer, methane-reducing feed ingredient in dairy cattle

05/28/24 9:54 AM By Steve Davies

The Food and Drug Administration has confirmed the safety and efficacy of methane-reducing feed ingredient Bovaer in lactating dairy cows, says Elanco Animal Health.

Glenn-GT-Thompson-Washington Watch-2023.jpg

Daybreak May 22: CBO lays out Thompson’s farm bill funding gap

05/22/24 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Noah Wicks, and Rebekah Alvey

New cost estimates from the Congressional Budget Office detail the funding gap that House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson faces as he moves his farm bill this week.

USDA recovers some in 2023 employee workplace assessment

05/22/24 6:10 AM By Jim Webster

Employees of USDA feel better about their working conditions and leadership in the years since they posted among the worst morale of any large government agency in an annual survey to determine the “Best Places to Work in the Federal Government.”

Food companies face challenges to comply with traceability rules

05/15/24 6:20 AM By Rebekah Alvey

In November 2022, the Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act that requires companies to keep additional records for some foods to better trace foodborne illness outbreaks.

Daybreak: May 8: Vilsack to talk food with Newsom’s wife, billionaire donor

05/08/24 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Noah Wicks, and Rebekah Alvey

California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom will join Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and California Ag Secretary Karen Ross in Los Angeles today to discuss the state’s policy on free school meals.

Consumer, produce groups cautiously optimistic on final ag water rule

05/08/24 6:13 AM By Rebekah Alvey

Consumer and produce advocacy groups are celebrating the finalization of a highly anticipated rule updating how farms assess pre-harvest water quality, but remain skeptical about implementation measures.

Opinion: The food industry has embraced front-of-pack nutrition labeling – and more

05/07/24 11:48 AM By Sarah Gallo

In this opinion piece, Sarah Gallo, Vice President of Product Policy for the Consumer Brands Association, responds to a recent op-ed by Nancy Brown at The American Heart Association (AHA) by outlining the decade of proactive and innovative work the food industry has done alongside the FDA to ensure Americans are fully educated on what is in their food.

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Chuck Conner, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives

This week’s Open Mic guest is Chuck Conner, President and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. With planting season underway in some areas of the country, Conner suggests the nation’s farmer owned cooperatives are well stocked as producers prepare for the 2025 growing season. Conner says many or coops anticipated tariff issues and took early shipment of supplies for this season. A veteran of Capitol Hill policy debates, he acknowledges plenty of uncertainty surrounding the farm bill, tax policy and tariffs. Despite challenges, Conner believes legislators will take action on taxes and hopefully a new set of farm and nutrition programs.

Listen Here

Opinions

DriveTime

Hear More Drive Time

DriveTime: April 1, 2025
04/01/25
Listen Here

Newsmakers

View More Videos

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers

03.28.2025

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: March 28, 2025: Castaneda, Kuball on ag labor, trade

President Trump’s planned reciprocal tariffs are expected to go into effect next week. We spoke with Jaime Castaneda from the National Milk Producers Federation and Cassandra Kuball from Torrey Advisory Group about how the proposals could impact agriculture. They also discuss the potential for ag labor reform with Trump's stricter immigration policies.

Plus, Agri-Pulse Editor-in-Chief Philip Brasher provides commentary on the top issues in Washington.

Want to receive Newsmakers in your inbox every week? Sign up! http://eepurl.com/hTgSAD

Editorial Office - Washington, DC	Sales, Billing & Customer Service- Camdenton, MO
Suite 436A	110 Waterside Drive
1400 Independence Ave. SW	Camdenton, MO 65020
Washington, DC 20250	(573) 873-0800

	Editorial Office - Sacramento, CA
	(916) 402-9227