Articles Tagged with ''food and drug administration''

Senators are privately discussing agricultural provisions in the next major coronavirus relief bill, which Republican leaders hope to get passed by the August recess.

USDA and FDA have agreed they need better cohesion in their joint effort to regulate cell-cultured meat, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Thursday.

The disruption triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic has scrambled the entire U.S. food supply chain, but nowhere is the challenge more stark than in the egg industry.

Congressional leaders have reached agreement on a $2 trillion economic rescue package that would replenish the Agriculture Department’s Commodity Credit Corp. authority and earmark additional money for livestock and specialty crop producers as well as local agriculture.

The Food and Drug Administration says it will “temporarily not enforce certain requirements,” a move that will allow more veterinarians to use telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Food and Drug Administration is suspending routine surveillance inspections of U.S. facilities, citing concern for its staff and state contractors who conduct the plant checks.

Federal agencies are cutting travel and preparing to operate with staff disruptions because of the coronavirus outbreak, and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue signaled that he’s open to expanding feeding programs if Congress gives him the legal authority. 

The Food and Drug Administration is leading a multi-agency effort to educate consumers about genetically engineered foods through a new “Feed Your Mind” initiative.

Dana O’Brien is the executive vice president of food & agriculture at Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) and in this piece he shares his thoughts on improving the regulatory system for animal biotechnology.