Jacqui Fatka

The International Dairy Foods Association is petitioning USDA to alter the way processors are compensated under federal milk marketing orders, but the proposal faces opposition from the National Milk Producers Federation, which is also pushing for changes in the formula for pricing milk.

The infant formula crisis was a “preventable tragedy,” and the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed reorganizational changes fall short of the needed overhaul to improve FDA’s ability to prevent and respond to food safety concerns, Frank Yiannas, former FDA deputy commissioner in the Office of Food Policy and Response, detailed during a hearing before the House Oversight Committee.