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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, October 06, 2024
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf has proposed creating a new Human Foods Program at the agency and has begun a national search for a newly created deputy commissioner for human foods who would report directly to him.
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says he wants to see more spending by state and local governments to improve local marketing conditions for farmers and ranchers.
Frank Yiannas, deputy commissioner for food policy and response at the Food and Drug Administration, announced Wednesday he is stepping down from the agency at the end of February. In his resignation letter, he also called for an empowered deputy commissioner for foods to help better manage food safety oversight at FDA.
The Food and Drug Administration is being closely watched with an anticipated announcement expected January 31 on the direction the agency plans to take following the scathing Reagan-Udall report recommendations on improving FDA’s focus of food. Other work this year for the agency includes finalizing the Food Safety Modernization Act’s agricultural worker rule and reauthorizing the Animal Drug User Fee Act.
A former agriculture secretary, House speaker and House Agriculture Committee chairman are all expressing optimism that Congress can pass a new farm bill this year despite the sharp political divide in Congress and fractured House GOP conference.
The House and Senate will be finalizing committee rosters over the next week or so, clearing the way for the start of hearings on the farm bill and other issues.
Farmers and ag stakeholders in the European Union don't object to the goals of the EU’s Farm to Fork strategy, but to the way the European Commission is trying to accomplish them, according to speakers on an Agri-Pulse-hosted webinar Thursday sponsored by the Crop Protection Action Coalition for Trade.