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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, March 23, 2025
In a win for some food industry groups, the Food and Drug Administration plans to extend the deadline for a major food safety rule by 30 months, punting the compliance date until the final year of the Trump administration.
States are learning that the Food and Drug Administration will cut funding for state cooperative agreements on produce and manufactured food inspections and recall teams by up to 60% as the overall agency budget has remained stagnant.
President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Food and Drug Administration, Martin Makary, said at his Senate confirmation hearing he wants to take a close look at chemicals in food and make school meals healthier.
More people got sick from contaminated food in 2024 than the previous year, with the number of hospitalizations from foodborne illnesses nearly doubling from 2023, according to a recent analysis.
The Food and Drug Administration released a new national strategy to prevent foodborne illnesses in fresh and frozen berries that the frozen food industry says align with voluntary guidance.
Repeated findings of inadequate sanitation practices like meat and fat residue on equipment and structural problems contributed to the listeria outbreak from products made at a Boar’s Head facility in Virginia last summer, according to a USDA report.
The Food and Drug Administration has not met its mandated targets for domestic and international food safety inspections since 2018, according to a recent government accountability report.
FDA's Human Foods Program released its 2025 Priority Deliverables today, which details the primary focuses for its first year under the reorganization. Highlights include a goal to issue guidance on action levels for lead in food intended for infants and young children, finalizing the rule on the “healthy” claim and proposing a rule on front of package nutrition labeling.
