We use cookies to provide you with a better experience. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies in accordance with our Privacy Terms and Cookie Policy
Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Groups representing consumers and state governments say FDA's budget plans for 2025 mean a de facto cut for essential state programs that are already underfunded. The result could lead to failure to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act.
EPA is announcing today that it’s issuing a waiver to allow the use of E15 nationwide again this summer, sources tell Agri-Pulse. The agency had previously issued such waivers for 2022 and 2023.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf defended agency plans that would reduce funding to state and local safety inspection programs. The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee questioned Califf Thursday on a number of agency priorities and its fiscal year 2025 budget request.
Leaders of the House and Senate Ag committees have reached agreement on a one-year farm bill extension, but its fate hinges on whether Congress can agree on a stopgap spending bill this year.
A new coalition that includes consumer advocates and major industry groups plans to work with the FDA, as well as policymakers and media, to ensure the agency's new Human Foods Program has the vision and execution required to make needed cultural and organizational changes.
President Joe Biden will be in Iowa today for a speech at a POET bioethanol facility, where he is set to announce a lifting of the ban on summertime E15 sales.
