Items Tagged with 'FDA'

The Senate voted to confirm Martin Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon, to lead the Food and Drug Administration. 

Ag helps to block LCFS bill * Vineyard pullouts continue * Farm bill’s ‘arduous’ option * Shipbuilding proposals could cost ag

The Food and Drug Administration, picking up a key priority of the "Make America Healthy Again" movement, will consider potential rulemaking to eliminate the self-affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe pathway for food ingredients and chemicals. 

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.

Boosting prescribed grazing * Ag climate group presses lawmakers * Fired USDA employees get reprieve

President Donald Trump's nominee to head FDA hasn't attracted nearly the attention that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has, but members of Congress and individuals in the Make America Healthy Again movement say Martin Makary and RFK Jr. are fully in line. 

The Trump administration has moved into its next phase in shrinking the federal workforce by asking federal agencies to develop plans for large-scale reductions in force. 

House bill seeks to abolish OSHA * Big win for House GOP * Rollins told to detail firings

Selling lawmakers on Farm-to-School * Fact sheet on pesticide notifications * Mexico, Canada tariffs still on * Probationary firings questioned

Now it’s your move, House Republicans. Senate Republicans on Friday pushed through their skinny budget resolution. House Republicans will try this week to pass a much more sweeping plan that would require $1.5 trillion in spending cuts.