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FDA Issued Interim Final Rule for Infant Formulas

Posted June 11, 2014   The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule that adopted the interim final rule...

FDA Filed Rule to Eliminate PHOs in Food Products

Posted June 10, 2014   On May 30, in a meeting with the Office of Management and Budget, the American Bakers...

USDA Approves Funding To Fight PEDv

Posted June 9, 2014   The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a $26.2 million fund to fight porcine epidemic...

Final Judgment Issued on Preserved Mushrooms from the People’s Republic of China

Posted June 5, 2014   The U.S. Court of International Trade issued final judgment in Blue Field (Sichuan) Food Indus. Co.,...

Iowa Company Fined $6.8 Million for Rotten Eggs

Posted June 3, 2014   An Iowa company has agreed to pay $6.8 million in fines for crimes that include the...

Committee Approved 2015 Agriculture Appropriations Bill

Posted June 2, 2014   On Thursday, the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2015 Agriculture Appropriations bill on a...

FDA Implementing Administrative Authority to Detain Adulterated or Misbranded Items

Posted May 30, 2014   The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is implementing administrative detention authority with respect to drugs intended...

USDA Sued Over Drug-Resistant Salmonella in Meat

Posted May 29, 2014   The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is accused of failing to protect consumers by allowing the...

SD Supreme Court Allows “Pink Slime” Lawsuit to Proceed

Posted May 27, 2014   The South Dakota Supreme Court recently denied a petition by ABC News and other defendants to...

FDA Asked to Extend Comment Period for FSMA Rule

Posted May 23, 2014 On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced an additional 60 days for public comment...

Tulsa Reconsiders Ordinance Amendment for Food Truck Owners

Posted May 23, 2014   An ordinance amendment which could affect the distance that food trucks would have to operate from...

Groups ask FDA to Extend Comment Period for FSMA Rule

Posted May 20, 2014   Produce and transportation industry groups have asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to extend...

WHO Releases Report on Antimicrobial Resistance

Posted May 15, 2014   The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released a report on global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) concluding that...

Senator Cochran Continues Push to Implement Catfish Inspection Program

Posted May 9, 2014   Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS), ranking member on the Senate Agriculture Committee, recently stated that he intends...

FDA Releases FSMA Strategy Document, Emphasizes Voluntary Compliance

Posted May 8, 2014   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a strategy document that emphasizes voluntary compliance,...

NPPC Testifies Before Congress on Country of Origin Labeling and Deadly Pig Virus

Posted May 5, 2014   The National Pork Producers Council recently testified before Congress on two issues impacting its industry –...

FDA Reconsiders FSMA Animal Feed Rule

Posted April 25, 2014   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will reconsider a controversial rule that was recently criticized...

Charlotte Food Truck Owners Criticize Proposed Ordinance

Posted April 25, 2014   Food truck vendors in Charlotte, North Carolina are voicing their concerns over a proposed city ordinance...

Johanns Urges FDA to Modify Proposed Animal Feed Rule

Posted April 21, 2014   Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE) recently wrote a letter to Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the U.S. Food...

Vermont Senate Passes GMO Labeling Bill

Posted April 18, 2014   On Wednesday, the Vermont Senate passed a bill, 28-2, that would make Vermont the first state...