Article on USDA v. FDA in Food Safety Legislation
Why it matters that the FDA is beating USDA for control of food system (Grist) by David Gumpert Excerpt: “Small-scale food producers and farmers have been vocal about [...]
Food Safety
Egg Recall Expanded After Salmonella Outbreak (New York Times)
By WILLIAM NEUMAN “An Iowa company on Wednesday broadened a nationwide recall of its eggs to 380 million after some of its facilities were linked to an outbreak of [...]
USDA wants us to ‘know your farmer,’ FDA wants us to stay home
GRIST ARTICLE by David Gumpert Excerpt: “Customers of Country Hen, a central Massachusetts organic egg producer, found an upsetting announcement in their egg cartons [...]
Texas Farm & Food Leadership Conference
Come join an exciting gathering of farmers, consumer, and nonprofit activists at the 4th Annual Farm and Food Leadership Conference, in Austin, Texas on September 13-14, [...]
Latest News on Food Safety Legislation
From the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) Senate Food Safety Legislation Information Alert August 13, 2010 The Food Safety Modernization Act (S 510) was [...]
Agreement Reached on Senate Food Safety Bill (From Food Safety News)
by Helena Bottemiller | Aug 11, 2010 “The Senate has reached a “tentative agreement” on the pending safety bill and staff will be briefed on the language [...]
Public Meeting to Address Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods
PRESS RELEASE FROM USDA FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE USDA Holds Public Meeting to Address Agenda Items for the 19th Session of the Codex Committee on Residues of [...]
Free Webinars on PACA Produce & Fresh Product Inspections
“PACA — Your Partner in Produce” The Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) is a Federal law which facilitates fair trading practices in the marketing of [...]
Produce Industry Public Policy Conference Features Kathleen Merrigan, Lindsey Graham, John Boehner
For Immediate Release Contact: Patrick Delaney pdelaney@unitedfresh.org; 202-303-3400 ext. 417 USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan, Senator Lindsey Graham, House Minority [...]
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