04/18/2023 SOURCE: www.foodprocessing.com
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Topics: Food/Nutrition, FDA,
FDA budget request includes scant money for food safety programs
The Food and Drug Administration has requested $7.2 billion for the fiscal year 2024. According to President Biden’s budget proposal, the agency wants
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03/09/2023 SOURCE: halfwheel.com
FDA has announced a proposed plan that would require all tobacco manufacturing facilities to create, follow and document a wide range of procedures ranging from cleanliness to production processes to vetting suppliers like tobacco growers. While nothing changed today, this marks a monumental step forward in how FDA could regulate the cigar industry because today's proposed changes would mean FDA would be regulating the cigar factories directly.
16 Thoughts: FDA Proposes Regulating Cigar Factories & Other Tobacco Manufacturing Facilities
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Topics: FDA, Government / Policies, Food Safety,
Processed foods are making us sick: It’s time for the FDA and USDA to step in
-- OPINION -- Editor's note: This article was first published by Harvard Public Health magazine and is reprinted here with permission. By Jerold Mande
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Topics: Wheat, Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, GMO's, FDA, Government / Policies,
Explainer: Biotech corn and soy widely used, consumers still wary of GM wheat
Nearly all corn and soybean acres in the world's largest exporting countries are seeded with genetically modified varieties, but that is not the case for wheat, a crop grown primarily for human food.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Food/Nutrition, FDA,
How the FDA’s food division fails to regulate health and safety hazards
A POLITICO investigation based on more than 50 interviews finds the FDA is failing to meet American consumers expectations on food safety and nutrition.
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09/13/2022 SOURCE: www.wired.com
For decades, the EU has had some of the tightest restrictions on genetically altered agriculture. That could be about to change.
Europe’s Drought Might Force Acceptance of Gene-Edited Crops
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Topics: Fruit, Food/Nutrition, FDA, Food Security/Shortage,
FDA to restart food safety sampling program for fresh and frozen berries
In response to a history of hepatitis A and norovirus outbreaks associated with fresh and frozen berries, the FDA is developing a prevention strategy to
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Topics: Agriculture US, FDA, USDA, Food Safety,
Proposal would unite all food oversight into new agency | AGDAILY
Lawmakers are looking to restructure the conglomerate of food safety agencies and merge them into a single, more effective agency.
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Topics: GMO's, FDA, USDA, Ag South America, Food Security/Shortage,
Argentina's Bioceres says its GMO wheat gets key OK from U.S. FDA
BUENOS AIRES, June 27 (Reuters) - Argentina's Bioceres said on Monday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had positively concluded a review of its genetically modified (GMO) drought resistant HB4 wheat, which it called a "key step" to commercializing it in the country.The HB4 wheat still needs approval from the U.S.
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