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Senate Gears Up for Action on Food Safety
After months of uncertainty, the Senate is expected to bring pending food safety legislation to the floor within the next week. The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510), has been stalled behind...
View ArticleDingell to Senate: ‘Now is the time’
Congressman John Dingell (D-MI), currently the longest-serving member of Congress and a fierce advocate for tougher food safety laws, is again calling out the Senate for stalling on pending food safety...
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Child Nutrition Bill Clears House Committee
Food Safety Provisions Remain in Bill, Lawmakers Add Pilots to Increase Organic, Vegetarian Food in Schools An historic $8 billion child nutrition bill is one step closer to passage. Yesterday, the...
View ArticleAgreement Reached on Senate Food Safety Bill
The Senate has reached a “tentative agreement” on the pending safety bill and staff will be briefed on the language Thursday, a staffer told The Hill yesterday. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and...
View ArticleMillions Spent Lobbying Food Safety
The Senate recently updated its lobbying disclosure database with second quarter spending information. The documents available through the database reveal which organizations are spending what–and...
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Senate Strikes Bipartisan Agreement on Food Safety
The pending Senate food safety bill inched forward yesterday as key lawmakers released a bipartisan, compromise agreement, a step which should make it easier to bring the bill to the floor for a vote...
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Small Farms Gain From Compromise on S. 510
Though the recently-released Senate food safety bill didn’t include a controversial bisphenol-A ban or an amendment by Jon Tester (D-MT) to exempt small producers from certain measures, the package did...
View ArticleLetter From The Editor: Unicameralism
It is time to put the United States Senate out of its misery. I am not just talking about the 111th session of the U.S Senate adjourning sine die two weeks from now, I am saying it is time to forever...
View ArticleSenate Budget Bill May Give FDA $50 Million Boost
As August recess comes to an end on Capitol Hill, new details are emerging about the appropriations process that will impact the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
View ArticleSenate Advances $50 Million Increase for FDA
In a tough budgetary climate, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration received essentially the only increase in an agriculture appropriations bill that advanced in the Senate this week, just as the...
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Bill Would Broaden USDA Definition of ‘Adulterated’
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced a bill late last week aimed at reforming food safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The 67-page bill, introduced Thursday in the U.S. Senate with no...
View ArticleSenate Potato Bloc Finds Way Around USDA
The question of how many spuds will be served in school lunches has been thrown to the U.S. House of Representatives by potato state Senators Mark Udall, D-CO, and Susan Collins, R-ME. Udall and...
View ArticleSenate to Hold Hearing on GE Salmon
Tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 15) at 10:30 a.m. the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard is holding a hearing to examine potential environmental risks of genetically...
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Egg Standards Bill Introduced in Senate
Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and a bipartisan group of seven other senators introduced a bill late last week to set federal housing standards for egg-laying hens, again sparking protest from both...
View ArticleFiscal Cliff Deal Dodges Budget Cuts, Includes Partial Farm Bill Extension
Congress cleared a bill late Tuesday to avert the so-called “fiscal cliff” that will delay automatic budget cuts to agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease...
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Proposed House Bill Would Fund FDA During Shutdown
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote today on a bill that would fund the Food and Drug Administration during the government shutdown. The so-called Food and Drug Safety Act was introduced last...
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Warren Questions FDA Commissioner About Antibiotics Guidance
The issue of antibiotics in animal feed reared its head again Thursday as U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) questioned Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg about the effectiveness...
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Senate Committee Approves Amendments Banning Horse Slaughter, Labeling GE Salmon
Two amendments added to the Senate agriculture appropriations bill on Thursday deal with horse slaughter and genetically modified salmon. U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) introduced an amendment during...
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No Movement on Agriculture Appropriations Bills as Congress Goes on Five-Week...
Congress broke for the August recess on Friday and won’t be back in the Capitol until Sept. 8. One of the many pieces of legislative business left at a standstill is the Fiscal Year 2015 agriculture...
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Louisiana Senator’s Bill Seeks to Enhance the Safety of Imported Seafood
U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) introduced a bill this past week that would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of imported seafood. According to the American Shrimp...
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