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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai faces questioning on both sides of Capitol Hill this week amid agrowing ag trade deficit that has fueled Republican attacks ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf has proposed creating a new Human Foods Program at the agency and has begun a national search for a newly created deputy commissioner for human foods who would report directly to him.
Frank Yiannas, deputy commissioner for food policy and response at the Food and Drug Administration, announced Wednesday he is stepping down from the agency at the end of February. In his resignation letter, he also called for an empowered deputy commissioner for foods to help better manage food safety oversight at FDA.
The ag industry will be watching closely as the Biden administration seeks to implement its regulatory agenda in 2023.Issues to keep an eye on include the ever-present “waters of the U.S.” definition, renewable fuels, food safety, and emissions from animal operations.
The Food and Drug Administration will use an outside evaluation released Tuesday to help reform its human foods program, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said following release of the report by the Reagan-Udall Foundation.
Millions of families and their friends are on the hunt for infant formula wherever they can find products. Those living in less densely populated rural areas seem to be bearing much of the pain.
The Food and Drug Administration will take a look at its policy for approving animal feed ingredients, which has been criticized for treating them as animal drugs subject to lengthy reviews.
In advance of a congressional hearing today focused on concerns that the Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of food safety is dysfunctional, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf announced he is launching a “comprehensive evaluation” of the agency’s food programs.
The Food and Drug Administration will accelerate its review of the agency’s food regulatory functions in the wake of the infant formula shortage that has prompted severe criticism of FDA’s ability to react quickly to emergency situations.
