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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, May 03, 2024
Stakeholders offered a tepid response to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf’s unveiling Tuesday of a new Humans Foods Program, which Califf said he believes will fundamentally transform the way FDA oversees the U.S. food supply.
A special committee on China created in the Republican-controlled House will spend part of its time investigating Chinese investments in U.S. agriculture and the risk they could pose for food security.
When Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador first unveiled a decree two years ago to ban genetically modified corn and effectively shut out most U.S. exports, Trump administration officials asked themselves the obvious question: Is he really serious about this?
The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee has been charged with examining diet through a “health equity lens,” which is encouraging news for anti-hunger advocates. However, the dairy industry is pushing back against the possibility that dairy recommendations could be modified due to concerns about lactose intolerance.
Federal agencies appear to be divided over which carbon intensity model should be used for an Inflation Reduction Act tax credit meant to grow the fledgling sustainable aviation fuel industry, according to biofuel policy experts.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced Tuesday that the U.S. is calling for a second dispute panel under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to rule on its claims that Canada is unfairly manipulating its dairy quotas cut U.S. exporters access to key parts of the Canadian market.
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.
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