Articles by Philip Brasher

The food industry is asking the Food and Drug Administration to allow the continued use of partially hydrogenated oils in a wide variety of foods, A petition filed by the Grocery Manufacturers Association seeks approval for use of trans fat sources in products including breakfast cereals,

Optimism improves for long-term highway bill, despite funding woes

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Imports of beef from Brazil and Argentina could be blocked for years by requirements that lawmakers are trying to impose on the Agriculture Department, the White House says. Differing provisions in both the Senate and House versions of the USDA appropriations measures would require the de

A House committee is demanding the EPA say how it addressed a series of Army Corps of Engineers concerns raised just weeks before the release of a rule re-defining what streams, wetlands and other areas are regulated by the Clean Water Act. An April 27 memorandum from House Oversight

House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway pledges to fight any increase in funding for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission until Congress agrees on a new authorization law. The House in June passed a reauthorization bill (HR 2289) that among other things would require the

Jeffrey Prieto has taken over as general counsel at the Agriculture Department, having won Senate confirmation.

Senate ag taking bipartisan approach to child nutrition programs

Broiler producers worry bird flu vaccine could impact exports

GOP limits CFTC budget, but Dems preserving Dodd-Frank