Items Tagged with 'Food Safety Modernization Act'

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FDA agrees to identify high-risk foods by 2022

06/12/19 6:04 AM By Steve Davies

The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to deadlines to meet requirements included in the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act.

Growers tighten food safety standards on leafy greens

04/24/19 9:16 AM By Brad Hooker

Stringent new requirements for water use in irrigation from the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement will have sweeping changes for the industry.

Is California ready for new FDA food safety inspections?

03/20/19 12:46 AM By Brad Hooker

Many are wondering how the process will work and questions remain about coordination between state and federal agencies, a shortage of inspectors and questions on whether the standards will be enough to ward off the next outbreak.

Ostroff: Outbreaks a wake-up call to growers

01/23/19 6:25 AM By Philip Brasher

FDA's just-retired top food regulator says the stunning warning that the agency issued about romaine lettuce two days before Thanksgiving was a wake-up call for growers to tighten safety standards and facilitate the tracking of their crops from field to store.

Perdue wants tighter SNAP rules; encouraged by Trump on TPP

02/07/18 6:56 AM By Philip Brasher

Wading into a potentially divisive farm bill issue, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asked Congress to make it harder for states to get waivers from work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

USDA, regulated community seem to be on same page at listening session

10/02/17 5:39 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2017 - Don’t substitute guidance for rulemaking, and get federal agencies to work better together, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue was told at a regulatory reform listening session held in the department’s Whitten building Monday.

Gottlieb says FDA taking a ‘step back’ on certain FSMA requirements

09/13/17 6:55 AM By Daniel Enoch

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 13, 2017 – FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says his agency is “taking a step back” to “reset” certain aspects of the Food Safety Modernization Act to make sure the law is sustainable in the long run and feasible for states to implement.

Feed industry eager for FDA guidance on safety rules

08/18/17 2:36 PM By Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2017 - Feed mills, grain processors and other facilities involved in supplying animal feed. including corn ethanol plants, face upcoming compliance dates for regulations intended to prevent spread of toxins, pathogens and other sources of contamination.

Agri-Pulse Daybreak for March 13, 2017

03/13/17 8:00 AM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, 2017 - Gottlieb gets some initial support for top FDA post * Farms and ranches hit hard by Kansas wildfires * Trump administration still undecided on support for T-TIP

Rep. Collin Peterson, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture

This week’s guest on Open Mic is Representative Collin Peterson, Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture. The Minnesota Democrat believes agriculture is headed for some “serious tough sledding” and is concerned about whether the 2018 farm safety net will be adequate to protect the industry. He worries that market facilitation payments may undermine future needs for additional price supports. Peterson wants answers from the Environmental Protection Agency about the small refinery waivers that are negatively impacting the ethanol industry and farmers and expresses skepticism about farm support for legislation to address climate change.

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Opinion: What do poor balance sheets, trade wars, Impossible Burgers and trial lawyers have in common?

I’m flat busted. My Missouri corn and soybean farm is bankrupt, financially incompetent, a lousy credit risk, upside down--you pick the financial euphemism for a balance sheet that is downright ugly. I’m still paying my bills on time and eating good, due to some profitable years in the recent past, but any honest appraisal of my farm’s future income and liabilities is dark indeed. Of course, if there is any comfort to be found in shared misery, every other producer of corn and soybeans in the U.S. is in the same position.