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Saturday, May 28, 2022
The food supply in the United States is “as safe as it’s ever been,” Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf told Senate appropriators Thursday when questioned about the agency’s lack of action on food safety issues.
A diverse coalition of groups concerned that Food and Drug Administration is giving short shrift to food safety issues is asking FDA Commissioner Robert Califf to create a position that would have authority over food programs.
The head of the Food and Drug Administration's food safety and nutrition arm responded Tuesday to a Politico article criticizing the pace of the agency's work on food safety, saying her division is working with limited resources and funding.
USDA today will release its annual survey of farmers’ planting intentions, which will be the department’s first good reading on how much farmers will shift their crop mix as a result of the Ukraine war and soaring costs for fertilizer and other inputs.
Hemp supporters are touting the crop's myriad uses and soil-nurturing properties while pushing some ideas for increasing its viability as Congress prepares to update the 2018 farm bill that sparked a growing interest.
Congressional negotiators now have until March 11 to agree on a massive bill to fund the government for a fiscal year that started nearly five months ago.
Robert Califf has been narrowly approved to lead the Food and Drug Administration, giving the agency a Senate-confirmed commissioner for the first time in over a year.
The Food and Drug Administration is out with a list of guidance documents related to food it expects to publish over the next year, addressing issues ranging from the safety of gene-edited plants and cell-cultured foods to the labeling of plant-based dairy alternatives.
What constitutes “critical habitat” for a species federally listed as threatened or endangered? And what exactly does “healthy” mean when it’s used on food packaging?
