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The Future is Now for the Food Safety Modernization Act
We all knew FSMA was a big deal when Congress passed it a little over four years ago. After a decade of illness outbreaks, import safety problems, and market disruptions that shook consumer confidence...
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Letter From the Editor: Spending Trickles Down to Food Safety
They say that confession is good for the soul, so here goes. My confession is that I find most all of the peripheral food issues around food safety pretty boring. I was hoping Congress would take more...
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More money for military defense means less for food defense
Editor’s note: This column includes information from an “Advocacy at a Glance” posting by the Alliance for a Stronger FDA and analysis and commentary by Steven Grossman, deputy executive director of...
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States need $100M more for Food Safety Modernization Act
President Trump may have proposed a “skinny budget” for most domestic spending, including food and agricultural program for the next fiscal year, but nobody is taking it seriously. Congress always...
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Trump’s budget — Does FDA get a 9% increase or 31% cut?
Editor’s note: This was originally published May 26, 2017, on the website of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA. The alliance is committed to an ongoing, multi-year effort with two specific goals — to...
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Appropriation Committees split over ban on equine inspections
With the ban on USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service spending any federal money on equine inspections set to expire Sept. 30, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are divided over whether...
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House bill would boost FDA funding to more than $300 million
The Alliance for a Stronger FDA — which unites consumers, patient groups and industry in advocating for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) funding — Wednesday thanked the U.S. House appropriators for...
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Unfinished business: Keeping the focus on food safety
In just the past few months, outbreaks involving romaine lettuce, pre-cut melons and Honey Smacks cereal have reminded us that the work to more effectively prevent foodborne illness is far from...
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Here’s the situation regarding food safety on Day 13 of the partial government shutdown: As yet, there are no worries. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are operating because their...
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Beach Beat: Is food safety essential to public safety? Good question
Opinion Tomorrow some of the fuzzy math related to the government’s operational status will come into clear focus for many so called non-essential federal employees when they don’t get paid. Nuances of...
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