Tag: food safety/FSMA
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Food Safety Law’s Long Journey Concludes, Funding Issues Could Stall Reforms
President Barack Obama (D) signed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (H.R. 2751) into law on January 4, 2011, ending a complicated legislative journey that began with House approval in 2009. In essence, the law gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to order food product recalls, calls for more frequent facility inspections,…
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Senators Introduce Legislation to Bolster Food Safety, Humane Slaughter Practices; Restrict Food and Beverage Advertising to Kids
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) has reportedly introduced the Growing Safe Food Act (S. 2758) to “help educate and train farmers and food processors in food safety.” Similar to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) now stalled in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Growing Safety Food Act would create “a national food…
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Bipartisan Senate Bill Takes Aim at Food Safety
U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), and Richard Burr (R-N.C.) have introduced the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510), which would expand and strengthen the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) authority to address the safety of the nation’s food supply. The proposal, which has reportedly attracted the support of…