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February 9th, 2018

| International Business Times

USDA Plagued With Conflicts As It Sets Dietary Guidelines

By Alex Kotch - "As use of high-fructose corn syrup has increased, so have levels of obesity and related health problems," writes registered dietician Katherine Zeratsky on the Mayo Clinic website.

February 8th, 2018

| Pew Charitable Trust

4 Food Safety Issues to Watch in 2018

By Sandra Eskin - Federal agencies and lawmakers face decisions with important consequences for public health

January 25th, 2018

Listeria recall of frozen green bean, mixed vegetable reaches 7 brands, 21 states

By David J Neal - Selected lots from seven brands of frozen green beans and mixed vegetables distributed to 21 states have been recalled by a Seattle-based manufacturer because they might be contaminated with listeria.

January 25th, 2018

Recall alert: These meatballs may have listeria, and 3,400 pounds called a "hazard"

By David J. Neal - More than 3,400 pounds of frozen meatballs were recalled Wednesday night over listeria fears.

March 15th, 2017

| The Huffington Post

Donald Trump's Agriculture Pick Has Some Serious Ethics Issues, Too

By: Joseph Erbentraut - Former Georgia Gov. Sony Perdue, nominee for agriculture secretary, has long been considered one of President Donald Trump's safe and uncontroversial Cabinet appointments in what has generally been a contentious process…

February 12th, 2017

Sonny Perdue won't offer much promise for the future of our food system

By: Jaydee Hanson, Opinion Contributor - The two largest recalls of contaminated peanuts in U.S. history occurred in Georgia under Sonny Perdue's watch, and are linked to at least nine deaths. Perdue's delayed response to the food-borne catastrophes in his home state calls into question his qualifications to oversee the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

January 26th, 2017

| Vice Munchies

What Would Censorship of the USDA Mean for America?

By: Alex Swerdloff

September 16th, 2015

5 Reasons to Care Whether the EPA Bans Chlorpyrifos on Your Food

By Virginia Gewin - Autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, and other brain-related impairments have been diagnosed in millions of children in recent years. So it caused quite a stir last year when scientists identified chlorpyrifos as one of a dozen industrial chemicals fueling what they called a "pandemic of developmental neurotoxicity."

| Associated Press

House panel votes to repeal meat label law

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Debbie Barker of the Center for Food Safety said the WTO's ruling, and the House's action, show no regard for shoppers who want to know where their meat comes from. â€œItâ€™s stunning that some members of Congress are so quick to respond to a closed-door, international trade body with no apparent regard for the wishes of American consumers,â€ Barker said.

Trading away food safety

By Debbie Barker - Although there is heated debate about the fate of fast track—or Trade Promotion Authority—and the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a little-discussed aspect is how trade pacts affect the food we eat, and the food we feed our children.

| The Oregonian

A Game of Chicken

By LYNNE TERRY - USDA repeatedly blinked when facing salmonella outbreaks involving Foster Farms.

April 22nd, 2015

| The New York Times

Obama and Republicans Agree on the Trans-Pacific Partnership...Unfortunately

By Mark Bittman - There's an important issue out there you may never have heard of, which is just what its proponents would like. That's the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), currently being pushed by the Obama administration and its corporate (and mostly Republican!) allies. It's a blatant attack on labor, farmers, food safety, public health and even national sovereignty.

April 7th, 2015

| The New York Times

Food Safety Law's Funding Is Far Below Estimated Requirement

By RON NIXON - "Is the funding request enough? No," said Colin O'Neil, the director of government affairs for the Center for Food Safety, one of the groups that sued the F.D.A. "But it gets us on the way. It's going to be a long fight. But I think we will get there."

February 23rd, 2015

| The New York Times

A pesticide banned, or not, underscores trans-Atlantic trade sensitivities

By DANNY HAKIM - Syngenta, a Swiss chemicals company, produces one of America's most popular herbicides. It is called atrazine, and 73.7 million pounds of the chemical compound were applied in the United States in 2013. It was used on more than half of all corn crops, two-thirds of sorghum and up to 90 percent of sugar cane. But Syngenta cannot sell atrazine to farms in its own backyard…

January 25th, 2015

| Yakima Herald-Republic

Web of oversight didn't prevent listeria outbreak

By MOLLY ROSBACH - Three people sickened, one dead, and many questions still unanswered.

November 13th, 2014

| Atlantic Community

Trade Agreements Should Allow Countries to Set High Standards

By Debbie Barker - Instead of provoking a race to the bottom in standards setting, trade agreements should set minimum standards for critical issues such as food safety, and then allow countries to set even higher standards to protect citizens and the environment.

October 20th, 2014

FDA expected to issue rule on food additives process by 2016

By Anjali Athavaley - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to issue a final rule on its controversial food additive approval process by August 2016 as part of a legal settlement, according to court papers filed on Monday…

October 13th, 2014

When it comes to food packaging, what we don't know could hurt us

Elizabeth Grossman - Recent analyses raise disturbing questions about the health and environmental effects of the stuff that encases our edibles.

September 12th, 2014

| International Business Times

Food Safety Loophole Remains Intact Under New FDA Standards: Experts

By Connor Adams Sheets - The process for reviewing chemicals added to the nation's food supply is being overhauled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but food safety advocates warn that the changes won't prevent unsafe additives from making their way into your meals

August 29th, 2014

| Food Safety News

Food Industry Association Plans to Make GRAS More Transparent

By Lydia Zuraw - The Center for Food Safety, which filed a lawsuit against FDA in February about its proposed GRAS rule, applauded the GMA's move toward transparency but is concerned the proposal falls short in addressing some food additive safety concerns…

August 26th, 2014

| Eat Drink Better

Jamie Oliver's Crusade To Prove U.S. Food Safety Unfit For UK

By Jennifer Kaplan - Ecowatch reports that Oliver recently announced that he's embarking on a campaign to stop the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which many feel will result in the watering down of government regulations. His particular beef? (Pun intended!) U.K. restrictions on growth hormones and pesticides in food are stricter than those in the U.S.

August 17th, 2014

| The Washington Post

Food additives on the rise as FDA scrutiny wanes

By Kimberly Kindy - The explosion of new food additives coupled with an easing of oversight requirements is allowing manufacturers to avoid the scrutiny of the Food and Drug Administration, which is responsible for ensuring the safety of chemicals streaming into the food supply…

August 12th, 2014

| Think Progress

How Tainted Food Slips Through The Cracks In Our Food Safety System

by Sam P.K. Collins - More than two weeks into the nation's first criminal trial stemming from a nationwide outbreak of a foodborne illness, jurors learned that U.S. food safety often relies on the words of manufacturers rather than actual federal oversight.

August 10th, 2014

| Lehigh Valley Live

Trial of peanut company leaders shows troubling fact: Food safety largely depends on honor system

Jurors at the nation's first federal criminal trial stemming from a deadly outbreak of food-borne illness are learning a disconcerting fact: America's food safety largely depends on the honor system.

August 1st, 2014

| Food Safety News

Reactions Vary to USDA's Poultry Inspection Rule

By Lydia Zuraw - The U.S. Department of Agriculture published the final rule of its Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection on Thursday, requiring all poultry processing plants to engage in additional microbiological testing and establishing the New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS), which companies can choose to opt into or not.

July 30th, 2014

| Food Safety News

Leaked Trade Deal Chapter Fails to Shed Much Light on Food Safety Concerns

By Lydia Zuraw - Last week, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy leaked a draft chapter of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) currently being negotiated between the United States and the European Union. The chapter proposed by the European Commission in June concerns Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) issues with food safety and animal and plant health.

July 29th, 2014

| Food Safety News

Meat Industry Loses Appeal on Country-of Origin-Labeling

By News Desk - The meat industry may still be waiting on the World Trade Organization to make a call on country-of-origin labeling (COOL), but in the meantime they've lost another round in their fight against the rule in the D.C. Circuit courts.

July 28th, 2014

| Public News Service - SD

Concerns at Home with Overseas "T-TIP" Trade Agreement Talks

By Jerry Oster - The aim of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership - or T-TIP - is to remove barriers and make it easier to buy and sell goods and services between the EU and the United States. But Debbie Barker, international director of the Center for Food Safety, said she's worried the deal may lead to a ceiling on health and food safety standards.

July 28th, 2014

Your chicken is about to get more full of feces

By Monica Potts - If you buy your chicken from the supermarket, here are a few things about its life that might make you less eager to eat it. As a chick, your chicken's beak was cut off so that it wouldn't attack other chickens in the overcrowded cage in which it was raised…

July 14th, 2014

Fear Of 'Chlorine Chicken' Complicates Trade Talks Between U.S. And Germany

By Robin Emmott and Tom Korkemeier - But in a twist that few officials expected, European concerns about the threat to food and the environment have found their strongest voice in Germany, amplified by the country's influential Green party and anger at reports of U.S. spying.

June 26th, 2014

As imports rise, the FDA is losing its fight against foul food

By Denise Malan - The fact that tons of bad fish had sailed into this country was not a surprise. The FDA has been outgunned and overmatched for years as a rising tide of imported food has found a place at the U.S. dinner table. For budget reasons, usually only 1 percent to 2 percent of food imports are physically inspected by the agency each year…

June 25th, 2014

| Washington Post

House bill would add muscle to fight food-borne superbug outbreaks

By Kimberly Kindy - With the number of salmonella illnesses linked to Foster Farms chicken climbing to more than 600 cases this month, two members of Congress introduced legislation Wednesday that would require food recalls in such circumstances.

June 20th, 2014

| Huffington Post

The Food Safety Movement Grows Tall

By Ralph Nader - Let us celebrate today the latest initiatives of our nation's growing food safety movement. Across the country, consumers are demanding the right to know what is in their food, and labeling of genetically engineered food…

Farm to pay $6.8M fine after eggs sickened thousands

By John Bacon - Two owners of an Iowa egg producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges related to a massive salmonella outbreak in 2010, the latest prosecution serving notice to the food industry that its leaders can be held criminally responsible for the products they sell.

OPINION: US, EU Betraying Democratic Ideals by Refusing to Release TTIP Negotiations Texts

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations are secretive and undemocratic, Debbie Barker, International Director at the Washington-based Center for Food Safety told RIA Novosti Wednesday.

April 18th, 2014

| Food Politics

CDC's food safety report card: no happy news

By Marion Nestle - The CDC has just issued its latest report on foodborne illness and food safety progress from 2006 to 2013. It's report has a couple of frowny faces -- Campylobacter and Vibrio cases are up -- and nothing else has changed.

March 10th, 2014

| Food Safety News

Reflections on 30 Years as a USDA Veterinarian

By Dr. Michael Fisher - I recently retired from the Office of Policy and Program Development (OPPD) at the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) after more than 30 years with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For what it's worth, I'd like to share my thoughts on FSIS culture and six issues that represent significant investments of my time and energy.

February 24th, 2014

GRAS suit could push out long-awaited rule

By HELENA BOTTEMILLER EVICH - Fresh off the Center for Food Safety's victory in getting FDA to settle on a timeline for implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act, the consumer advocacy group on Thursday filed a suit against the agency charging it with failing to "protect the public from dangerous food additives."

February 21st, 2014

| Food Safety News

Lawsuit Brought Against FDA Regarding Food Additives

By Lydia Zuraw - After settling a dispute about final rule deadlines for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) earlier this week, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) has filed another lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration -- this time over food additives.

February 21st, 2014

| The Oregonian

Court gives FDA deadlines on food safety overhaul

By Lynne Terry - Consumer advocates have won a fight with the Food and Drug Administration over the first major overhaul of food safety regulations in the United States in about 75 years.

January 2nd, 2014

| Food Safety News

What's in Store for FSMA in 2014?

By Lydia Zuraw - This past year was a big one for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposing six of its seven major rules. Now, there are a number of deadlines facing the agency in 2014.

December 18th, 2013

Mysterious ingredients vanish from food labels

By Candice Choi - As Americans pay closer attention to what they eat, food and beverage companies are learning that unfamiliar ingredients can invite criticism from online petitions and bloggers. The risk of damaging publicity has proven serious enough that some manufacturers have reformulated top-selling products to remove mysterious, unpronounceable components that could draw suspicion.

December 7th, 2013

Today's USDA Meat Safety Chief Is Tomorrow's Agribiz Consultant

By Tom Philpott - Deloitte Touche is one of the globe's "big four" auditing and consulting firms…

October 28th, 2013

Leaked Documents Reveal the Secret Finances of a Pro-Industry Science Group

By Andy Kroll and Jeremy Schulman - The American Council on Science and Health bills itself as an independent research and advocacy organization devoted to debunking "junk science." Yet internal financial documents (read them here) provided to Mother Jones show that ACSH depends heavily on funding from corporations that have a financial stake in the scientific debates it aims to shape.

October 16th, 2013

| Food Safety News

Foster Farms Outbreak Brings Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella Petition to the Fore

By Lydia Zuraw - The outbreak of Salmonella linked to Foster Farms chicken products has some consumer advocates talking again about a petition filed in 2011 by the Center for Science in the Public Interest asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare antibiotic-resistant Salmonella an adulterant…

October 10th, 2013

| CBS Evening News

Chicken products blamed for salmonella outbreak still on store shelves

Consumers are confused about why Foster Farms chicken is still for sale when it made more than 270 people sick. But the USDA doesn't require recalls for salmonella, because it is widely found where chickens are raised. John Blackstone reports. Hear from CFS West Coast Director Rebecca Spector.

October 7th, 2013

Food safety groups oppose bill to end shutdown at FDA

By Julian Hattem - Food safety advocates are telling lawmakers to reject legislation that would restore funding to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Instead, they say, if members of Congress really want to protect food safety they should restore funding for all government agencies in one fell swoop, not through a piecemeal fashion that turns the lights back on one at a time.

August 25th, 2013

| Washington Post

An amendment that hurts chickens - and Americans

By Editorial Board - If approved by the Senate after the summer recess, Mr. King's reactionary amendment would precipitate a disaster. Not only would laws regarding animal cruelty be upended, but so would laws protecting the environment, workers' rights and public health, because Mr. King's amendment bars any state-imposed condition on agricultural products.

August 20th, 2013

| Consumer Affairs

Judge orders FDA to pick up the pace on food safety

By James R. Hood - This ruling is clear; FDA must step up and protect public health as it has been directed by Congress. Postponing these rules unnecessarily only endangers more lives. "Center for Food Safety is pleased by today's ruling and will continue to work to ensure consumers have a safe and healthy food supply," said George Kimbrell, senior attorney for the Center for Food Safety.

August 20th, 2013

Back-to-school: Snacks get healthy; diet soda still OK

By Riya Bhattacharjee - Food advocates welcome the USDA's new guidelines for school snacks but question why diet soda and vending machines are on campuses at all.

August 18th, 2013

| Philadelphia Inquirer

GreenSpace: Who's monitoring food additives?

Sandy Bauers - About 10,000 chemicals are added to Americans' food to make it taste better or look better, to thicken it, preserve it, or otherwise improve it. That's an awful lot of chemicals for the federal Food and Drug Administration to monitor. How do they do it? It turns out that, often, they don't…

August 15th, 2013

| Food Safety News

Judge Says No More FDA Extensions on FSMA Deadlines

Judge Phyllis Hamilton has sided with the Center for Food Safety (CFS) in a lawsuit against FDA over FSMA deadlines, which were originally ordered by Congress to be completed by July 2012. The suit was originally filed by CFS in August 2012.

August 14th, 2013

| KALW San Francisco

Today on Your Call: How can we make imported food safer?

By Ali Budner - On today's Your Call we'll talk about how we regulate imported food, which now accounts for about 15 percent of what we eat in the US. Due to a recent spike in illnesses from contaminated food imports, the Obama administration has proposed tightening up regulations through the Food Safety Modernization Act…

August 7th, 2013

| Food Politics

You think the FDA gets to approve all food additives as safe? Not a chance.

By Marion Nestle - I was invited to write the editorial to accompany a study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine looking at the highly conflicted process used to decide whether food additives are Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS). I know this sounds completely crazy, but hereâ€™s what the study found: Manufacturers get to decide whether food additives are safe or not…

August 6th, 2013

| Al Jazeera English

Globalisation linked to rash of food scares

By Amel Ahmed - The incident highlights how the combination of weak regulations and globalisation is introducing bacteria to new environments. "When dealing with a parasite from a tropical country that is unknown to most medical professionals in the US, you have in a nutshell one of the real challenges of global food shipments," said Hanson…

July 26th, 2013

FDA targets improved food safety for imports

By Carey Gillam - The new rules are required by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that was signed into law in January 2011 and the FDA has come under heavy criticism for taking so long to implement the requirements of the new law. Last August, the Center for Food Safety sued the FDA for missing several deadlines set under the law.

July 26th, 2013

| Food Safety News

FDA Releases Two Major Rules to Boost Oversight of Imported Foods

By Helena Bottemiller - Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is releasing two long-awaited rules aimed at improving the safety of imported foods, which now make up about 15 percent of the U.S. food supply…

July 16th, 2013

House farm bill provision could delay new food safety regulations

By Ben Goad - The House bill language, penned by Rep. Dan Benishek (R-Mich.), would further complicate enactment of the rules. "This basically would slow the wheels of FSMA implementation by allowing another roadblock," said Colin O'Neil, director of government affairs for the Center for Food Safety.

July 16th, 2013

| Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group

Rep. Benishek's measure would help farm lobby delay food safety rules

By Keenan Steiner - Consumer advocates are decrying as "dangerous" and "unnecessary" a measure to delay food safety rules that Rep. Dan Benishek, R-Mich., tacked onto the House-passed version of the farm bill with the blessing of the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Even Dirtier Food, Brought to You by the Environmental Protection Agency

By Steve Holt - Just when it seemed the United States Department of Agriculture might finally be taking a second look at crops engineered to resist pesticide application, another branch of government, the Environmental Protection Agency, now seems poised to raise the level of pesticides that can be sprayed on our food.

June 26th, 2013

| Huffington Post

Top 10 Crusaders in the Food Movement -- Lawyer Edition

By Michele Simon - 8) George Kimbrell is senior attorney at Center for Food Safety, one of very few advocacy groups that uses litigation as a tool to improve the food system. Kimbrell's legal team recently won an important victory when a federal court ordered the Food and Drug Administration to release delayed food safety regulations as required by statute. @TrueFoodNow

June 25th, 2013

| Food Safety News

FDA Must Complete FSMA Rules by Mid-2015, Judge Says

By Gretchen Goetz - "This is a critical victory for consumers, farmers, and the public health," said George Kimbrell, CFS senior attorney in a statement. "The Court's decision will ensure FDA cannot unduly delay these life-saving measures any longer, while also ensuring all interested parties have a meaningful say in their outcome."

June 21st, 2013

Don't Stop Fronting: 9 Industry-Funded Groups That Promote Big Food and Big Ag

By Steve Holt - Recently, Center for Food Safety researcher Michele Simon pulled back the curtain on these groups, their funders, and how they operate in an enlightening report titled, Best Public Relations Money Can Buy: A Guide to Food Industry Front Groups…

June 18th, 2013

| Thomson Reuters News & Insight

Case to Watch: Judge to rule on food safety rule deadlines

By Jessica Dye - George Kimbrell, a senior attorney with the Center for Food Safety, said it was unclear when Hamilton will rule on the proposals. "I think the court understands the urgency here," Kimbrell said. "This is literally a life or death issue - there are thousands of people who die every year from foodborne illnesses who will be better protected once the regulations are promulgated."

| Huffington Post

FDA Food Safety Regulations Delayed Again As Court Grants Extension In Lawsuit

By Joe Satran - The delays got so bad that, when the Center for Food Safety sued the FDA for its foot-dragging, federal judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled that the agency had "unlawfully withheld" the regulations. She ordered the FDA to negotiate with the Center for Food Safety to develop a concrete timeline for the release of the regulations by May 20. Guess what happened next!

| Food Poisening Bulletin

Center for Food Safety Lists Industry Front Groups

By Kathy Will - The Center for Food Safety (CFS) has issued a report detailing food industry front groups, which perform public relations to improve opinion and push agendas. Many in the food industry form groups that claim to represent consumers or farmers when they are funded by the industry itself…

7 Dodgy Food Practices Banned in Europe But Just Fine Here

By Tom Philpott - All of which got me thinking about other food-related substances and practices that are banned in Europe but greenlighted here. Turns out there are lots. Aren't you glad you don't live under the Old World regulatory jackboot, where the authorities deny people's freedom to quaff to atrazine-laced drinking water, etc., etc.? Let me know in comments if I'm missing any.

Hagen, Taylor Urge Public to Engage in Lengthy Policymaking Process

By Helena Bottemiller - The public should not hesitate to be more involved in the food safety policymaking process, Dr. Elisabeth Hagen and Michael Taylor, the nation's two leading food safety officials, told an audience at the Food Safety Summit in Baltimore late last week. Dr. Hagen is Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S…

April 23rd, 2013

| Huffington Post

Food Safety Regulations 'Unlawfully Withheld' By FDA, Court Rules

By Joe Satran - The Food and Drug Administration has officially broken the law by failing to release regulations needed to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the 2011 legislation meant to overhaul the nation's food safety system. That was the key finding in the case of Center for Food Safety v. Hamburg, released Monday by U.S…

April 22nd, 2013

| Bloomberg News

FDA Breaks Food Safety Law With Rule Delays, Judge Finds

By Karen Gullo - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is violating food-safety law by delaying regulations intended to help prevent outbreaks of food-borne illnesses, a federal judge ruled. U.S…

April 22nd, 2013

| Food Safety News

As FDA Seeks Fees to Fund Food Safety, Much of Industry Remains Opposed to Idea

By Helena Bottemiller - While the Obama administration continues to make it clear that it will look to registration, inspection, and import fees to fund food safety efforts at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the future, much of the food industry continues to make it known that they are downright opposed to the idea.

April 17th, 2013

| Food Safety News

FDA's Senior Food Safety Adviser Leaving for Produce Marketing Association

By News Desk - Jim Gorny, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's senior adviser on produce safety at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, has been named vice president of food safety and technology at the Produce Marketing Association, the group announced on Tuesday…

March 25th, 2013

| Food Safety News

Documents Show OMB Weakened FDA's Food Safety Rules

By Helena Bottemiller. The White House Office of Management and Budget significantly weakened the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's draft food safety rules, documents posted on the Federal Register last week show…

March 21st, 2013

US meat inspector furloughs avoided as Congress approves funding

By Charles Abbott. Congress approved $55 million on Thursday to prevent the furlough of all U.S. meat inspectors this summer, a step that could have driven up meat prices and created spot shortages in grocery stores and restaurants.

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