The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held hearings last month exploring FDA’s role in regulating genetically modified food ingredients. The subcommittee heard from FDA officials, outside experts and interested stakeholders. The panel also gave its approval to the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act, a bill to establish a national labeling standard for genetically modified food ingredients.
Feed mill employs portable combustible dust central vacuum to remove fugitive grain dust.
January 12, 2015
When Missy Morrison, plant manager at Star Milling says she wants to avoid employee injuries at all cost, she’s not regurgitating a safety slogan but stating a legitimate objective.
The US government is appealing the WTO’s rejection of the US Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) rule, but most consumers aren't willing to pay extra for the label.
A coalition of business and agriculture groups has lined up in opposition to the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule that would expand federal jurisdiction over American waterways.
The US government is appealing the WTO’s rejection of the US Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) rule, but some meat packers think Washington should let the issue die.
In January 2011, the Food Safety Modernization Act came into being, and six core teams were formed to focus on six key sections: preventive standards, inspection and compliance, imports, federal/state integration, fees and reports, and studies.
The Food and Drug Administration is in the midst of revising the Nutrition Facts label on packaged food products, in an effort to make it convey more relevant information to consumers. In the background, interested parties are staking out their positions.