Site Map - Food Safety

05/08/2008 - House and Senate conferees have put language in the proposed farm bill that would give DHS authority to move research of foot-and-mouth disease into the continental United States.

04/25/2008 - "More than ever, we have to assure Americans that their food is safe," Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer told agricultural security stakeholders attending the Third International Symposium on Agroterrorism.

04/23/2008 - Two experts described the socioeconomic and cultural conditions that create poor biosecurity practices in the developing world.

04/22/2008 - A top U.S. intelligence analyst says that a successful attack on U.S. agriculture could have a ripple effect through both the U.S. economy and foreign trade.

04/13/2008 - The Bush Administration wants to move research into the disease from an isolated island off the coast of Long Island, New York, to the continental United States, sparking fears an accident could release the disease into nearby livestock herds and decimate them.

04/11/2008 - Rate of Salmonella infections miss national health targets by the widest margin of any other foodborne illness tracked by the CDC.

04/08/2008 - Emerging technology may help food-safety testing meet the challenges of today's fast-paced global supply chain.

04/08/2008 - It is crucial for companies to develop strategies to protect their reputations, which includes preventing and responding to incidents involving food products.

03/24/2008 - The European Union has a number of initiatives underway that it hopes are the right ingredients for securing the food supply.Sidebar: China Syndrome

03/14/2008 - Congressional Democrats find that the FDA failed to meet its own standards for inspection of facilities that process leafy greens, and when it did find violations, the agency took no "meaningful" enforcement action.

02/29/2008 - A bill (H.R. 3967) introduced by Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) would allow the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to refuse admission of food into the United States under certain circumstances. (Currently, the Food and Drug Administration oversees the inspection of imported food.)

12/11/2007 - The FDA announces a final rule for procedures on administrative detention of food.

12/05/2007 - In its ongoing effort to design an animal identification system that will trace all animals and premises potentially exposed to a foreign animal disease within 48 hours, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is implementing an interim solution that will record locations where animals reside or will reside. USDA will be awarding almost $12 million to implement the system.