08/26/2008 - A “network of networks” still doesn’t exist to tie together the United States’ disparate food-safety information resources. Two researchers criticize the government for not providing the leadership to make it happen.
07/25/2008 - New strategies are needed to fight food-borne illnesses such as Salmonella and E. Coli pathogens, say the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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.
04/22/2008 - 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.
04/08/2008 - 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.)