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FDA prepares FSMA guidance for foodborne illness prevention
When we were drafting and seeking public comment on the rules that will implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), we promised that we w... continue reading »
United Fresh issues statement on FSMA deadline extension
FDA recently extended compliance deadlines for parts of the Food Safety Modernization Act and issued draft guidance for the Produce Safety Rule, a key... continue reading »
FDA hiring 40 officers for Produce Safety Network
The FDA continues to build the Produce Safety Network that will support the implementation of the produce safety rule that became final last November.... continue reading »
PMA field tour brings produce safety insights to policymakers
Produce Marketing Association (PMA) senior staff co-hosted local farm and packinghouse visits on Aug. 5 for FDA's new Deputy Commissioner for Foods an... continue reading »
Farm Science Review to feature panel on GMO labeling
Farm Science Review will feature a "GMO Labeling and the U.S. Food System" panel discussion on Sept. 20. Matt Roberts, agricultural economist for the... continue reading »
AFFI commends signing of gmo bill
The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) commended President Obama for signing into law legislation that establishes a federal labeling standard for... continue reading »
Obama signs GMO labeling bill into law
President Barack Obama has signed into law bill S. 764, which creates a federal standard for labeling of foods containing genetically modified organ... continue reading »
House approves bill on GMO labeling
Legislation on the labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMO) has passed through the U.S. House of Representatives and now heads to the Presiden... continue reading »
NGA applauds Senate vote to advance food labeling measure
The National Grocers Association (NGA) applauded the U.S. Senate for invoking cloture on S. 764, a bill that includes reforms to biotechnology labelin... continue reading »
US Senate reaches deal on GMO labeling
Senate lawmakers reached a deal Thursday, June 23 to label foods containing genetically modified ingredients, just eight days before Vermont's first-i... continue reading »
