Food Politics

What has public health done for us lately? Soon, we may not know

Earlier this month, when the recommendations of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s “Make America Healthy Again” Commission were leaked, I had an unhappy exchange with

By Center for Science in the Public Interest

/ 2 Sep 2025

What has public health done for us lately? Soon, we may not know

2025 enacted state food safety legislation

By Doug Farquhar State legislatures introduced more than 350 bills related to food safety during the 2025 legislative sessions, with 73 being enacted as of August 2025. General food safety

By Guest Contributor

/ 2 Sep 2025

2025 enacted state food safety legislation

Section 453 is the latest battleground over when pesticide makers can be sued

Newton’s Third Law of Motion is that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. An example of this is currently playing out with pesticides and food

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Aug 2025

Section 453 is the latest battleground over when pesticide makers can be sued

EU protects food standards in agreement with U.S.

European sanitary and phytosanitary rules have been described as a “clear red line” as part of trade negotiations with the United States. An EU-US joint statement said the two parties

By Joe Whitworth

/ 25 Aug 2025

EU protects food standards in agreement with U.S.

The role of public sector unions in food safety renews a debate that began 90 years ago

It was President Franklin D. Roosevelt who, in 1935, signed the Wagner National Labor Relations Act, which became the foundation for modern collective bargaining through unions. But FDR had one

By Dan Flynn

/ 20 Aug 2025

The role of public sector unions in food safety renews a debate that began 90 years ago

EFSA’s novel food review has the cell-cultured industry waiting in a ‘trough of disillusionment’

A year ago, applications for a cell-cultured foie gras product were dropped off at the United States Food and Drug Administration, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA), the Food Standards Agency

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Aug 2025

EFSA’s novel food review has the cell-cultured industry waiting in a ‘trough of disillusionment’

Acting deputy for food safety named by USDA while wait for Brashears confirmation continues

In what may be a sign that the USDA is in for a long wait before the U.S. Senate confirms Mindy Brashears as Under Secretary for Food Safety, Trey

By Dan Flynn

/ 29 Jul 2025

Acting deputy for food safety named by USDA while wait for Brashears confirmation continues

Feds say industry needs to help define the term ‘ultra-processed food’

The federal government wants business and industry to offer information about processed foods so a national definition of such foods can be formulated. In a formal Request for Information, the

By Coral Beach

/ 25 Jul 2025

Feds say industry needs to help define the term ‘ultra-processed food’

Paid advertising campaign rolls out to promote the MAHA agenda

When Mike Taylor banned the dangerous E. coli O157 pathogen from beef, when Congress enacted reforms with the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011, or when the FDA reorganized its

By News Desk

/ 23 Jul 2025

Paid advertising campaign rolls out to promote the MAHA agenda

Salmonella in poultry issue awaits Brashears’ unscheduled Senate confirmation

The last time Mindy Brashears waited almost 700 days to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety, and be just in time

By Dan Flynn

/ 21 Jul 2025

Salmonella in poultry issue awaits Brashears’ unscheduled Senate confirmation

FDA gives OK for another natural dye

The FDA has approved another natural dye for use in foods, continuing its war on artificial, petroleum-based food colorings. The new color is gardinea blue and is extracted from the

By Coral Beach

/ 15 Jul 2025

Federal government sues California to end Proposition 12 for lower egg prices

Saying that eggs and bacon cost too much, the federal government is citing the Supremacy Clause to strike down California’s Proposition 12. That’s the bottom line for a

By Dan Flynn

/ 15 Jul 2025

Federal government sues California to end Proposition 12 for lower egg prices

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What has public health done for us lately? Soon, we may not know

2025 enacted state food safety legislation

Section 453 is the latest battleground over when pesticide makers can be sued

EU protects food standards in agreement with U.S.

The role of public sector unions in food safety renews a debate that began 90 years ago

EFSA’s novel food review has the cell-cultured industry waiting in a ‘trough of disillusionment’

Acting deputy for food safety named by USDA while wait for Brashears confirmation continues

Feds say industry needs to help define the term ‘ultra-processed food’

Paid advertising campaign rolls out to promote the MAHA agenda

Salmonella in poultry issue awaits Brashears’ unscheduled Senate confirmation

FDA gives OK for another natural dye

Federal government sues California to end Proposition 12 for lower egg prices