FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Family Farmers and Organizations Ask FDA for More Time to Analyze New Food Safety Rules Joint Letter Says Comment Period Too Short…
Call for Sign-On’s to Letter Requesting More Time on FDA’s Proposed Rules in Food Safety Modernization Act
Dear colleagues, As you may be aware, the FDA released its long awaited proposed rules on Food Safety Modernization Act on January 4, 2013. Since…
FDA Issues Proposed Food Safety Rules
…stay tuned for a full analysis and action items! On January 4, 2013 FDA issued proposed rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act. The two…
FARFA Files Joint Comments Urging FDA to Waive or Reduce Fees for Re-Inspections of Small Businesses
October 16, 2011 Submitted through www.Regulations.gov Re: Food and Drug Administration Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0529 Request for Comment, 76 Fed. Reg. 45818 (Aug. 1, 2011) Dear FDA:…
Food Safety Bill Passes: Now What?
People inside and outside the Beltway had trouble keeping up with the many procedural turns taken by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. In the end,…
Frequently Asked Questions About the Food Safety Bill
**Disclaimer: The comments below are intended to try to explain the likely application of the bill and are not legal advice. The exact application of the…
House Passes Food Safety Bill With Tester-Hagan Amendment
This afternoon, the House voted 215-144 to approve the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (now HR 2751), including the Tester-Hagan amendment. The bill has taken many…
Fight Over the Food Safety Bill – and Tester-Hagan Amendment – Continues!
Almost as soon as the Senate passed S. 510 with the Tester-Hagan amendment, members of the House of Representatives raised objections that S510 includes provisions for…
Analysis of the Tester-Hagan Amendment
Summary of the Key Points of the Tester-Hagan Amendment Clarifies that businesses that sell more than half of their products directly to individual consumers are exempt…
Agribusiness Shows Its True Colors
For over a year, the big Agribusiness trade organizations have supported passage of S. 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act. From Agribusiness’s perspective, the bill was…