COOL is getting Stronger Now Posted by Tim at 02/26/09 04:02 PM

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack strengthens COOL more

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Jean Halloran's Op Ed on FDA Modernization Posted by Tim at 02/04/09 02:45 PM

President Obama’s call last Sunday for a top-to-bottom review of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is good news for consumers, and so is the increasing attention Congress is paying to food safety. A Senate Agriculture Committee hearing is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 5. The recall of two years’ worth of production from a peanut butter factory in Georgia underlines critical weaknesses in the FDA’s inspection and enforcement capacity. FDA can remedy some of the problems, but to get the major improvement we need Congress must act as well. Read the whole piece at Blog The Hill

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