NGFA Issues: Food Safety
Update on Senate-House Food Safety Bills (Dec. 28, 2009)
Obama Urges Senate Floor Action on Food/Feed Safety Bill; Agencies Schedule Joint Public Meetings on Food-Safety Metrics (7/13/10)
Jul 13, 2010
FDA Issues Updated Guidance on Electronic Portal for Reporting Serious Food, Grain, Feed Adulteration Incidents; Requests Comments on When Products Considered 'Transferred' (5/28/10)
May 28, 2010
FDA to Issue Updated Guidance on May 24 on Electronic Portal for Reporting Serious Food, Grain, Feed Adulteration Incidents (5/20/10)
May 20, 2010
Sundlof Resigns as Director of FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (5/6/10)
May 06, 2010
Senate Floor Action on Food/Feed Safety Bill Delayed to May (4/22/10)
Apr 22, 2010
Work on Senate Food/Feed Safety Bill Halted by Attempt to Legislatively Ban Use of Chemical in Food, Beverage Packaging (4/8/10)
Apr 08, 2010
FDA Begins Sampling, Testing Grain, Grain Products for Vomitoxin (4/2/10)
Apr 02, 2010
Senate Staff Continues Work on Final Version of Senate Food/Feed Safety Bill (4/2/10)
Apr 02, 2010
NGFA, Ag Producer, Agribusiness, Meat Groups Continue Efforts to Further Improve Senate Food/Feed Safety Bill (3/11/10)
Mar 11, 2010
NGFA Urges OSHA to Retain Existing Grain Handling Safety Rules (1/28/10)
Jan 28, 2010
FDA Revises Policies Governing Regulatory Discretion, Information Letters to Industry (1/25/10)
Jan 25, 2010
CBS Evening News to Air Two-Part Segment on Antibiotic Use in Farm Animals (1/25/10)
Jan 25, 2010
Michael Taylor Named FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods (1/14/10)
Jan 14, 2010
NGFA Cautions FDA on Limitations of Product Tracing Systems for Bulk and Commingled Commodities (12/21/09)
Dec 21, 2009
Final Industry Guidance Delayed on FDA Electronic Portal for Reporting Serious Adverse Food/Feed Adulteration Incidents (12/17/09)
Dec 17, 2009
Final FDA Guidance Delayed on Electronic Portal for Reporting Serious Adverse Food/Feed Adulteration Incidents (12/14/09)
Dec 14, 2009
FDA, FSIS Conduct Public Meeting on Enhancing Product-Tracing for Food, Feed, Ag Products (12/14/09)
Dec 14, 2009
Senate Floor Action on Major Food/Feed Safety Bill Likely Delayed until Early 2010 (12/3/09)
Dec 03, 2009
Senate Committee Approves Major Food/Feed Safety Bill (11/19/09)
Nov 19, 2009
Senate Launches Consideration of Food/Feed Safety Legislation (10/22/09)
Oct 22, 2009
Senate to Begin Consideration of Food-Feed Safety Legislation with Oct. 22 Hearing
Oct 20, 2009
GIPSA Considering Major Increase in Official Inspection Tonnage Fees
Sep 24, 2009
OSHA Updates PPE Standards to Reference Consensus Standards
Sep 24, 2009
Obama Administration Touts New Centralized Website for Consumers on Food-Feed Safety
Sep 16, 2009
NGFA, NOPA, PFI Urge FDA to Phase In Implementation of Electronic Portal for Reporting Food, Feed Safety Incidents
Aug 19, 2009
NGFA, NOPA, PFI Urge FDA to Delay Implementation of Food, Feed Adulteration Reporting Electronic Portal
Aug 13, 2009
FDA Chief Outlines Strong Enforcement Focus
Aug 07, 2009
House Approves Major Food-Feed Safety Bill
Jul 31, 2009
House May Consider Food-Feed Safety Legislation Next Week
Jul 24, 2009
House Ag Committee Conducts Hearing on Food Safety Legislation
Jul 16, 2009
House Ag Committee to Conduct July 16 Hearing on Food Safety
Jul 10, 2009
Obama Administration Announces Food-Safety Initiatives Focused on Meat, Poultry, Product-Tracing
Jul 10, 2009
Discussions Continue on Changes to House Food/Feed Safety Bill
Jul 02, 2009
House Committee Approves Major Food/Feed Safety Bill
Jun 18, 2009
House Committee to Consider Major Food/Feed Safety Bill on June 17
Jun 15, 2009
NGFA Summary of Waxman-Dingell Food/Feed Safety Legislation Discussion Draft
Jun 01, 2009
House Subcommittee to Conduct June 3 Hearing on Major Food/Feed Safety Legislation
Jun 01, 2009
Waxman to Issue Discussion Draft of Food/Feed Safety Bill
May 21, 2009
White House Food Safety Working Group Conducts Public Meeting
May 15, 2009
NGFA Participates in AAFCO Feed Administrators Seminar
May 11, 2009
U.S. Health Officials Provide Update on H1N1 Virus (Swine Flu); WHO Raises Alert Level to 5 as Some Foreign Countries Ban U.S. Meat Products
Apr 29, 2009