If approved, the bill would require new actions in facility registration, adverse event reporting, and retailers' role in policing supplement registration. The grandfathered DSHEA clause would also be removed and replaced with a new list of accepted ingredients.
Politicians and consumer advocacy groups are calling for U.S. Department of Agriculture positions to be filled and advisory boards to be created as the Food Safety and Inspection Service department recalls products produced as long ago as 2008.
Fair trade sales have skyrocketed in recent years and will continue to see increases.
The history and explanation of food safety legislation.
A dismal decade for heart health, obesity and nutrition, according to the Project.
Full text of USDA National Organic Program
Personal care, access to pasture, organic funding
What retailers can and can't do with the NOP
The NOP rule sets standards for production and handling, product labeling, certification and accreditation.
History of the National Organic Program
Although the FDA has not spelled out specific new priorities for this year, its budget for fiscal year 2010 is revealing. The agency’s $3.2 billion budget is 19 percent higher than its 2009 budget. It has two major initiatives: protecting America’s food supply and ensuring safer medical products.
How the feds’ game plan for 2010 will impact your store
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack signed an agreement today with U.S. dairy producers to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020. The agreement came as a part of the UN’s “Campaign on Climate Change” in Copenhagen, Denmark.
According to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, the U.S. needs to get serious about agriculture's contribution to climate change, but he doesn't emphasize organic.
On December 4, a federal court ruled Bayer CropScience legally responsible for contaminating the rice in five states with genetically modified strains not approved for human consumption by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Food, drug and cosmetic law attorney Marc Ullman takes Consumer Labs to task in a recent letter posted on his blog at NPIcenter.com
We talk with experts at the FDA to see what's new in allergy labels, what is required of retailers, what the wording all means, what the eight major allergens have to be called, and what the new gluten-free section may include.
Educate your customers on food allergens with these five new important studies recently released. You'll be surprised by some of the findings and cash in on others.
Have a question about food allergies? Want to know more about celiac disease? look no further. These are the best resources on allergies available.
Yes, you can still drink coffee at 2a.m. Yes, you can still pour your vodka into your Red Bull. However, the short but lucrative era of combining alcoholic drinks with caffeine in a convenient, single-serving container is coming to a close.