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FDA Reorg Effort to Improve Service and Accountability Feb 1, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf announced a reorganization within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) where the functions of the Center […]
Livestock: USDA Wants One-Stop Biotech Shop – DTN Dec 23, 2020
Just a week after the Food and Drug Administration approved genetically altered pigs for food and medical use, USDA announced Monday the department is soliciting feedback to take over authority […]
Ethanol: FDA Pulls Back on Sanitizer Restriction – DTN Jun 5, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration has temporarily relieved some restrictions on hand sanitizer produced by ethanol plants in an effort to allow companies to continue to maintain supplies amid COVID-19, […]
Ethanol: FDA Confusion Plagues Sanitizer Production – DTN May 21, 2020
When it comes to attempting to help with a federal emergency, the old adage of “No good deed shall go unpunished” sometimes comes to mind. Take the plight of ethanol […]
Cottonseed: New Dual Purpose Variety Usable for Food, Fiber Oct 15, 2019
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the green light to ultra-low gossypol cottonseed, ULGCS, to be utilized as human food and in animal feed, something Texas A&M AgriLife […]
Rice: More ‘Food Pretenders’ Popping Up Oct 2, 2019
Last week, the FDA held a public meeting to discuss the efforts to modernize standards of identity for foods (SOI). USA Rice President & CEO Betsy Ward presented public comments […]
Hemp Webinar Talks CBD Legality, THC Testing Sep 20, 2019
Unanswered questions for industrial hemp production in the United States has the industry watching the United States Department of Agriculture closely as they await regulations, according to the National Agricultural […]
Livestock: Pork Group Wants Gene-Editing Moved to USDA Oversight – DTN Jun 28, 2019
Arguing against regulations classifying livestock as drugs, the National Pork Producers Council wants the Food and Drug Administration to yield regulatory oversight to USDA for gene-edited animals raised for food. […]
Cargill Feed Recall in 9 States Due to High Aflatoxin Levels May 14, 2019
Cargill’s animal nutrition business is conducting a voluntary recall of select Southern States feed due to aflatoxin levels that exceed FDA’s action levels. The affected products, which were manufactured and […]
Soybean Oil Missing from FDA’s Boost of High Oleic Oil Health Claims – DTN Nov 25, 2018
A campaign by the soybean checkoff to champion the planting, use and conversion to high oleic soybeans may have gotten a boost Monday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s […]
