Food Safety

Should FDA be an independent agency? – Marion Nestle

Take note of nutritionist, author and academic Marion Nestle’s post on the FDA today: The FDA is a public health agency housed in the health department. BUT: it gets its congressional funding from House and Senate Agricultural committees. Reports Nestle: “A couple of weeks ago, Politico reported that six former commissioners of the FDA agreed that this…

Has USDA Approved Chinese Poultry Imports? Advocates Demand Answers

Food & Water Watch press release: August 27th, 2015 Washington, D.C.—Is a Cargill poultry plant in China poised to export meat to the United States? That question lies at the heart of a controversy sparked by an August 13th article on WATTAgNet.com that reported that a Cargill plant in the Anhui province had been cleared…