Food industry continues to rely on child labor
Ever since federal penalties totaling $1.5 million were imposed late last year on 13 meat plants contracting in eight states
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Dan Flynn
03:23
The first child reported to have come down with bird flu is from California
Fifty-five adults in. the United States were stricken with human bird flu this year, and now a child has become
Dan Flynn
13:22
A late Food Security Act entry from the retiring Chairwoman Stabenow
U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, introduced the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act on
Dan Flynn
09:20
The game may have just tilted in favor of a new Farm Bill
Politics and pinball do sometimes have a lot in common. Both can produce surprising and unexpected results. Those lights and metal balls
Dan Flynn
15:19
RFK Jr. and the Make America Healthy Again agenda could impact food safety
RFK Jr., a lawyer-politician, could replace lawyer-politician Xavier Becerra as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Or RFK Jr could
Dan Flynn
10:19
Human bird flu leaps into Canada
Human bird flu has hospitalized a Canadian teenager at British Columbia Children’s Hospital. He is the first person in Canada
Dan Flynn
16:22
A petition seeks small poultry operations under multiple exemptions
The Russell County Butchery submitted a petition that USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) took in on Sept. 5.
Dan Flynn
16:21
The final meeting of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is next week
The 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which was appointed by the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture
Dan Flynn
09:31
Time runs out for the Farm Bill
The Farm Bill is kaput. Congress has failed to extend or replace the 2018 Farm Bill by the Sept. 30
Dan Flynn
00:30
Three years in the making, FDA’s new Human Foods Program kicks off on Oct. 1
The FDA reached a significant milestone when it approved its reorganization and created its new unified Human Foods Program (HFP).
