FDA needs to enforce its existing rules against mislabeling plant-based products with dairy terms to address widespread nutritional consumer confusion.

Despite the government shutdown, federal meat inspectors are working in meat packing plants to ensure public health and safety.

USDA will have primary jurisdiction over the most important facets of lab-produced fake meat. The FDA will oversee cell collection and cell banks.

USDA, EPA, and the U.S. FDA announced the signing of a joint agency formal agreement under the Winning on Reducing Food Waste initiative.

The cooperative submitted comments to the FDA suggesting that the Dietary Guidelines be used to determine when “healthy” can be used on dairy food labels.

Earlier this month, the FDA participated in a meeting of the Leafy Greens Food Safety Task Force in response to the serious outbreak of E.coli associated with romaine lettuce that occurred earlier this year. During that meeting the FDA shared a preliminary hypothesis that may link the outbreak to water near a Concentrated Animal Feeding […]

FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb took to Twitter on Tuesday to offer some initial thoughts on food labeling, particularly as it pertains to labels on organic products and other items touting “free” characteristics, such as antibiotic free and hormone free. Essentially, those words that are used to influence consumers’ purchases. The FDA’s hope is to […]

Both the House and Senate have passed a bill that will give veterinarians more access to FDA-approved drugs. In a significant victory for the veterinary community,  the Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Amendments of 2018 (H.R. 5554/S.2434) includes language that would expand conditional approvals beyond minor uses and minor species. When signed […]

The FDA is investigating horse feed from a Minnesota co-op after six horses died from eating a single batch of the feed.  The feed is believed to contain monensin, an animal drug highly toxic to horses, even at low levels. On June 9, a farm in Minnesota began feeding its horses feed mixed by Gilman […]

As the FDA considers a new “healthy” foods label, dairy foods and drinks should be an integral part of the new federal effort, says Edge Dairy Farmers Cooperative. The Nutrition Innovation Strategy should address the mislabeling of nondairy products, allow product innovation in dairy foods and include dairy if the agency pursues a new designation […]