President Barack Obama came into office during one of the worst salmonella outbreaks in United States history, in which at least 700 people fell ill a...

The Food and Drug Administration released two of the five major regulations tied to the Food Safety Modernization Act for public comment on Friday, th...

* Lawsuit claims U.S. agencies failed to issue timely regulations * FDA argues it cannot meet some deadlines because of enormous task...

Usually, when President Barack Obama has been criticized for moving too cautiously on a given issue, he's been able to blame a divided, obstinate Cong...

* Seeks court order to force food safety regulations * Lawsuit claims government agencies failed to enact rules * Severa...

By Lily Kuo July 17 (Reuters) - Families, public health advocates and consumer groups called on the White House on Tuesday to implem...

It's not like this is some wasteful government program. It's a relatively cheap way to help save lives, so what's going on?

When is a soup not a soup, in my humble opinion? I would say when it's made with dehydrated crystals of vegetable, meat, and monosodium glutamate, in a packet or bouillon cube.

The public must demand that food from the market and restaurants, from small and large farms, from domestic and international locations, is free of contaminants. The FDA now has the authority to ensure a safer food supply and they need the funding to get it done.

A full two-thirds of U.S. voters are willing to pay more for safer food, according to a recent survey commissioned by the Pew Charitable Trusts. S...

We've all been there: You hear a snippet about a recall on television or the radio, but don't catch the batch number or where the product was sold. No...

I will always stand up for the rights of cheesemakers to produce raw milk product. That doesn't mean I'm concurrently endorsing foodborne illness epidemics or food safety anarchy.

MINNEAPOLIS — Food industry workers who become whistleblowers gained protection against retaliation from their employers with a little-noticed p...

Midsized farms may ultimately bear the full brunt of the Food Safety bill. But to what extent have the food contamination scares in recent years been traceable to them?

Food is never completely sterile. But the importance of supporting our nation's small farmers outweighs far smaller food safety risks.

The law contains key elements of Kevin's Law, named in memory of our son who died in 2001.

I resolve in 2011 to spend even more time in Washington D. C. trying to explain to Jack and his buddies, "why it is a bad idea to allow your constituent to be poisoned."

Remember "freedom fries"? That's what Republicans renamed french fries after France refused to support the invasion of Iraq. This year, renaming fries might be the extent of food regulation that Congress is willing to support.

WASHINGTON — Foreshadowing the coming power struggles between the White House and a more Republican Congress, President Barack Obama on Tuesday ...