December 23 2011 | Volume no: 53 | Issue no: 41
LEAD STORIES
- Gillibrand asks GAO to investigate HIMP as USDA considers expansion
- Obama's Food Safety Working Group releases progress report on food safety
EDITOR'S VIEW
BELTWAY NOTEBOOK
- Vulnerable to cuts
- FSPCA to help with training
- Non-O157 comment period ends; all eyes on FSIS
- Farm bill focus
- Ag research threatened
- China slaps 22% tariff on U.S. autos
- Pork tracing in china
- Organic sperm donor
BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Author tells Senate fisheries panel that GE salmon is passé
- USDA deregulates Monsanto's heart-healthy soybean trait
- Industry groups strongly support full deregulation of RR sugar beets
- EU Farm Council stalemate paves way for biotech approvals
- EFSA publishes guidance on 90-day feeding studies
- Brazilian biotech crop acreage rose by 21% this year
- Codex hygiene panel speedily approves safety advice on melons
FDA
- FDA closes dockets on withdrawing tetracycline, penicillin in animal feeds
- OIG report findings on state inspections likely to reverberate next year
- 10 FSMA actions that were mandated to happen by Jan. 4, 2012
INTERNATIONAL
- EU paper industry to cut mineral oils in packaging despite skeptics
- Poultry groups seek WTO action against India's import ban
LABELING & ADVERTISING
NUTRITION & OBESITY
- Vilsack overdue in finalizing school meal standards, senators say
- Denmark hikes taxes on drinks, chocolate and sugar
ORGANIC
TRACEABILITY
- Incomplete grinding records blamed for Salmonella traceback problems
- Livestock groups divided over animal ID proposal
