Aug 15, 2024 Regulators Seek to Test Raw Milk for H5N1 in National Study By David Crass Last week, FDA, USDA and the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments sent a joint letter to leadership of state Departments of...
Aug 15, 2024 New Study Finds Ultra-Processed Plant-Based Food Can Increase Health Risks By David Crass For years, health advocates have urged a move away from meat-based proteins to plant-based alternatives. But a new study out concludes...
May 29, 2024 EPA Seeks Comment on Draft Environmental Justice Program Guidance By Todd Palmer The EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR) is asking for public feedback on its draft National Program...
May 29, 2024 Can scientists create chocolate and other food products out of air? By Paul Benson Some things sound too good to be true. I read this article and thought there had to be a catch. And there is one. The scientists involved...
May 29, 2024 Florida is the first state to ban "lab grown" meat. But why? By Paul Benson Lab-grown meat is meat developed from animal stem cells. It has been the subject of $3 billion in investment capital between 2016 and...
May 22, 2024 Label Laws on Lab-Grown Meat Gain Steam By David Crass My Partner Paul Benson recently posted about the “yuck factor” inhibiting any serious movement toward insect protein consumption as a...
May 14, 2024 CDC PPE Recommendations for H5N1 By David Crass As confirmed by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently updated its...
May 14, 2024 USTR Releases Sec. 301 Report and Recs By David Crass Today, the office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) released the results of its Sec. 301tariff statutory review, detailing ongoing...
Apr 30, 2024 DEA Moves to Reclassify Marijuana as a Schedule III Drug By David DiGiacomo This Historic federal action would recognize medical benefits of cannabis, open the door for more research, and be a significant change...
Apr 23, 2024 PFAS CERCLA Designation -- What's Next By David Crass Last week, USEPA Administrator Regan signed the final rule designating PFOA, PFOS and their salts and structural isomers as hazardous...
Apr 04, 2024 American Biogas Council Releases Draft Carbon Accounting Methodology By David Crass Congratulations to our friends at ECO Engineers who, on behalf of the American Biogas Council, released for public comment a draft Carbon...
Mar 29, 2024 HPAI Has Dairy on Edge By David Crass This week, USDA confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in dairy herds in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico,...