State Lawmakers Chew on Possible Food Safety Updates for Virginia in Wake of Federal Cuts

Dem lawmakers urge Virginia to take action after US food safety cuts

Democratic lawmakers in Virginia are urging the state to review its food safety regulations after the Trump administration cut federal oversight.

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The Trump administration is laudably committed to rooting out waste across the federal government and axing large and ineffective programs. There are some early encouraging signs that the Food and Drug Administration will reduce spending and needless red tape in line with the administration’s government-wide push. For example, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has pledged to create an expedited pathway for approving therapies for rare diseases and …

At Trump’s FDA, Anti-Regulatory Approach and Cost-Cutting Put Food Safety System at Risk

The Trump administration’s anti-regulatory approach and cost-cutting moves risk unraveling a critical system of checks and balances that helps ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply, industry experts told KFF Health News.  An E. coli outbreak that occurred late last year — for which the investigation was concluded in February — signals how, with the FDA changes, more people could get sick with foodborne illnesses as companies and growers face…

State lawmakers chew on possible food safety updates for Virginia in wake of federal cuts

Since taking his post in President Donald Trump’s cabinet, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spearheaded a national movement to “make America healthy again,” including a plan to phase out synthetic dyes from foods, which have been linked to adverse effects in children. Virginia lawmakers also worked on a law to ban synthetic dyes from foods in public schools that Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed this spring. But cut…

Dem lawmakers urge state action after US food safety cuts

Del. Mark Sickles, D-Fairfax and Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Chesterfield, said the state must review its laws, regulations and guidelines to make sure there is sufficient oversight.

State lawmakers chew on possible food safety updates for Virginia in wake of federal cuts • Virginia Mercury

(Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)Since taking his post in President Donald Trump’s cabinet, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spearheaded a national movement to “make America healthy again,” including a plan to phase out synthetic dyes from foods, which have been linked to adverse effects in children. Virginia lawmakers also worked on a law to ban synthetic dyes from foods in public schools that Gov.…