FSMA Update: FDA Finalizes the Produce Rule
By Eric Hansen, NYFC Policy Analyst This is what we have all been waiting for, at least those of us with a stake in farm policy. On November 13 , the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the final version
FDA Begins Finalizing Food Safety Rules
Last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began finalizing the new food safety rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). NYFC and our partners have been working on these rules for the past few years, and together or
Food Safety Comments Due at Midnight Tonight - Read NFYC's Here
Tonight is the deadline for Food Safety comments! This is the final day in a two-year long process, and you’ve got only one final night to get your comment in! We’ve been working with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and dozens
BOOTSTRAP @ FORAGER FARM - WHERE POLICY MEETS THE NEW FARM
By Hannah Moser of Forager Farm As a first-year farm selling direct-to-consumer vegetables policy is not something we’ve had to deal much with as of yet. However, the overarching Food Safety Modernization Act or FSMA rules still to be implemented
A Re-Focus on Food Safety
This piece is re-posted with permission from “Write to Farm” by Brian Snyder, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture. Click here to read the original. Food Safety Back On the Agenda If you thought we were done with
September News: Climate Justice, Food Safety News, and Land Access Training
It’s officially fall — we hope you’re catching your breath in the fields and watching the new season edge its way in. The FDA just released a new draft of Food Safety rules and significant improvements were made. The agency
NYFC January 2014 Newsletter: FDA listens, Jobs, Legal Help, Events
Thank you. Last month, 213 farmers and consumers joined NYFC. This growth topped off an incredible year: a dozen new chapters formed, we rallied nearly a thousand farmers and consumers to tell the FDA that organic and diversified farms
After Flood of Letters, FDA Takes a Step Back
The FDA responded last month to the tens of thousands of comments that poured in last year by taking a step back in publishing its proposed food safety rules.
Giving Thanks for Grassroots Success
We hope your Thanksgiving holiday was lovely – filled with delicious (and local!) food and wonderful community. Now that the food safety comment period is closed, this seems like an appropriate point to express our thanks for the amazing outpouring
FDA Extends Food Safety Commenting Period One Week!
Yes, you read that right. There have been a series of difficulties over the past week in accessing the regulations.gov website to submit comments on the proposed food safety regulations, so the FDA has announced a one week extension –