Food safety

Agribusiness's secretive plans to unravel food safety and worker protections

Little-known council linked to NAFTA subverts public safety to free trade Download the PDF

USDA's GMO disclosure rule designed to cover up, not inform

MINNEAPOLIS—Today, the U.S.

The 2017 Thanksgiving salmonella outbreak is still with us. Why?

With Thanksgiving and Christmas comes the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s reminder to cook turkey to 165 degrees to kill salmonella, a harmful bacteria, as in “Why a Salmonella Outbreak Shouldn’t Ruin Your Thanksgiving.” The reminder is particularly timely since an outbreak of salmonella-infected turkey resulting in foodborne illness was officially detected a bit more than a year ago. This inadequate response should raise serious questions about the proposed USDA takeover of all federal food safety duties.

Inocuidad de los alimentos y OGM en el nuevo TLCAN: Un retroceso en políticas basadas en la ciencia

Descarga un PDF de la hoja informativa. | Read the English version. (Descarga la versión en inglés.)

Food safety and GMOs in the “new NAFTA”

Download a PDF of the fact sheet. | Lee la traducción al español. (Read the Spanish translation.)

Uprooted Episode 41: Brexit

Josh talks with Sharon Treat about the troubling food safety aspects of the latest UK government white paper on Brexit and how it may affect trade with the U.S. and Europe. 

Five Red Flags for Food, Farming and Fair Trade Under the UK’s New Brexit Plan

Brexit presents a number of significant risks to the future of sustainable food and agriculture in the UK, the EU and around the world. Until now, those risks have been speculative. But recent actions by the UK government have raised the stakes and presented five significant risks as a result of Brexit.

QR Codes and GMOs: The Proposed Food Labeling Rule

IATP recently submitted comments on the U.S Department of Agriculture’s proposed GMO disclosure rule.

IATP Comments on "National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard"

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) appreciates this opportunity to submit comments on the proposed rule, “National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard.” For more than 30 years, IATP has provided technical expertise and research in support of sustainable and economically viable family and small-scale farms, rural

Food Safety Foes? Digital Ledger Technology vs. Confidential Business Information

As of June 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration stated that they could not determine the site-specific origins of the contamination by the E. coli (STEC) 0157 of romaine lettuce that began in late 2017.