Total bankruptcy filings rose 14.2 percent, with increases in both business and non-business bankruptcies, in the twelve-month period ending Dec. 31, 2024. .
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For nearly a decade and a half, food safety advocates like me have recited CDC’s 2011 foodborne illness estimates: 3,000 deaths. 128,000 hospitalizations. 48 million illnesses (1 in every 6 Americans).
At long last, CDC has provided us with an update to these estimates, or they have provided an update to the Government Accountability Office, which has provided us with an update because, as an independent, nonpartisan government agency within the legislative branch, GAO has not been … Read the rest
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:
- Why the Supreme Court may be open to Trump’s push for expanded power (Justin Jouvenal, The Washington Post)
- Faith groups, Department of Justice back Catholic religious freedom case at Supreme Court (Daniel Payne, CNA)
- The legal theory that would make Trump the most powerful president in US history (Ian Millhiser, Vox)
- Doctrine Used to Nix Biden Moves
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read:
- Pride puppies and a charter school: a look at the blockbuster religion cases at the Supreme Court (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
- This anti-abortion leader is building on ‘the ultimate victory from the supreme court’ (Carter Sherman, The Guardian)
- Behind Mitch McConnell’s Supreme Court engineering (Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News)
- Where will the Supreme Court draw the church-state
Two U.S. legislators have introduced a bill that would give the FDA the ability to collect microbial samples at feed lots during foodborne illness outbreaks.
Representative Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, and Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, want the Food and Drug Administration to be able to investigate foodborne illness outbreaks, or when there is a public need, involving crops that are close to concentrated animal feeding operations (CFAOs). They say the investigative tool is also needed because of the spread of bird … Read the rest
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:
- Man facing Friday execution in Dorchester County murder won’t seek clemency (Colt Yeargin & Patrick Phillips, WCSC)
- Appeals Court Strikes Down Federal Ban on Handgun Sales to Teenagers (Mattathias Schwartz, The New York Times)
- Death row inmate opts not to appeal to SC governor for mercy (Skylar Laird, South Carolina Daily Gazette)
- President Trump expects to end
The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below.
Click here to go to the FDA page with links to details on specific alerts.
| Import Alert Number | Import Alert Type | Publish Date | Import Alert Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99-42 | DWPE | 01/30/2025 | DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF FOODS DUE TO HEAVY |
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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:
- Minnesota Asks Supreme Court to Review State’s Gun Age Limit Law (Mike Vilensky, Bloomberg Law)
- Defying Legal Limits, Trump Firings Set Up Tests That Could Expand His Power (Charlie Savage, The New York Times)
- UofL Brandeis School of Law to honor Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor with Brandeis Medal (WDRB Media)
- Can states fund religious charter schools?