FDA puts food safety rule on hold

The FDA is delaying enforcement of the Food Traceability Rule, which has been in the works for 14 years, by another 30 months.

In an announcement on March 20, the Food and Drug Administration said it intends to publish a proposed rule “at a later time.” The rule has already been published and approved and was set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2026. The rule was mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act, which Congress approved in 2010.

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The morning read for Wednesday, March 19

The morning read for Wednesday, March 19

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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:

  • Top US Supreme Court justice rebukes Trump’s call to impeach judge (Kayla Epstein, BBC News)
  • Louisiana puts man to death in state’s first nitrogen gas execution (Sara Cline, The Associated Press)
  • Trump Fires Two Democratic FTC Commissioners (Dana Mattioli & Dave Michaels, The Wall Street Journal)
  • The Judiciary’s Role (German Lopez, The New York Times)
  • Due Process
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The morning read for Monday, March 17

The morning read for Monday, March 17

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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:

  • Disabled Maple Grove teen takes school district discrimination case to U.S. Supreme Court (James Walsh, The Minnesota Star Tribune)
  • Trump administration touts deportations under Alien Enemies Act after a judge temporarily blocked its use (Megan Lebowitz, Julia Ainsley, Gary Grumbach. & Nnamdi Egwuonwu, NBC News)
  • Louisiana’s nitrogen gas execution back on for next week, federal appeals court
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Food safety leaders express concerns about recent cuts in FDA workforce

— OPINION —

The Department of Government Efficiency has cut staff at the Food Administration, including empoyees in food safety roles.

Following the cuts, Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones resigned his post citing the cuts as being indiscriminate and endangering the lives of the American public.

Before the layoffs, the FDA had 18,000 employees across all 50 states. That number includes staff responsible for reporting on food recalls and the investigation of foodborne illness outbreaks. 

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The morning read for Friday, March 14

The morning read for Friday, March 14

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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:

  • Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end birthright citizenship (John Fritze, CNN)
  • Trump takes birthright citizenship to the Supreme Court (Nina Totenberg, NPR)
  • Trump asks Supreme Court to curb judges’ power to block policies nationwide (Josh Gerstein, Politico) 
  • Idaho will be only state with firing squad as main execution method, after governor signs bill (Kyle
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Publisher’s Platform: FDA, CDC where is the transparency?

89 people were sickened, 36 were hospitalized, 7 developed kidney failure and 1 person died in 15 States

States impacted: Arizona (2), Colorado (1), Illinois (7), Indiana (8), Kansas (1), Kentucky (1), Missouri (50), Montana (1), North Dakota (2), Nebraska (3), Ohio (8), Pennsylvania (1), South Dakota (1), Tennessee (1), Wisconsin (2). 

As a father of three beautiful and strong young women, I have become nearly immune to constructive criticism. It is in that vein I call out my friends … Read the rest

Trump asks Supreme Court to step in on birthright citizenship

Trump asks Supreme Court to step in on birthright citizenship

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The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to enforce an executive order signed by President Donald Trump ending birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to virtually anyone born in the United States. In a trio of near-identical filings by Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris, the administration urged the justices to partially block preliminary injunctions, issued by federal district judges in Seattle, Maryland, and Massachusetts, that bar the government from implementing Trump’s executive order … Read the rest

The morning read for Tuesday, March 11

The morning read for Tuesday, March 11

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:

  • Supreme Court seems intent on taking small steps in dealing with challenges to Trump’s agenda (Mark Sherman & Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press)
  • Aftershocks of Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Echo in New Trump Cases (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
  • The Court Shouldn’t Bruen-ize the Free Exercise Clause (Michael McConnell, Douglas Laycock, Stephanie Barclay, & Mark
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