Food Safety
● The May 16 deadline looms for public comments on two of the proposed rules implementing the Food Safety Modernization
Snap, crackle, pop
Our tree fruits often find themselves featured in the logos designed for special events. Some current examples: peach for this
Merry Gone
One of the federal sequestration cuts is the suspension by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service of several reports, including the
Return from Barcelona
● This past Sunday I arrived back from Barcelona, Spain. There, I had attended the 2013 Global Food Safety Conference,
Sasquatch
● Sequestration is set to go into effect on March 1. I do not see this action being averted, so
Recess
● A powerful court decision handed down this past Friday involving Noel Canning and the National Labor Relations Board made
Potomac Views
● The Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology and Foreign Agricultural Service of the House Agriculture Committee is now led by
Hudson Valley Apple Pie
● If the apple industry of Washington state would like to address some of its trade access problems with the
Drugged Media
● Last Friday, the Food and Drug Administration released two of its proposed regulations implementing FSMA, the FDA Food Safety
Potomac Precipice
● The fiscal cliff legislation, H.R. 8, that passed the House last night, did so by a vote of 257