SAHCODHA — Bureaucratic acronyms run amok

● Newly proposed safety rules aimed at food imports contain one of the better examples of bureaucratic acronyms run amok

Do I dare to eat a peach?

● Last Friday the Food and Drug Administration rolled out two more of its proposed rules implementing FSMA, the Food

● A new Farm Bill is still a far ways from a Rose Garden bill-signing. With the costly nutrition title stripped

● Today, in a surprisingly quick move, the House of Representatives passed by a vote of 216 to 208 a

● Immigration reform legislation has passed the U.S. Senate, but now faces tough times in the House. Unlike in the

● Today the House of Representatives failed to pass a new five-year Farm Bill by a vote of 195-234. This

● USDA has shuffled its leadership deck, especially as related to international trade policy. Sue Heinen, leader of the Foreign

● A new group is being formed to help American agricultural interests better understand and interact with the international trade

● I attended United Fresh 2013 last week in San Diego, the annual convention and trade show of the United

Immigration Reform and the Farm Bill are both moving, however haltingly, on Capitol Hill. We will soon see if either--or