The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, today launched a new initiative to help consumers better understand foods created through genetic engineering, commonly called GMOs or genetically modified organisms. The initiative, “Feed Your Mind,” aims to answer the most common questions that […]
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Paid family leave (HF5) and earned sick and safe time (HF11) are back on the MN House Floor this afternoon after failing to become law in 2019. Members are to begin consideration of the proposals, which caused a great deal of debate last year, when the House meets in session at 3:30 p.m. MWFPA does […]
Narrower ag labor legislation addressing the H-2A guest worker visa program is set to be introduced by Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), containing more-stringent provisions than the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (FWMA) passed by the House last year. MWFPA will review this legislation when it becomes available. It has supported past efforts to reform the H-2A […]
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday appointed a former legislator as the new director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture after the former director, longtime state Sen. John Sullivan, resigned when he was found to have known in 2012 of an email from a lobbyist defending a state worker for keeping his “mouth shut” about a […]
The Wisconsin State Assembly amended a series of provisions onto Senate Bill 559 related to studying and testing for PFAS. The provisions would: Require the UW System to study and submit a report on the human health effects of PFAS, the safe destruction and disposal of PFAS, and safe levels of PFAS in the human […]
MWFPA Scholarship application deadline is March 1, 2020. In 2019, the Midwest Food Products Association Scholarship awarded 26 $1,000 scholarships to deserving children of parents or guardians who are employees of MWFPA member companies. The deadline for applying is drawing near. If you have a child looking to continue their educations beyond high school, whether […]
The MN House Environment and Natural Resources Policy Committee approved HF3268, a proposed bill to establish a PFAS task force. The measure has been sent to the House Government Operations Committee. There is no Senate companion. Funded with $150,000 from the General Fund, the task force would be charged, in part, to review information about […]
The Minnesota House is set to vote today on two workplace mandate bills. One bill (HF 5) would mandate up to 24 weeks of paid leave, creates a new 0.6% payroll tax on employers in addition to a new state bureaucracy to process claims. This mandate applies to all employers, regardless of size. If an […]
IL Governor JB Pritzker addressed a joint session of the General Assembly to present his spending plan for FY21. His $3.5 billion graduated income tax hike took center stage during the speech. Pritzker’s proposed budget would boost funding for child welfare, public education and Illinois’ chronically strained pension systems if voters in November approve the […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a supplemental draft guidance to support compliance with the Intentional Adulteration (IA) rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This draft is the third and last installment of the IA draft guidance. Unlike other FSMA rules that address specific foods or hazards, the IA rule requires […]