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‘Bloated, Expensive, Unsustainable’ USDA Reorganizing, Shrinking Its Washington Presence By Dave Fusaro Food Law, September 2025 Calling USDA “a bloated, expensive and unsustainable organization,” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins last week announced a reorganization of the Dept. of Agriculture, including moving many employees and functions out of the Washington, D.C., area. 
Editor’s Plate: Make FDA Great (And Authoritative) Again By Dave Fusaro Food Law, September 2025 President Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Marty Makary have taken their victory laps over the past two months as one food or beverage processor after another fell in line and agreed to remove petroleum-based colors. Now it's time for that holy trinity to return the favor and strong-arm the states into repealing laws that ban not just colors but, in some cases, 50 ingredients. Or pre-empt them.
FDA To Revoke 52 Obsolete Standards of Identity for Food Products By Dave Fusaro Food Law, August 2025 The FDA announced on July 16 that it is revoking or proposing to revoke 52 food standards of identity after concluding they are obsolete and unnecessary. The standards are for canned fruits and vegetables, dairy products, baked goods, macaroni products and other foods.
Report From IFT FIRST Expo 2025: Debating MAHA, AI, FD&C, and Other Acronyms By Dave Fusaro Food Law, August 2025 Learn more about the Food Technologists’ IFT FIRST meeting and expo that took place this year on July 13-16 in Chicago.
257 Food and Ag Groups Demand Transparency and Representation in Future MAHA Reports By Dave Fusaro Food Law, July 2025 257 state and national associations with some relevance to food & beverage on June 17 sent a letter to Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asking transparency from and representation in the development of future Make America Healthy Again reports. 

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