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John Block Reports: Budget
By Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block. President Biden last Friday released a $6 trillion budget plan for our next fiscal year beginning October ...
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FDA Reverses Trump Administration’s Unapproved Drugs Policy
On May 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reversed a Trump Administration policy that revoked the agency’s longstanding Unapproved Drugs Initiative (UDI). On November ...
Read More → John Block Reports: Trade
Share on linkedin By Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block. Politicians here in DC are always looking for someone to blame for all the ...
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Bob Dole and George McGovern: A Nutrition Legacy that Continues
For many years in the Senate, Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) teamed up with Senator George McGovern (D-SD) to create a legacy of bipartisan leadership on ...
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FDA Releases Report on Inspections
On May 5, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a report entitled “” discussing its efforts to conduct inspections of food and medical product ...
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FDA Reverses a Trump Administration Drug Review Transparency Policy
On April 30, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reversed a Policy issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) near the end ...
Read More → John Block Reports: Farming Today
By Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block. I have not been here at the farm in Illinois since last September when we started harvest. ...
Read More → John Block Reports: Earth Day
By Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block. Big Change – we can all remember that President Trump had no interest or concern about “climate ...
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What to Know Ahead of Samantha Power’s Committee Vote Tomorrow
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will finally be voting on the nomination of Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, for Administrator of ...
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BIDEN-HARRIS POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS
The Biden-Harris transition team is announcing the names of individuals being appointed to White House and other Executive Branch positions multiple times each week. We ...
Read More → Oh, SNAP! FNS Finally Issues 2020 SNAP Retailer Summary
USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has oversight over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The agency’s responsibilities including the licensing of supermarkets, grocery stores, ...
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OFW Law Mourns the Loss of George Braley (1948-2021)
On Sunday, March 28, 2021, George Braley, passed away from congestive heart failure. Braley spent his career working to feed the hungry. Braley worked for ...
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BIDEN-HARRIS POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS
The Biden-Harris transition team is announcing the names of individuals being appointed to White House and other Executive Branch positions multiple times each week. We ...
Read More → John Block Reports: Ag Day
By Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block. President Biden declared March 23rd as National Agriculture Day. He said, “I call upon all Americans to ...
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BIDEN-HARRIS POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS
The Biden-Harris transition team is announcing the names of individuals being appointed to White House and other Executive Branch positions multiple times each week. We ...
Read More → John Block Reports: Issues
By Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block. I want to have an open mind and be fair as I evaluate the policies advocated by ...
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Federal Trade Commission Announces New Multilateral Working Group to Examine Pharma Mergers
On March 16, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the Acting Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that the agency will create a working group to ...
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Opinion: The Code Breaker, CRISPR, and the UN Summit
This piece was originally published by Agri-Pulse Communications. As preparations for the United Nations Food System Summit (FSS) get underway in the US and ...
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CSPI petitions FSIS to implement enforceable Salmonella controls, supply chain requirements
John Dillard, a principal attorney in the USDA – FSIS Practice Group, authored the following article on a recent citizen’s petition to the USDA Food ...
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Health Groups Sue HHS in Response to Trump Administration’s “Sunset Rule”
On March 9, several health groups including the American Lung Association and the Center for Science in the Public Interest joined Santa Clara County, California ...
Read More → John Block Reports: Equality
By Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, John R. Block. We all know or should know that we’re going to have a $1.9 trillion relief package. It ...
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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021—What’s in It for CDC and FDA?
On March 10, the House passed the Senate-amended version of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319), a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package ...
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CDRH Cracks Down on Misleading “Registration Certificates”
On March 3, Rear Admiral Sean Boyd, Director of the Office of Regulatory Programs at the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and ...
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Will Earmarks Make a Comeback?
After over 10 years, years, it appears Congress may be considering a return to earmarks, which previously allowed Members to secure funding from congressional appropriations ...
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President Biden Revokes Trump Administration’s Executive Orders
On February 26, President Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14018, which revoked a number of EOs and Declarations issued during the Trump Administration. The orders ...
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