Food and beverage manufacturing regulation
Hungary first in EU to approve Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

Jan. 29, 2021 10:45 AM EST
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s medicine and food safety regulator on Friday approved China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, making it the...

FILE - This April 18, 2020, file photo, shows the JBS USA Pork Plant in Worthington, Minn. Federal recommendations meant to keep meatpacking workers safe as they return to plants that were shuttered by the coronavirus have little enforcement muscle behind them, fueling anxiety that working conditions could put employees' lives at risk. Major meatpackers JBS, Smithfield and Tyson have said worker safety is their highest priority. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)
Minnesota Democrats, unions announce meatpacking safety bill

By Mohamed Ibrahim Jan. 27, 2021 06:30 PM EST

Distillers that made hand sanitizer won't face federal fine

Jan. 01, 2021 01:52 PM EST
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Vancouver’s Quartz Mountain Distillers was surprised Wednesday by a $14,060 fine from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for...

Maine's senators seek to boost small food processors

Dec. 25, 2020 09:56 AM EST
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's U.S. senators are behind a proposed law change that seeks to level the playing field for small food processors. ...

Nebraska could get first virus vaccine doses mid-December

By Grant Schulte Dec. 02, 2020 10:33 AM EST
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska could gets its first shipments of a coronavirus vaccine in less than two weeks if the proposed drug wins federal approval, but...

FILE - In this May 3, 2019, file photo, an Original Impossible Burger, left, and a Cali Burger, from Umami Burger, are shown in this photo in New York. American plant-based meat company Impossible Foods Inc. is awaiting regulatory approval to enter the China market, while rivals such as Beyond Meat have pushed forward with plans to set up production in China despite edgy relations between Beijing and Washington. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
China becoming battleground for plant-based meat makers

By Zen Soo Sep. 11, 2020 12:14 AM EDT

Food plant cited for failing to protect workers from virus

Sep. 10, 2020 05:05 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s workplace safety regulator has cited a frozen food manufacturer and its temporary employment agency for failing to protect...

FILE - In this May 20, 2020, file photo, residents cheer and hold thank you signs to greet employees of a Smithfield pork processing plant as they begin their shift in Sioux Falls, S.D. Federal regulators said Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, they have cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus at the company's Sioux Falls plant, an early hot spot for virus infections that hobbled American meatpacking plants. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves, File)
Smithfield Foods pork plant faces OSHA fine from outbreak

By Stephen Groves Sep. 10, 2020 04:42 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 5, 2016 file photo, a street vendor sells fried snack food in Mexico City. As more states propose or approve bans on junk food sales to minors, Mexico is seeing the tide turn against high-calorie snacks that experts say have given the country one of the highest rates of childhood obesity and an unusually young coronavirus death toll. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
Mexico targets junk food as obesity takes toll amid pandemic

By Mark Stevenson Aug. 19, 2020 06:27 PM EDT

Southern Mexico state bans junk food sales to children

By Carlos Rodriguez Aug. 06, 2020 07:09 PM EDT
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Legislators in southern Mexico have approved a ban on selling high-calorie snack food to children, seeking to combat one of the world’s...

Democratic New Mexico state Rep. Javier Martinez, left, of Albuquerque, and Republican Rep. Gregg Schmedes, of Tijeras, converse Saturday, June 20, 2020, on the floor of the New Mexico House of Representatives in Santa Fe. The New Mexico Legislature met in a special session to address a gaping budget hole linked to the coronavirus and related economic upheaval. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
Home deliveries don't get food-tax exemption during pandemic

By Morgan Lee Jul. 02, 2020 07:00 PM EDT

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds holds a news conference on COVID-19 at the State Emergency Operations Center in Johnston, Iowa, on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. (Olivia Sun/The Des Moines Register via AP, Pool)
Governor: Iowa OSHA acted appropriately on Tyson complaint

By Ryan J. Foley May. 19, 2020 11:32 AM EDT

First employer cited for violating COVID-19 safety rules

May. 12, 2020 06:35 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon workplace safety regulators have cited an Oregon food processor for unsafe practices after nearly three dozen of its employees...