Scott Gottlieb

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has resigned from the federal agency and will leave in about a month. Commissioner Gottlieb leaves his post at a time when there are several pending issues regarding agriculture, included cell-cultured meats...

Last week, the National Milk Producers Federation filed a citizen petition with the FDA, outlining a labeling solution to the use of dairy terms on non-dairy products as the agency considers public input.  The petition reinforces current FDA labeling regulations, with some additional clarification, to show how marketplace transparency can be enhanced and consumer harm from confusion over nutrition

The FDA is considering calling back more furloughed workers to help with inspections of high-risk foods.  The Agency said last week it would restart inspections of high-risk foods that had been stopped due to the federal government shutdown.   ...

FDA Administrator Scott Gottlieb took to Twitter on Thanksgiving to talk about romaine lettuce.  In addition to referring to plans to allow romaine to return to the market after the E. coli outbreak in Canada and the U.S., he talked about a possible new labeling standard to aid in tracing products during future outbreaks.   ...

The FDA will apparently investigate labeling claims of organic products.  FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb took to Twitter this week, responding to a critical Wall Street Journal editorial, which a former FDA official argued under the headline “The Organic Industry is Lying to You,” that the agency has been lax in allowing the use of non-GMO and pesticide-free claims in the food industry.  The edit

By an 84-14 vote, the Senate this week rejected an effort to block the FDA’s Food Standards Enforcement efforts.  The vote comes a week after FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced his department would crack down on the use of milk by plant-based beverages.  Chris Ga...

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told a Washington, D.C. event Tuesday the FDA will crack down on the use of the term “milk” for nondairy products.  Gottlieb told the Politico Pro Summit the agency will soon issue a guidance document outlining changes to its so-called standards of identity policies for marketing milk, a perceived win for the U.S. dairy industry. ... Read Mo