Maintaining a safe and reliable food supply is one of the most important concerns during the coronavirus pandemic. This includes making sure there’s enough food for Americans and that the food can get to American households. The Food and Drug Administration explained that there are no nationwide food shortages in the United States. This may seem like an odd…
Many good things have happened both in the United States and worldwide this century. In the U.S., we have the lowest unemployment rate in half a century. Worldwide prosperity is growing so fast that the rate of extreme poverty fell by half between 1990 and 2015, five years ahead of the World Bank’s optimistic goal….
It all started with a video I posted to my Twitter account on Saturday of my brother-in-law striking a match to light an El Credito cigar I smoked while wearing my Stetson cowboy hat and playing the theme music from “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” Something we did strictly for fun and a…
When he first took office, President Trump pledged to eliminate 75 to 80 percent of all Food and Drug Administration regulations. A recent deregulatory effort is a small step in this direction. It also serves as a comical (and a little concerning) example of how far the agency’s regulatory authority extends. The FDA recently committed to deregulating…
Grace Carr on December 24, 2018 Hemp-derived products can help alleviate depression, anxiety, mood and personality disorders and other ailments, according to medical experts and researchers. The legal status of hemp is murky and varies by state; both the DEA and FDA have not approved the drug. The CBD market is rapidly expanding,…
Steve Birr on June 28, 2018 The vaping industry is rallying former smokers who quit using an electronic cigarette to share their stories with federal regulators, who are mulling restrictions on flavored products. The advocacy campaign, dubbed #Fight4Flavor, comes in response to a proposed rule from the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco and nicotine flavoring, something…