Dan Flynn

1 week ago | foodsafetynews.com | Dan Flynn

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has withdrawn a generous subsidy that the last administration provided to Moderna to help with the late-stage development of an avian flu vaccine for humans. Federal government agencies only got involved with the bird flu vaccine in July 2024 when the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) approved a subsidy for Moderna’s late-stage development of its mRNA-1018 vaccine with a $176 million grant.

1 week ago | foodsafetynews.com | Dan Flynn

With the  Make America Healthy Again  (MAHA) Commission Report, pesticide use that may harm children while helping farmers is quickly emerging as one of the battlelines. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. led the May 22 report, which aims to provide a unifying theory for troubling health conditions being experienced by Americans, including childrenTwo organizations, the American Soybean Association and the Center for Food Safety, are on opposite sides of the pesticide issue.

1 week ago | foodsafetynews.com | Dan Flynn

Jeffrey P. Havens, the former president of the Montana Environmental Health Association, is an expert in food safety who is relatively new to the legal arena. Michael D. Russell, an assistant attorney general, is an expert in defending the State of Montana, but he’s new to food safety. In Jeffrey P. Havens v. State of Montana, Havens, representing himself, and Russell are asking Chris Abbott, the presiding judge of Montana’s First Judicial District Court in Helena, to rule in their favor.

1 week ago | foodsafety.einnews.com | Dan Flynn

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1 week ago | foodsafetynews.com | Dan Flynn

JBS has created a new parent company registered in the Netherlands and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). This means the Brazilian brothers Joesley and Wesley Batista, who along with their company were involved in a bribery scheme, will likely have only to wait until June 12 to be eligible to ring the iconic NYSE bell that opens and closes trading sessions.