The first potential battle in the multi-district litigation over heavy metals in baby foods is a procedural rather than substantive one.

Lawmakers in both chambers of the U.S. Congress have unveiled a bill to reduce toxic heavy metals in baby food...

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order this week creating the “Governor’s Committee on the Safety, Health, and Wellbeing of Agricultural and Food Processing Workers.”

On Feb. 24, Tom Vilsack was sworn in as the 32nd U.S. Secretary of Agriculture during a virtual ceremony led by Vice President Kamala Harris. The U.S. Senate confirmed Secretary Vilsack by a vote of 92 to 7 on Feb. 23, returning him to the role he...

With arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury detected in a range of popular baby foods, industry and FDA are under increased scrutiny to protect vulnerable young populations.

A congressional investigation, combined with a lack of FDA guidance, is bringing heavy metal toxicity to the forefront in baby food safety.

Forty-two food, beverage and grocery companies earned a score of 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a nationally recognized benchmark that evaluates America’s top workplaces and their inclusion of LGBTQ...

A distributor of juice products has agreed to settle a complaint brought by the federal government related to food safety.

A federal grand jury has charged six individuals in a conspiracy involving the broiler chicken industry, as part of an expanded antitrust probe led by the DOJ.

A union representing meatpacking workers criticized OSHA for going too easy on two plants whose workers were exposed to coronavirus.