Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna is calling for federal food regulators to ban the beverages.
In an old style, old market, federal Food and Drug Administration that was designed for the 1950s.
An advisory committee to the federal Food and Drug Administration recommended last year that the FDA bar people with chronic fatigue syndrome from donating.
According to Fahy, federal food and safety regulations are catered to an industrial farm system, and are often expensive and unfriendly toward smaller farm operations.
For example, more than a dozen states use federal food stamp subsidies to give a dollar home heating credit for people who do not have a utility bill.
Edward Valencia, 51, Federico Valencia, 58, and Rose Marie Cuellar, 20, were arrested on misdemeanor charges of misbranding a drug in violation of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
And so, especially since the 1960's, several federal food assistance programs are now in place to provide a safety net for needy families including SNAP, National School Breakfast and Lunch, the Summer Food Service Program, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and WIC.
Clean water is the responsibility of local governments, while various federal agencies inspect food.
In rural areas, the farm bill will dictate the next five years of federal policy for food growers and producers.
The recent outbreaks prompted Congress two years ago to strengthen the federal government's food-safety powers.
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And we have a federal agency, the Food and Drug Administration, which devotes time and resources to inspecting food and preventing outbreaks.
Unfortunately, federal regulators at the Food and Drug Administration have said they won't approve Clarinex until Schering resolves manufacturing problems at plants in New Jersey and Puerto Rico.
Federal regulation requires that food labels be truthful and not misleading and prohibits label statements that are likely to be misunderstood by consumers even if they are strictly accurate.
Mr Romney has embraced the budget of Paul Ryan, the Republican chairman of the Budget Committee in the House of Representatives, which promises steep cuts in federal entitlements, including food stamps and Medicaid, and the replacement of traditional Medicare for the old with cheaper vouchers.
Republicans in the GOP-controlled House twice last year passed legislation that would have shifted the defense portion of the cuts elsewhere in the federal budget, most notably cuts to the food-stamp program and a requirement forcing federal employees to contribute more to their retirement savings.
Most Iraqis are coming to the U.S. as refugees, with several months of federal assistance for rent and food.
According to the federal laws enforced by the Food and Drug Administration, cosmetics companies are responsible for ensuring the safety of their products.
In this view, there is no point in using government money to pay for services as varied as the Federal Emergency Management Agency to food stamps, not at all, not when there are millions of Americans standing at the ready to give time, money and stuff.
The Federal Reserve Board chooses to exclude food and fuel from its inflation index but does give housing a big weighting.
The program is open to people who meet federal poverty guidelines or are on food stamps, Medicaid or other assistance programs, and only one Lifeline subscriber is allowed per household.
Mr. Landis's allegations were first published in The Wall Street Journal, and his claims led to a federal criminal investigation headed by the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles.
He has not publicly called for the elimination of any government agencies (although he reportedly suggested dispensing with Housing and Urban Development at a fund-raising event), but he does want to both cut and cap federal spending, and turn expensive federal programmes such as Medicaid and food stamps into block grants administered by the states.
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Ms Eschmann administers the federal programmes supposed to help, including food stamps, Medicaid and cash assistance.
Not to a meddlesome federal agency, not to health-food cranks.
He previously noted that the company supported federal legislation that in 2009 gave the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco products, which includes various retail restrictions.
An ordered society depends on maintaining that trust -- we would go from superpower to zombie wasteland pretty quickly if we lost faith in our food sources, and the federal government is the entity strong enough to safeguard this republic, one case at a time.
Besides medical care, food, and housing, the federal government also provides cash.
Here, the law is part of a regulatory scheme that supplants, or in some cases even conflicts, with the Food and Drug Administration and other federal agencies.
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Some 30 states allow raw milk sales for human consumption, according to the Food and Drug Administration, although federal rules prohibit the movement of these products across state lines.
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