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University of Illinois Dials Back Statements about FDA Authorization for Its COVID-19 Test

By Lee V. Gaines & Christine Herman • Sep 30, 2020
Christine Herman/Illinois Newsroom

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's saliva-based COVID-19 test has never operated under emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, despite prior claims that it did, an FDA spokesperson tells Illinois Newsroom.

U Of I's Saliva-Based COVID-19 Test Receives FDA Emergency Authorization

By Christine Herman • Aug 20, 2020
Christine Herman/Illinois Newsroom

A saliva-based COVID-19 test created by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FDA To CBD Retailers: Don’t Make Unfounded Health Claims

By Madelyn Beck • Aug 9, 2019

Federal agencies are scrambling to establish regulations for hemp and hemp products as farmers in the Midwest and around the country start growing the crop. 

In the meantime, the government is warning companies not to make health claims about CBD they can’t back up. 

CBD Industry Poised To Go From Grassroots To Big League In 2019 With Legalized Hemp

By editor • Jan 9, 2019

Compared to the 89 millions acres of soybean in the U.S., the hemp industry is still meager at 25,000 acres, but experts expect that will quickly change now that President Donald Trump has signed the 2018 farm bill.

That’s because after nearly a century of heavy state and federal restrictions, hemp has been removed from the list of controlled substance and reclassified as an agricultural commodity — one that a burgeoning market has its eyes on.

White House Plan Would Move Food Aid Out Of USDA, Combine Food Safety Efforts

By • Jun 26, 2018

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is the nation’s largest program to reduce hunger. It’s also the biggest program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

But under the White House’s plan to reorganize the federal government, released Thursday, SNAP would have a new home at a revamped Department of Health and Human Services.

New Genetically Modified Crops Push Old Regulations

By • Jul 19, 2016
Grant Gerlock/Harvest Public Media

In a brightly-lit lab at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, workers with tweezers hunch over petri dishes scattered with sprouted sorghum seeds. Sorghum produces grain and also a sugary stalk.

Are Farmers Doing Enough to Control Antibiotic-Resistance?

By • Apr 14, 2016
File: Grant Gerlock/Harvest Public Media

Some of the most important medicines doctors prescribe to fight infections are losing effectiveness and the Obama Administration is calling on farmers to help turn the tide against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. A recent report by the president's advisors on antibiotic resistance charts some progress but also left some critics urging for more immediate action.

Detective Veterinarian Pursues Mysterious Globe-Trotting Virus

By Amy Mayer • Dec 23, 2015
Courtesy of Pipestone Veterinary Services

Veterinarian and researcher Scott Dee doesn't much look the part of a detective, in his jeans and company polo shirt.  But when a virus never before seen in North America swept through the network of hog farms where he works, Pipestone Veterinary Services, in January 2014, he had his first clue.

E-Cigarettes Not as Safe as Advertised, Researchers Say

By Johnny Cather • Jul 20, 2015
Johnny Cather, TSPR

22-year-old Christian Justus was once a heavy user of tobacco. For almost a decade he smoked 2 packs a day, chewed tobacco, and also smoked hookah. Justus kicked his habit over a year ago and said he experienced drastic improvements to his health.

No Antibiotics for Pigs and Cattle

By Peter Gray • Dec 12, 2013
Bill Wheelhouse/Harvest Public Media

The Food and Drug Administration wants to phase out antibiotics in meat.

Most Imported Food Not Inspected

By • Dec 9, 2013
Karimian/Flickr

Food and Drug Administration regulators inspected less than two-percent of the food shipments that were imported to the U.S. in the 2012 fiscal year.

New FDA Requirement Affects Feed Mills

By Scott Stuntz • Dec 10, 2012

A new food safety requirement that goes into effect at the end of the year affect those that manufacture food both for animal and human consumption. Facilities that "manufacture, process, pack or hold food" for both animals  and people must register with the FDA by December 31st.