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Washington, DC –Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) issued the following statement in reaction to the decision by U.S. District Judge Royce Lambert that temporarily suspends federal funding for stem cell research.
Washington, DC—Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Chairwoman of the FDA and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, sent the following letter to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Thomas R. Frieden, and the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Margaret Hamburg, expressing her concern about the public notification efforts in the recent salmonella egg recall.
Washington, DC –Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) responded to new guidance issued by the Food and Drug Administration today outlining the steps to be taken by chain restaurants to comply with new menu labeling requirements.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3), Chairwoman of the FDA and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, sent a letter today to Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Food and Drug Adminstration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg asking questions about the recent egg recall.
"This urgent nationwide recall is very disturbing, not only because it appears to have been preventable, but it also may have been the result of an inefficient and unresponsive food safety system. Given the split jurisdiction between FDA and USDA over ensuring the safety of eggs, I fear the investigation and subsequent recall may have been delayed as FDA traced the source of the contamination.
Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) released the following statement in response to the recess appointment of Dr. Elisabeth Hagen to become the new US Department of Agriculture Undersecretary of Food Safety.
New Haven, CT –Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) today issued the following statement in response to Pratt & Whitney's announcement that they are eliminating 129 jobs at their Cheshire Overhaul Center because of a reduction in the volume of commercial overhaul work.
New Haven, CT –Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) today issued the following statement in response to the massive recall of 228 million eggs based on possible salmonella contamination.
New Haven, CT –Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) visited Cooper-Atkins in Middlefield, CT today, touring the facility, speaking with employees, and discussing the importance of food safety.
New Haven, CT –Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) visited the Middletown Summer Food Program, run by the Community Renewal Team (CRT), today and spoke with participating children and the volunteers who make the program possible.