FDA needs food czar: Following reports of shortcomings in FDA oversight of food safety, 30 consumer, public health, environmental, farm, food processing and state regulator groups called for the appointment of a deputy commissioner for food to unify food regulation. (Consumer Reports)
Years of tight crop supplies: The chief executive of agribusiness giant ADM said he expected global crop supplies to be tight “for the next few years” as the result of smaller crops in North and South America and the war in Ukraine. (Bloomberg)
Third price-fixing trial: The Justice Department said it would try chicken-processing executives from Claxton Poultry and Pilgrim’s Pride for the third time on charges of conspiring to fix prices; two previous trials ended in hung juries. (Food Processing)
China’s farm protectionism: China “continues to act like a small country” that inflicts its problems on the rest of the world, such as curtailing fertilizer exports and putting higher tariffs on imported pork in steps to help its farmers, said analysts Chad Bown and Yilin Wang. (PIIE)
Carbon capture, taxpayer liability: At least seven states say they, rather than the operators of carbon storage projects, will be responsible for keeping millions of tons of carbon dioxide underground in the long run. (Inside Climate News)