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Editor’s Note: We try to frame 10 of the most important happenings every year, but it’s not just about the “Top Ten Stories.” That is because what is essential is rarely about just one story — framing what marks an entire year almost always involves more than one writer; when it comes to food safety, we are pretty good at that. In no particular order, let’s look at what stands out about 2021.
Blame went to the pandemic that turned the usually dominant update process into just another bunch of forgettable “zoom” meetings. It was tardy with a 5-year update due in 2020. With some early 2021 statements about too much sugar or too much alcohol not being good for you, the federal government did finally issue updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Expect more noise in 2025 when the Dietary Guidelines are next due for an update.
Stewart and Michael Parnell spent 2021 using all their determination to get out of the federal prisons that hold them. They were not candidates for “compassionate release,” but the Middle District of Georgia actively considered their “Habeas corpus” petitions to vacate their convictions and sentences.
A “compassionate release” permits the Bureau of Prisons to free older, medically-challenged inmates who’ve served a large percentage of their sentence. Habeas corpus allows federal inmates to petition to vacate their convictions and...
A newly unsealed whistleblower lawsuit accuses Novartis and Genentech of being at the center of a decades-long kickback scheme to promote their immunology med Xolair across dozens of states. Whist...