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5 Feb, 2008 6:36 am
From the USDA press release: Ed Schafer was sworn in as the 29th Secretary of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) on January 28, 2008. Secretary Schafer brings a record as an innovative two-term governor of North Dakota to USDA...
6 Jul 3:23 pm
... InForum Former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer and several Fargo-area businessmen and politicians
today kicked off a lobbying effort for a Red River ... by sandbag and clay dikes. Schafer said a diversion has some advantages over a dike
system, which would require moving homes, building levees that detract ... and investment in the community, which is what our group is interested in," he said of a diversion.
Schafer noted there has already been pushback on a diversion on the Minnesota side of the river, ...
23 Jul, 2008 1:53 pm
Earlier this month, Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer announced that beginning in August, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin publicly identifying retail stores that received meat and poultry products involved in ... "a health hazard situation in which there is a
reasonable probability that eating the food will cause health problems or death." According to Schafer, "the identity of retail stores with
recalled meat and poultry from their suppliers has always been a missing piece of ...
12 Jul, 2008 5:00 am
... Florida Governor, said: "we continue to have the safest food supply in the world;" on a day that I finally get one of my Op-eds published, thanks goes to Undersecretary for
Food Safety (FSIS) Richard Raymond, and Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Ed Schafer for announcing plans
to tell the public which grocery stores and other retailers have received tainted meat during "Class I" recalls. Consumers now can finally be told if their local grocery store got ...
14 Mar 8:13 pm
... improve the humane handling of cattle. Funny thing, I thought this happened in 2008 - or should have. See, AGRICULTURE SECRETARY ED
SCHAFER ANNOUNCES PLAN TO END EXCEPTIONS TO ANIMAL HANDLING RULE and USDA ANNOUNCES PROPOSED RULE FOR REQUIREMENTS OF THE ... as no surprise, I
have been blogging about downers for a long time. In December 2003, I wrote: As I said in a recent op-ed "What to do about the "Mad Cow," our
tables, and the entire food industry, can be protected by five available and simple ...
31 Jan, 2008 12:22 am
... GlaxoSmithKline Christopher Viehbacher From Senate Finance Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (PDF 25.5 KB) Letter Requests Information About the Receipt of a Manuscript Before
Publication in the New England Journal of Medicine 01/30/2008 Letter to Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer From Sen. Barbara Boxer Letter Expresses Concern About the Hallmark Meat Packing Company 01/30/2008 Letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ...
3 Feb, 2008 8:14 pm
... simply not been paying attention. Schools are scrambling to pull downer meat off the menu because cows are being abused, and even Agricultural Secretary Ed Schafers issues a statement on downer cow brutality: "I am deeply concerned about the allegations made regarding inhumane handling of non-ambulatory
disabled cattle in a federally inspected slaughter establishment…. We are confident in our inspection system and the food ...
6 Feb, 2008 5:46 pm
... the National School Lunch Program, the Emergency Food Assistance Program and the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations. On Jan. 30, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer called upon the Office of the Inspector General to work with FSIS and the USDA's Agricultural Marketing
Service to conduct an investigation into allegations of inhumane handling of non-ambulatory disabled cattle at Westland Meat Packing Company. These allegations ...
18 Feb, 2008 2:51 pm
In addition to the Westland/Hallmark ground beef recall (blogged here), and the USDA Questions and Answers (blogged here), the USDA released a statement by Secretary of Agriculture
Ed Schafer: Sunday, February 17, 2008 "Today, USDA is announcing additional actions as...
18 Feb, 2008 4:06 pm
... "Because the cattle did not receive complete and proper inspection, Food Safety and Inspection Service has determined them to be unfit for human food," Secretary of Agriculture
Ed Schafer said in a statement. However, since the recall affects meat products dating back to
February 2006, officials say most of the meat has probably already been eaten. For more information about the beef recall, visit the USDA website at: ...
17 Feb, 2008 9:51 pm
Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer Regarding Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company Two
Year Product Recall(02-17-2008) Questions and Answers Hallmark/Westland...
22 Feb, 2008 12:55 am
... Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell From Sen. Orrin Hatch (PDF 272 KB) Letter Asks the NFL to Answer a Number of Questions About Reports that It Targeted Churches for
Possible Infringement of Its Copyright 02/21/2008 Letter to Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer From
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro Letter Urges an ...
29 Feb, 2008 4:52 pm
... treats its animals. According to an Associated Press report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a California
slaughterhouse which is the subject of an animal abuse investigation. Secretary of Agriculture, Ed Schafer, said that his department has evidence that the Chino based Westland/ Hallmark Meat Co. did not routinely contact its veterinarian when cattle became
...
8 Apr, 2008 1:50 am
... Cantwell and John Ensign From the American Chemistry Council (PDF 94.9 KB) Letter Expresses Support for the "Clean Energy Tax Stimulus Act of 2008" (S. 2821) 04/07/2008 Letter to
the Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer From 51 Senators (PDF 101 KB) Letter Asks About Further
Efforts to Identify the Cause and Remedy for Colony Collapse Disorder 04/07/2008 Memorandums to House Members and Staffers From the House Ethics Committee (PDF ...
27 Jun, 2008 8:54 am
... Daniel Akaka From CBO Director Peter Orszag (PDF 42.5 KB) Letter Addresses the Budget Scoring of Section 802 of the Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act (S. 1315) 06/26/2008 Letter to
South Korean Officials From Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer and U.S. Trade Representative Susan
Schwab (PDF 103 KB) Letter Regarding the U.S.-Korea Beef Protocol 06/26/2008 Letter to U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab From House Ways and ...
11 Jul, 2008 9:47 pm
... this new policy so that consumers have the best information available to determine if they have recalled products in their home. According to Secretary of Agriculture
Ed Schafer: "The identity of retail stores with recalled meat and poultry from their suppliers has
always been a missing piece of information for the public during a recall. People want to know if they need to be on the lookout for recalled meat ...
13 Jul, 2008 1:01 pm
USDA Press Release: July 11, 2008: USDA Will List Retail Stores Receiving Recalled Meat and Poultry Products WASHINGTON, July 11, 2008 - Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer today announced that beginning next month, USDA will begin listing retail stores receiving...
11 Jul, 2008 9:47 pm
... this new policy so that consumers have the best information available to determine if they have recalled products in their home. According to Secretary of Agriculture
Ed Schafer: "The identity of retail stores with recalled meat and poultry from their suppliers has
always been a missing piece of information for the public during a recall. People want to know if they need to be on the lookout for recalled meat ...
28 Aug, 2008 6:30 pm
... initial inspection by Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspection program personnel. This proposed rule follows the May 20 announcement by Secretary of Agriculture
Ed Schafer to remove the provision that states that FSIS inspection program will determine the
disposition of cattle that become non-ambulatory disabled after they have passed ante-mortem, before slaughter, inspection on a case-by-case basis. Under the ...
17 Sep, 2008 7:00 pm
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2008 - Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced $5 million in grants
for six state agencies, one local agency and a non-profit organization to simplify the Food Stamp Program application and eligibility systems and improve access to...
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