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23 Feb 2017, 10:00 pm by Phyllis Entis
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has no involvement in meat inspection at all, except for assisting suppliers with export certifications if they are exporting to other countries, according to a spokesperson for APHIS. [read post]
Specific USDA agencies and their allocations include: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS): $55 million Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS): $45 million Food Safety and Inspection Services (FSIS): $33 million Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS): $4 million Farm Service Agency (FSA): $3 million Commodity Credit Corporation The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) currently has $30… [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 1:59 am
Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that it has two preferred options regarding alfalfa genetically modified to resist Monsanto's weed killer Roundup--that it should either be allowed without restrictions, or allowed with certain geographic and isolation restrictions on seeds and, in some places, on hay.In analyzing the potential impacts of three proposed alternatives, USDA did not prefer a third option--maintaining the engineered alfalfa's regulated status.The impact… [read post]
13 Mar 2019, 9:04 pm by Dan Flynn
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) takes the lead on those enforcement efforts. [read post]
18 Jul 2017, 9:00 pm by Dan Flynn
The single animal was found positive for atypical (L-type) BSE, according to the  USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL). [read post]
17 Feb 2015, 10:03 pm by News Desk
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said it made the decision to deregulate the apples and allow them to be commercially planted after assessments showed that “the GE apples are unlikely to pose a plant pest risk to agriculture and other plants in the United States” and that “deregulation is not likely to have a significant impact on the human environment. [read post]
31 May 2022, 9:04 pm by Dan Flynn
The Secretary is authorized to tap the cash at the Commodity Credit Corporation to fund USDA’s avian flu flight, which is run out of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). [read post]
15 Sep 2009, 7:33 am
Next, the USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) asked the National Research Council "to look into the matter[.] [read post]
31 Oct 2016, 10:00 pm by Coral Beach
The cultivar from Calyxt is similarly engineered, according to documents filed with the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). [read post]
22 Sep 2020, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
We also got help from the AMS (Agricultural Marketing Service) and APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service), volunteering to work the slaughter lines and processing lines. [read post]
27 Jun 2019, 9:11 pm by Dan Flynn
These include: History: Congress often divides responsibility among agencies and departments The current framework dates back to 1986 when the FDA, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) got their assignments. [read post]
30 Sep 2021, 9:06 pm by Dan Flynn
” Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack applauded both ARS and USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for the progress on keeping AFS at bay. [read post]
8 Sep 2021, 9:03 pm by News Desk
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is hosting African Swine Fever (ASF) Action Week from September 13-17 – encouraging U.S. swine producers to join multiple webinars to learn about ASF and what they can do to help protect the U.S. swineherd. [read post]
18 Aug 2014, 10:34 am by ALDF
Since filing the lawsuit, ALDF has obtained shocking records from investigations conducted by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS). [read post]
11 Aug 2015, 1:37 pm by ALDF
Since filing the lawsuit, ALDF has obtained alarming records from investigations conducted by the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS), showing that the zoo is also violating the Animal Welfare Act. [read post]
17 Aug 2010, 2:59 am
Vilsack to put Monsanto's Genuity Roundup Ready sugar beets back under USDA regulation, but did not impose any immediate ban on further planting, cultivation, and processing as plaintiffs led by the Center for Food Safety wanted.By denying the plaintiffs' motion for a permanent injunction, Judge White took sugar beet growers off the hook this year, and put the ball back in the court of USDA's Animal and Plant Health… [read post]
13 Jan 2015, 10:04 pm by News Desk
Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service “has been informed by [the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS] that until further notice, due to the finding of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a backyard flock in Oregon and Washington, the certification statement referring to the United States as free from HPAI cannot be endorsed,” the agency notes on… [read post]
31 Dec 2010, 1:59 am
Farmers and the Center for Food Safety sued the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for deregulating the alfalfa without fully studying its impacts. [read post]
5 Feb 2024, 3:24 pm by U.S. Department of Agriculture
In her role with OGC, Toomey represented and provided legal counsel to USDA agencies, including the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Agricultural Marketing Service, on a variety of legal, policy and international issues as well as civil, criminal and administrative enforcement actions. [read post]
25 Oct 2010, 7:42 am
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) responded with plans to issue permits to seed producers under strict conditions such as not allowing the plant to flower. [read post]