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2 May 2012, 2:59 am
At a hearing in February, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told an appropriations panel that he'd like to see FDA's budget increased to absorb the program -- saying, "we don't think it's consistent with the mission of [the Agricultural Marketing Service]" -- but noted that the austere budget environment meant agencies had to make tough choices. [read post]
29 Apr 2012, 2:59 am
Folks are ready to believe a doctor on TV telling them their food is safe; a vet is a stretch.- Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, should have been sent to Hanford, CA to appear from the scene on national network TV and on local California shows by early Wednesday morning. [read post]
25 Apr 2012, 8:40 am
This recall lead to the Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in 2009 to announce a complete ban on the slaughter of cattle that become non-ambulatory disabled (The Downer Cow Rule) after passing initial inspection by Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspection program personnel. [read post]
25 Apr 2012, 2:59 am
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack imposed the current total ban on the slaughter of so-called "downer" cows, which can include those with BSE. [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 9:35 pm
Instantly the USDA issued comments from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack beginning with, ““The beef and dairy in the American food supply is safe and USDA remains confident in the health of U.S. cattle. [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 2:06 pm
In the USDA’s January news release, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack supported implementation of the new rule by stating that “[t]he modernization plan will protect public health, improve the efficiency of poultry inspections in the U.S., and reduce spending. [read post]
10 Apr 2012, 2:59 am
Elisabeth Hagen and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack this week urging action "before another grilling season comes and goes. [read post]
4 Apr 2012, 9:05 pm
She started an online petition asking Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to halt use of "pink slime" in school food. [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture on Monday, right under Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's window, to protest a proposal to expand an inspection system that shifts federal inspectors away from inspecting for quality defects and allows slaughter lines to speed up. [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 2:59 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack demanding LFTB be completely banned from the school lunch program. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 2:59 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Iowa Governor Terry Branstad held a press conference at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines in an effort to dispel LFTB's negative image. [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 11:00 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 5:56 pm
Robert Menendez (D-NJ) both wrote Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week asking that the product both be removed from lunches and also labeled for the general public. [read post]
14 Mar 2012, 10:18 pm
Thanks to Bettina Siegel, whose blog “The Lunch Tray,” and her online petition on Change.org asking Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to “put an immediate end to the use of “pink slime” in our children’s school food,” she has now, according to breaking AP news, forced the U.S. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 1:59 am
On Wednesday, after this series was published, the Obama Administration announced this year's recipients of an annual grant to improve nutritional education in Native American communities.At a meeting of the National Congress of American Indians Wednesday, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced that 17 tribes will receive additional funding for nutrition education programs this year. [read post]
6 Mar 2012, 1:59 am
Secretary Tom Vilsack said one of his first meetings, if not his first meeting, with the president was talking about the importance of food safety. [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 1:59 am
"It's a jumping off point, so you can join the national conversation about where our food comes from," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 1:59 am
The number of food safety and plant health trade barriers plaguing U.S. agricultural exports is way up, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told a congressional committee recently. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 1:59 am
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) grilled Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack over the cut. [read post]
20 Feb 2012, 10:33 am
While the Administration has not accomplished everything we food safety advocates would like to see done, Mike Taylor, along with President Obama, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Under Secretary for Food Safety Elisabeth Hagen, and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, have made great progress on food safety in a rather short period of time. [read post]
