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31 Dec 2010, 1:59 am
The number 2 food safety story of the year concerned USDA's regulatory bottleneck:Abe Lincoln saw the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) created with his signature in 1862 as "the people's department" with no need for its executive officer to be in the President's cabinet.The new department would operate like the Agricultural Division of the Patent Office that preceded it, without a role in… [read post]
28 Dec 2010, 6:01 am
Department of Agriculture. [read post]
27 Dec 2010, 1:59 am
Earlier this year, this self-proclaimed "rock-star chef" was invited to attend Produce Safety University, a USDA food-safety initiative that focuses on the safe handling of fresh produce by school food-service operators.The workshop was one of three workshops designed and put on by USDA agencies, Food and Nutrition Service and Agricultural Marketing Service. [read post]
23 Nov 2010, 11:43 am
Most of the botulism events that are reported annually in the United States are associated with home-canned foods that have not been safely processed. [read post]
24 Oct 2010, 5:45 pm
Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture. [read post]
23 Oct 2010, 12:39 pm
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Food and Drug Administration (College Park, MD) Arthur P. [read post]
15 Oct 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture estimates that school nutrition services have about $1 to spend on food per lunch. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 6:05 am
Wednesday, October 27 to Thursday, October 28, 2010 Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States Alan Maxwell and I are co-chairing this year’s conference – again. [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 2:59 am
In Washington state, Dave Gifford, manager of the state Health Department's Food Safety Program, said the department is planning to adopt most of the updated code but hasn't yet decided to adopt FDA's definition of cut leafy greens as a "high priority" food item. [read post]
16 Aug 2010, 4:36 am
Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 2:59 am
As of May 2, 2010, there were 1,156 authorized farmers' markets enrolled in SNAP and of the 3,153 counties in the United States, 496 have at least one EBT-authorized market.The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) teamed up with the Project for Public Spaces to develop the handbook. [read post]
2 Jun 2010, 7:00 am
Finally, in 2007, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) changed the scheduling of their inspectors who must continuously monitor the process by which Beech-Nut produces its meat-based baby food. [read post]
29 May 2010, 2:59 am
This week, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled new resources meant to foster increased participation and expanded access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).New promotional materials entitled "We Welcome SNAP Benefits" will be displayed in participating retailers nationwide. [read post]
21 May 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct a 1-year study to assess the extent of the problem of limited access to nutritious food, and to identify its characteristics and causes. [read post]
17 May 2010, 2:59 am
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm and Foreign Agriculture Service's Deputy Under Secretary, Darci Vetter and Former Senator George McGovern are traveling in Kenya May 10-16 to visit World Food Program sites and observe how the nutrition programs meet broader food security initiatives in Africa.McGovern is the Ambassador to the World Food Program. [read post]
14 May 2010, 6:00 am
Quinn, New York State Agriculture & Markets Commissioner Patrick Hooker, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda I. [read post]
10 May 2010, 2:59 am
Agriculture Department's Census of Agriculture, compared to a decline of 87,000 in the five years before that. [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 6:00 am
Jonathan Fielding, Director of Public Health for Los Angeles County and Chair of the United States Preventive Services Task Force. [read post]
22 Apr 2010, 7:38 am
It “amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish science-based nutrition standards for foods served in schools other than foods served under the school lunch or breakfast programs. [read post]
22 Apr 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) launched it's latest campaign to collect information about farmers markets for the 2010 National Farmers Market Directory. [read post]
