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10 Feb 2012, 1:59 am
 Funds from the Value-Added Producer Grant may be used for feasibility studies or business plans, working capital for marketing value-added agricultural products and for farm-based renewable energy projects. [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 1:59 am
Department of Agriculture announced it would close 259 offices, laboratories and other facilities to save $60 million in its $145 billion budget. [read post]
4 Feb 2012, 1:59 am
"With funding from a USDA Agriculture Marketing Service grant, The Farmers' Market Federation and Jefferson County CCE spent a year developing the curriculum and sought input from a committee that included Betsy Bihn, the National GAPs (Good Agricultural Practices) administrator, John Lukor from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Food Safety Division, market managers, and other business community members with a vested… [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 10:02 am by My name
Specifically, the WTO found payments to cotton producers under the GSM-102 program, a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) program used to provide guarantees for credit extended by U.S. banks or exporters to approved foreign banks for purchases of U.S. agricultural exports, were illegal.2             The WTO only prohibits subsidies it finds to be distorting trade and hurting farmers in… [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 1:59 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) food safety undersecretary and Food Safety News contributor Dr. [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 1:59 am
Keith Warriner is an Associate Professor within the Department of Food Science at University of Guelph, Canada. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 9:30 pm by Karen Levit
In an effort to reduce public health risks while making better use of available resources, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced a proposed rule to modernize inspections of young chicken and turkey slaughter establishments. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 12:20 pm by Susan Schneider
Department of Agriculture sent Benjamin Thomas on a special detail to the Senate Committee on Agriculture. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service, touted the new proposed rule on poultry inspection last week at a Food and Drug Law Institute's conference.Under current policy, FSIS is responsible for examining all poultry carcasses for blemishes or visible defects before they are further processed. [read post]
29 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
Richard Raymond, former USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety. [read post]
28 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said Friday. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 12:00 am by Mima Mohammed
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued revised nutrition standards for school meals, focusing on increasing whole grain, fruit, and vegetable offerings, and limiting calories, fats, and sodium. [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wednesday revealed a new set of regulations for school meals, marking the first overhaul of these standards in more than 15 years. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
Department of Agriculture, not only will look at E. coli O157:H7, but also the serogroups O26, O103, O45, O111, O121 and O145 -- recently proposed by USDA as adulterants in non-intact raw beef -- as well as E. coli O104, the strain responsible for last year's massive outbreak in Germany linked to sprouts grown from contaminated seeds. [read post]
21 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
"However, some consumer groups blasted the new protocol, saying that the Department of Agriculture is giving up control of poultry and leaving the industry to set its own food safety standards. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 11:22 am by Corinna
" (emphasis added)Testing of imported stallions is legally required and is governed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration (FDA) into one large single food safety agency, located within FDA. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 9:51 am by PritzkerLaw
Department of Agriculture (USDA) , Guidance for Beef Grinders and Suppliers of Boneless Beef and Trim Products  states that grinders should “prevent any mixing of product from different suppliers” and should maintain records detailed enough “to identify, trace, and retrieve from commerce any ground beef products that may pose a threat to public health. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 9:51 am by PritzkerLaw
Department of Agriculture (USDA) , Guidance for Beef Grinders and Suppliers of Boneless Beef and Trim Products  states that grinders should “prevent any mixing of product from different suppliers” and should maintain records detailed enough “to identify, trace, and retrieve from commerce any ground beef products that may pose a threat to public health. [read post]