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24 May 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued new compliance guidelines to reduce the levels of Salmonella and Campylobacter in chicken and turkey. [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]
21 May 2010, 2:59 am
For this reason, many scientists and food safety experts predict that bacteriophages could become a useful tool in the reduction of dangerous pathogens in beef, cold cuts, produce, and more.Manan Sharma, a Research Microbiologist for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), has conducted phage tests on a variety of produce and has concluded that phage treatments could be effective in killing E. coli O157:H7 in a produce commodity. [read post]
20 May 2010, 7:21 pm
Competition in the meat packing industry is currently a central focus of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the USDA. [read post]
20 May 2010, 7:28 am
The United States' food stamp program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), is currently used by 39.7 million people each month, according to a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) news release. [read post]
19 May 2010, 9:00 am
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. [read post]
18 May 2010, 7:06 am
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack recently traveled to the campus of the University of South Florida, located in Tampa, Florida, to meet and talk with agricultural officials from the sunshine state.While immigration reform is often discussed, the political reality is that it is a hot-button issue that many politicians want to stay away from. [read post]
18 May 2010, 6:33 am
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan recently announced that a new program under the Conservation title of the 2008 Farm Bill will help beginning and socially disadvantage farmers get access to something every farmer needs--land to farm.According to a USDA news release, the Transition Incentives Program (TIP) encourages farmers, owners, and operators who are retiring to "transition their land to beginning or socially… [read post]
17 May 2010, 9:00 am
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.The products subject to recall include: Various pound packages of "MONTCLAIR MEAT CO. [read post]
17 May 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) should summarize surveillance data on human foodborne illnesses, including outbreaks and sporadic cases, and on pathogen contamination in domestic and imported animals, food, and feed. [read post]
14 May 2010, 9:46 am
With the Child Nutrition Act reauthorization well underway in Congress, and given the recent concerns aired by a group of retired military officers that school lunches may be contributing to obesity and thus threatening future military recruitment, as well as the investigation by USA Today that found fast food restaurants use a higher quality of meat than our nation's public schools, perhaps it should be no surprise that the US Department of Agriculture… [read post]
11 May 2010, 5:23 pm
#00286 The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is seeking a qualified individual to serve as a Meat and Poultry Enforcement Officer for the Office of Meat and Poultry Services. [read post]
11 May 2010, 7:32 am
Yesterday, May 10, 2010, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the USDA was implementing "new performance standards" aimed at reducing two major culprits of food-borne illnesses, Salmonella and Campylobacter in chickens and turkeys. [read post]
11 May 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Room 2-2127, George Washington Carver Center, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Mailstop 5474, Beltsville, MD 20705-5474. [read post]
11 May 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA), expressing serious concerns about the proposed U.S. position on GM/GE labeling.The group said in a statement yesterday that it has "serious concerns" the the U.S. position on labeling could create "major problems" for both domestic and foreign producers who want to label their products as free of GM/GE ingredients. [read post]
10 May 2010, 1:16 pm
The Justice Department filed a complaint with the settlement agreement in U.S. [read post]
10 May 2010, 8:13 am
On May 6, 2010 the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that Alfred V. [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]
6 May 2010, 9:00 am
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced yesterday. [read post]
6 May 2010, 5:50 am
Yesterday, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear requested federal disaster assistance from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for flooded farms in the bluegrass state. [read post]
