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6 May 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) to continue making plans to plant additional gardens.The announcement came as Merrigan gave the commencement address to the first graduating class of certified USDA Executive Master Gardner Program volunteers. [read post]
5 May 2010, 1:55 pm by Geoff Hand, Attorney
Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a new interagency agreement on May 3 to promote renewable energy generation and slash greenhouse gas emissions from livestock operations. [read post]
5 May 2010, 7:11 am
Talks on the 2012 Farm Bill are already underway, and the administration feels the new farm bill may be a good tool to help revitalize struggling rural areas in the nation.Yesterday, May 4, 2010, the Obama Administration announced that US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack will host a National Summit of Rural America: A Dialogue for Renewing Promise, according to a USDA news release. [read post]
5 May 2010, 6:43 am by Neal Fortin
But the United States’ position, drafted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), opposes this, stating that Codex should not “suggest or imply that GM/GE foods are in any way different from other foods” by allowing countries the option of mandatory labeling. [read post]
4 May 2010, 9:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.The following products are subject to recall: [View Label] 10-pound boxes with two, 5-pound packages of "POLIDORI, FULLY COOKED PORK SAUSAGE CRUMBLES, KEEP REFRIGERATED/FROZEN. [read post]
4 May 2010, 8:19 am
Yesterday, May 3, 2010, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson announced "a new interagency agreement promoting renewable energy generation and slashing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock operations," according to a USDA news release.The agreement represents an expansion of the current AgSTAR program, which is also a joint effort between… [read post]
4 May 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Custom Corned Beef, Inc., of Denver, Colorado, was recalling approximately 460 pounds of fully cooked crumbled pork sausage products Saturday. [read post]
3 May 2010, 9:03 am
"' The Agriculture Department seems willing, but will the Justice Department change its tune and accept the global settlement route? [read post]
3 May 2010, 7:49 am
"' Meanwhile, the USDA and the Department of Justice are conducting joint antitrust workshops across the country that are focused on competition in agriculture. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service deregulated Monsanto's Roundup Ready Alfalfa--otherwise known as a Finding of No Significant Impact--the agency did not prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, which environmental groups maintain is a violation of federal law. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 10:15 pm by shellis
USDA and the US Department of Transportation jointly studied rural transportation at the direction of Congress and found some issues are in need of further study. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 8:01 am
" Despite the lack of approval, the two fatty acids in question are found in 90 percent of organic baby formula.It is now up to the US Department of Agriculture to draft the guidelines that will allow for the gradual phasing out of the two additives. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 7:29 am
The committee must submit their report to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this May. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 6:39 am
"Now, reports Steve Karnowski of the Associated Press, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is considering cutting the subsidies crop insurers receive. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) took tissue samples and subjected them to analysis.FSIS found the presence of the animal antibiotic sulfamethazine at 4.02 parts per million (ppm) in the liver tissue and 1.31 ppm in the muscle tissue. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 2:59 am
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) urged Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to include 6 additional strands of E. coli, including O145 and O111, as hazardous adulterants to be included in testing by USDA. [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging the agency to include six additional strains of E. coli as hazardous adulterants that need to be tested by the USDA. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 5:26 am by Joe Consumer
These are not terms you often hear in the same sentence but thanks to years of relatively recent discrimination by the United States Department of Agriculture, they are forever linked. [read post]