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22 Dec 2013, 6:32 pm by Bill Marler
The identification in 2003 of a BSE case in Canada, and the subsequent identification later that year of a BSE case in the United States that had been imported from Canada led to the concern that indigenous transmission of BSE may be occurring in North America. [read post]
21 Dec 2013, 11:00 pm by Dan Flynn
” His announcement was a strategic victory for three powerful agricultural organizations—the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA), the United Fresh Produce Association, and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC). [read post]
Editor's Note: The following post comes to us from Byungkwon Lim, partner in the Corporate Department at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and leader of the firm’s Hedge Funds and Derivatives & Structured Finance Groups. [read post]
19 Dec 2013, 7:37 am by Bill Marler
In November, she and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter wrote an Op-Ed in The Hill calling on the Agriculture Department (USDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Congress to fix our broken food safety system. [read post]
18 Dec 2013, 5:01 pm by Bill Marler
 There is no reason why the United States can’t do the same,” concludes Rangan.

For more information on what has been done in Europe and different sustainability practices, visit www.ConsumerReports.org/cro/chicken0214. [read post]
5 Dec 2013, 5:23 pm by Daniel B. Cohen
“Perhaps most surprisingly, pandemic influenza appears to have an agricultural origin, integrated pig-duck farming in China …. [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 11:00 am by News Desk
Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) has released its Salmonella Action Plan to address the estimated 1.3 million illnesses caused by the pathogen each year. [read post]
3 Dec 2013, 7:09 am by Bill Marler
Elisabeth Hagen, currently serving as Under Secretary for Food Safety at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), will join Deloitte’s consumer products practice as a food safety senior advisor with Deloitte & Touche LLP. [read post]
1 Dec 2013, 10:03 pm by Dan Flynn
Seven years ago, mostly in 2007, more than 8,500 cats and dogs in the United States died from eating contaminated pet food. [read post]
26 Nov 2013, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
” The campaign to persuade FDA into doing a second draft of the rules was launched in September by the influential National Association of State Departments of Agriculture and quickly embraced by the well-funded United Fresh Produce Association, along with small and organic producers like those represented by NSAC. [read post]
23 Nov 2013, 10:17 pm by Dan Flynn
Relatively late in the process, the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture joined by the United Fresh Produce Association came up with the strategy of persuading FDA to issue a second set of these rules. [read post]
23 Nov 2013, 5:23 pm by Susan Schneider
 Brian is a Chemistry Instructor in the Department of Chemistry and Life Sciences at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, and Kelvin is a Legislative Assistant for Senator Mark Pryor in Washington, D.C. [read post]