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21 Mar 2013, 10:03 pm
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who has voiced his support for the amendment, called its passing “an acknowledgment that sequestration left USDA with no other option but to furlough meat inspectors,” a statement that addressed skepticism over whether the meat inspector furloughs were really necessary under the sequester. [read post]
21 Mar 2013, 11:14 am
Prior to accepting the position at RMA, Brandon served as Senior Advisor to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Title I commodity programs, farm legislation matters and disaster assistance. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 10:05 pm
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack told reporters Wednesday Congress should come up with a better solution for handling unwanted horses than slaughtering the animals for meat for human consumption. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 10:01 pm
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday morning that the amendment, which he had voiced support for, is “an acknowledgment that sequestration left USDA with no other option but to furlough meat inspectors. [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 7:21 am
An hour after The Hagstrom Report (subscription only) broke the news on Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued a statement. [read post]
6 Mar 2013, 9:42 pm
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has echoed the administration’s memo and said many times that USDA would need to furlough meat inspectors. [read post]
5 Mar 2013, 10:05 pm
Furloughs of meat inspectors will take “several months” to roll out, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told lawmakers on Tuesday. [read post]
3 Mar 2013, 10:00 pm
Department of Agriculture has no choice but to eventually furlough meat inspectors, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack again said on Friday. [read post]
28 Feb 2013, 12:34 am
The American Meat Institute, the Grocery Manufacturers Association and several others have written to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack arguing that the department actually has a legal obligation to provide inspection, which would avert shutdowns and avoid meat shortages. [read post]
22 Feb 2013, 9:42 pm
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack that all California almonds sold domestically be pasteurized with heat or treated with chemicals. [read post]
20 Feb 2013, 11:03 pm
A powerful world panel is recommending that the United States be dropped to the lower “negligible” risk classification for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or Mad Cow Disease, an opinion praised by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. [read post]
18 Feb 2013, 10:00 pm
This week, Food Safety News is acknowledging leaders who help keep our food supply safe. [read post]
13 Feb 2013, 9:09 pm
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the White House have caused quite a stir in food and agriculture circles by warning that budget sequestration could lead to a two-week furlough of federal meat inspectors, which would effectively halt American meat and poultry processing. [read post]
11 Feb 2013, 8:57 pm
After the White House and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack suggested that the automatic budget cuts, known as the sequester, could force the government to furlough all federal meat inspectors, the food industry is arguing that such a move would violate the government’s legal obligation to keep inspectors at work. [read post]
10 Feb 2013, 9:54 pm
According to the Hagstom Report (subscription only), last week Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called the sequester “horrible policy” and cited the impact to food safety as one example. [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 11:13 pm
“The United States is very concerned that Russia has taken these actions, which appear to be inconsistent with its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, in December when Russia first announced it would test beef and pork imports for the drug. [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 9:55 pm
The committee provides recommendations to both Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius, who runs Health and Human Services (HHS), the department that oversees the U.S. [read post]
28 Jan 2013, 9:40 pm
Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. [read post]
27 Jan 2013, 9:34 pm
It appears that the agency has been implementing and refining these changes for several years,” wrote DeLauro, in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday. [read post]
5 Jan 2013, 11:18 pm
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack would resolve to fire the whole USDA public relations department. [read post]
