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5 Mar 2024, 8:38 pm by Kurt R. Karst
” The bill also includes a provision that bars the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the agency overseeing USDA and FDA, from providing for any exceptions to these requirements. [read post]
4 Mar 2024, 11:09 am by Lynn L. Bergeson
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on March 4, 2024, that it received a petition from Bayer U.S. [read post]
4 Mar 2024, 11:09 am by Lynn L. Bergeson
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on March 4, 2024, that it received a petition from Bayer U.S. [read post]
22 Feb 2024, 2:15 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Under increasing scrutiny, in 2023, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service filed animal welfare administrative complaints against noncompliant animal businesses at more than quadruple the rate than under the previous administration. [read post]
19 Feb 2024, 9:06 pm by Dan Flynn
 USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is the lead agency for combatting avian influenza, and it has not seemed interested in vaccines. [read post]
5 Feb 2024, 9:06 pm by Joe Whitworth
The creation of the Scottish Veterinary Service (SVS) will also impact FSS, as animal health and welfare functions will be moved from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). [read post]
5 Feb 2024, 9:03 pm by Guest Contributor
In recent years, Cheng has assumed leadership in ensuring food and health safety in the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, particularly in poultry, meat, egg products, and other Ready-to-Eat (RTE) production plants. [read post]
5 Feb 2024, 3:24 pm by U.S. Department of Agriculture
In her role with OGC, Toomey represented and provided legal counsel to USDA agencies, including the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Agricultural Marketing Service, on a variety of legal, policy and international issues as well as civil, criminal and administrative enforcement actions. [read post]
1 Feb 2024, 9:05 pm by News Desk
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is out with its ” key achievements” for 2023 that protected public health through food safety and strengthened the food supply chain. [read post]
19 Jan 2024, 10:49 am by kblocher@hslf.org
We view this as a serious priority because of our ongoing concern with lax enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. [read post]
3 Jan 2024, 7:03 am by Lynn L. Bergeson
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) proposed on November 15, 2023, five new types of genetic modifications a plant can contain and be exempt from the regulations for the movement of organisms modified or produced through genetic engineering because such modifications could otherwise be achieved through conventional breeding methods. 88 Fed. [read post]
3 Jan 2024, 7:03 am by Lynn L. Bergeson
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) proposed on November 15, 2023, five new types of genetic modifications a plant can contain and be exempt from the regulations for the movement of organisms modified or produced through genetic engineering because such modifications could otherwise be achieved through conventional breeding methods. 88 Fed. [read post]
20 Dec 2023, 8:23 am by kblocher@hslf.org
House and Senate FY 2024 federal funding bills included language that prohibits the USDA from using tax dollars for horse slaughter plant inspections in the U.S. [read post]
19 Dec 2023, 8:49 am by kblocher@hslf.org
The rule, which was prompted in part by our lawsuit challenging the agency’s withdrawal in 2017 of a similar rule, would eliminate the industry-run enforcement system and instead assign sole responsibility to its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to screen, train and authorize inspectors. [read post]
11 Dec 2023, 9:01 pm by Dan Flynn
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) reports that avian influenza is caused by influenza Type A virus (influenza A). [read post]
4 Dec 2023, 9:03 pm by Joe Whitworth
The government prepared a strategy and action plan for cooperation between the food safety, animal, and human health authorities in March 2023. [read post]
4 Dec 2023, 10:37 am by Lynn L. Bergeson
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) “advis[ed] the public” on December 1, 2023, of its determination that DP23211 maize (corn) that has been developed using genetic engineering for insect resistance to western corn rootworm and contains the gene that codes for the phosphinothricin acetyltransferase protein responsible for tolerance to glufosinate-ammonium herbicides, as well as the gene… [read post]
4 Dec 2023, 10:37 am by Lynn L. Bergeson
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) “advis[ed] the public” on December 1, 2023, of its determination that DP23211 maize (corn) that has been developed using genetic engineering for insect resistance to western corn rootworm and contains the gene that codes for the phosphinothricin acetyltransferase protein responsible for tolerance to glufosinate-ammonium herbicides, as well as the gene… [read post]
4 Dec 2023, 10:37 am by Lynn L. Bergeson
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) “advis[ed] the public” on December 1, 2023, of its determination that DP23211 maize (corn) that has been developed using genetic engineering for insect resistance to western corn rootworm and contains the gene that codes for the phosphinothricin acetyltransferase protein responsible for tolerance to glufosinate-ammonium herbicides, as well as the gene… [read post]
16 Nov 2023, 9:05 pm by Elizabeth Martinez
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a final rule declaring it safe to import fresh beef from Paraguay as long as certain conditions are met. [read post]