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25 Apr 2012, 2:59 am
 Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack imposed the current total ban on the slaughter of so-called "downer" cows, which can include those with BSE. [read post]
26 Jan 2023, 9:03 pm by Riann Winget
Protecting the Tongass—the largest intact temperate rainforest in the United States—from development is “key to conserving biodiversity and addressing the climate crisis,” according to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 2:59 am
   While the workshop was another in a series of DOJ/USDA meetings to discuss economic concentration in agriculture, the Fort Collins event really focused on proposed new rules to administer the 89-year-old Packers and Stockyards Act.Public comment on the new Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) rules have been extended to Nov. 22.R-CALF wants to use the Packer and Stockyards Act to ban "packer ownership of livestock, requiring all forward… [read post]
23 Mar 2012, 11:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. [read post]
7 May 2013, 10:30 pm by Tony Corbo
The headline of the Department’s January 20, 2012 news release published when Secretary Tom Vilsack announced his intent to propose a rule that would privatize poultry inspection stated: USDA Seeks to Modernize Poultry Inspection in the United States Inspection would focus on areas most critical to ensuring food safety, save taxpayers more than $90 million over three years and lower production costs by more than $256 million annually (1) Straight from the… [read post]
26 Nov 2022, 9:07 pm by Bill Marler
Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Food Safety. [read post]
25 Nov 2022, 6:10 pm by Bill Marler
Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Food Safety. [read post]
29 Jun 2011, 2:59 am
Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack and Department of Health and Human Services' Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Tuesday announced the launch of "Food Safe Families," a multimedia initiative that will use videos, print ads and a website to teach people about the risks of food poisoning and how they can reduce those risks by handling food properly at home. [read post]
27 May 2012, 2:59 am
Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, grilled Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack over the bone-headed move. [read post]
14 Sep 2011, 11:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
"The Obama Administration is committed to protecting our food supply and preventing illnesses before they happen," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. [read post]
1 Sep 2010, 2:59 am
"A faster test method enables a faster distribution chain to get fresher product to consumers and/or faster response to an outbreak or suspected case of product contamination," Mauer told Food Safety News.In a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, the Meat Institute's Boyle threw several roadblocks in front of making the non-O157 E. coli strains adulterants, but the main one was testing. [read post]
7 Feb 2016, 10:01 pm by Cookson Beecher
No let-up in labeling battle Recently activists and industry reps sat down twice with none other than Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to see if they could come up with a compromise about labeling food processed with genetic engineering. [read post]
17 Apr 2023, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has jumped on the issue by sending a letter to the top 18 largest meat and poultry processors. [read post]
28 Dec 2014, 10:01 pm by Lydia Zuraw
The U.S. has filed an appeal of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) recent decision regarding country-of-origin labeling, but Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has said that there is no regulatory fix for COOL. [read post]
15 Mar 2016, 12:16 pm by Michael Markarian
More than 50,000 people wrote to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack supporting the change. [read post]
15 Jun 2013, 9:19 pm by Dan Flynn
I do know one of the GAO recommendations is directed at Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. [read post]
23 Sep 2021, 9:03 pm by News Desk
” “That is why I was disappointed by Secretary Vilsack’s decision to end the program,”  DeLauro added. [read post]