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4 Jul 2021, 9:05 pm
Opinion USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service sometimes profiles its employees on the job to help the public understand the agency’s complex mission. [read post]
19 Sep 2013, 10:15 am
In addition to practicing law, our alumni have risen to leadership positions in the federal government, including Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development at USDA; Deputy Administrator for Farm Programs at USDA; Chief Minority Counsel for the Senate Agriculture Committee; Policy Advisor to the USDA Inspector General; Assistant General Counsel in the USDA Office of General Counsel; Senior Advisor to USDA Secretary Vilsack and Director of… [read post]
11 Nov 2010, 4:58 pm
The Farm Credit Administration is the independent federal agency that regulates the system. [read post]
18 Aug 2021, 9:04 pm
Meat cannot be sold for human consumption without USDA inspection. [read post]
2 Jul 2012, 2:59 am
They are not constrained by the possibility of the meat being consumed by humans as with those other farm animals.Consequently, in theory there is a greater problem of drug residue in horsemeat than in beef, pork or poultry. [read post]
1 Jan 2014, 9:08 am
Will 2014 also be the first year in which government agencies use drones to monitor crops (USDA) or look for water quality violations (EPA)? [read post]
20 Dec 2014, 7:25 am
It also explores the regulatory authority and enforcement practices of the EPA and other agencies. [read post]
9 Feb 2022, 3:18 am
The USDA announced its intention to reconsider the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices rule, which would establish better living conditions for farm animals, and to propose stronger Horse Protection Act regulations to end horse soring. [read post]
6 Mar 2023, 9:06 pm
” Farm Action and American Grassfed Association were among the farm and ranch groups also applauding USDA’s announcement while Consumer Reports topped approvals from consumer groups. [read post]
5 Mar 2020, 2:37 pm
The USDA has documented a few violations on Cornerstone Farms’s inspection reports, but has typically tended to downplay the seriousness of the violations. [read post]
5 Mar 2020, 2:37 pm
The USDA has documented a few violations on Cornerstone Farms’s inspection reports, but has typically tended to downplay the seriousness of the violations. [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 7:11 am
Forest Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service, and Farm Service Agency - will appoint organizational members to the Council to provide additional support, guidance and coordination. [read post]
15 Apr 2011, 2:59 am
"We are excited about this new opportunity to support research focused on the unique food safety aspects of our programs," said Kevin Concannon, USDA Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services in an agency statement. [read post]
20 Apr 2011, 5:30 am
“USDA will continue to work hand-in-hand with EPA to ensure that both agencies are pursuing common-sense regulation that will let farmers make the decisions they feel are best for their own operations,” Vilsack said in a prepared statement. [read post]
4 Mar 2011, 1:59 am
"Although reducing fragmentation in federal food safety oversight is not expected to result in significant cost savings, new costs may be avoided by preventing further fragmentation, as illustrated by the approximately $30 million for fiscal years 2011 and 2012 that USDA officials had said they would have to spend developing and implementing the agency's new congressionally mandated catfish inspection program," GAO said.The 2008 Farm Bill included a… [read post]
20 Feb 2016, 10:00 pm
It’s an agency known for occasionally making marvelous progress, like the dramatic reduction in E. coli O157:H7 contamination. [read post]
18 Mar 2021, 1:25 pm
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Finally, the catalyst for the hemp product explosion – The 2018 Farm Bill. [read post]
24 Feb 2011, 7:16 pm
Governments' foodborne disease investigating agencies (CDC, FDA, USDA-FSIS, and the many state, local, and tribal units) are not infallible, but yesterday's release in the New England Journal of Medicine of a collaborative study on the 2008 Salmonella Peppers outbreak is not nearly the indictment of the methods and conclusions of that outbreak that United Fresh Produce Assocation said it was today. [read post]
25 Aug 2020, 10:37 am
The DEA insists that this final rule simply conforms the agency’s regulations to the statutory changes made to the Controlled Substances Act in the 2018 Farm Bill. [read post]
7 Jul 2020, 7:52 am
Department of Agriculture, including horse soring, horse slaughter, the welfare of animals in puppy mills and roadside zoos, and the treatment of farm animals in slaughterhouses and USDA research facilities. [read post]
