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22 Sep 2009, 5:58 am
" Such alerts took more than a week to reach schools.USA Today is reporting that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack responded by written statement ensuring the public that the safety of school meals is of "utmost importance" and that the USDA is developing a system to get advanced notices when FDA is investigating food safety issues that could lead to recalls.To read more from USA Today, click here.To read a summary of the GAO Report School Meal Programs: Changes to… [read post]
13 Aug 2010, 9:12 am
Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, stated, "Seeing such continued strong growth in the number of U.S. farmers markets indicates that the regional food systems can provide great economic, social, and health benefits to communities across the country. [read post]
29 Jan 2010, 12:17 pm
Secretary of Agriculture on Tribal Relations and Bill Murphy, Administrator, USDA Risk Management Agency will open the conference on March 4, and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has been invited to deliver the Opening Keynote Address, America’s New Generation of Farmers.To learn more about the Forum, view the agenda, and to register please visit the Drake Agricultural Law Center website. [read post]
31 Jul 2022, 5:00 pm
They’ve reforested just six percent of land damaged by fires, pests and extreme weather events, which has created a backlog of about 4.1 million acres…“Forests are a powerful tool in the fight against climate change,” says Tom Vilsack, the U.S. agriculture secretary, in a statement announcing the initiative this week. [read post]
23 Jul 2012, 11:47 am
After a briefing with President Barack Obama, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack designated an "additional 39 counties in eight states as primary natural disaster areas. [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]
29 Jan 2008, 1:14 pm
The big reason was that Clinton really courted former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack, naming him co-chair of her national campaign and promising to pay off his nearly half a million campaign debt. [read post]
28 Feb 2015, 10:01 pm
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack advance just such a technical solution to the political dispute over how food labels should treat the presence or absence of ingredients containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). [read post]
8 May 2010, 2:59 am
Almanza's appointment as administrator permanent.He's been the highest career service FSIS employee since taking a "limited term" appointment in 2007.Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on May 6 that he was making Almanza's appointment permanent. [read post]
9 Apr 2010, 7:37 am
Dale Kildee (MI) and Tom Cole (OK), who co-chair the Native American Caucus, sent a letter on March 26, 2010 to Secretary Vilsack urging the secretary to settle the case on terms "comparable" to the settlement negotiated with the African-American farmers in the Pigford suit. [read post]
31 Oct 2009, 3:00 am
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) routinely oversaw the operations.That's apparently what has Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack upset.Vilsack said the scenes in the Humane Society video are "deplorable" and "unequivocally unacceptable. [read post]
13 Oct 2009, 11:49 am
" Glickman was Secretary of Agriculture when he gave his testimony.The new administration appears to want to turn the page on that chapter of USDA history,‘"[Agriculture] Secretary [Tom] Vilsack often talks about how the department is known in some quarters as "The Last Plantation. [read post]
8 Dec 2010, 1:59 am
Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, says no; USDA will not become the fund raising police. [read post]
26 Jul 2012, 2:59 am
"In a letter responding to concerns raised by Consumers Union, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said FSIS has developed updated guidance material on labels that it will send to meat companies and the agency plans to investigate unapproved label claims. [read post]
23 Oct 2011, 3:00 pm
Janie serves as Senior Advisor for Tribal Affairs to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and is also the Director of the new USDA Office of Tribal Relations within the Office of the Secretary. [read post]
31 Mar 2022, 9:02 pm
“This action demonstrates the USDA’s strong commitment to America’s organic dairy farmers,” said Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. [read post]
23 Sep 2009, 3:00 am
The GAO also recommended that the Secretary of Agriculture direct FNS to improve direct communication between the service and the schools about holds and recalls.Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack responded to the audit in a written statement in which he emphasized the importance of safety in school meals and said the department is working on a system to get advance warning from FDA on any foodborne illness investigations. [read post]
10 May 2011, 8:30 am
This will assist efforts to expand the availability of healthy foods in low-income communities that lack “ready access” to it, according to Obama’s USDA Secretary, Tom Vilsack. [read post]
21 Dec 2021, 9:05 pm
This partnership called upon USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to support the call to action. [read post]
16 Apr 2010, 1:12 pm
Other than Salazar and Vilsack, his appointments have been generally very good. [read post]
