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4 Feb 2016, 7:06 am
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced the finalization of new federal standards to reduce Salmonella and Campylobacter in ground chicken and turkey products, as well as in raw chicken breasts, legs, and wings. [read post]
25 Apr 2020, 9:05 pm
Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide flexibility to ensure kids still had access to healthy, nutritious meals. [read post]
29 Apr 2011, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture announced this week.The final rule, published in the Federal Register, is intended to break down barriers that have so far prevented or discouraged schools from using locally grown or raised agricultural products, and also give an economic boost to local farmers and ranchers, USDA said in a news release.USDA is sending teams to select districts to work on farm-to-school issues, not only to look at locally sourced products but… [read post]
18 Mar 2019, 9:04 pm
Department of Agriculture is seeking comments about how to effectively educate consumers about food safety practices in their homes. [read post]
9 Jul 2015, 7:47 am
The Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, along with CDC and the U.S. [read post]
10 May 2012, 6:27 pm
Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) proposed a rule that redefines the definition of “retail pet store” under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) in order to shut a loophole that has allowed retailers to sell animals “sight unseen” via the internet, by mail or over the phone. [read post]
3 Nov 2011, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Friday awarded $2.2 million in grants that will help it evaluate and enhance its food assistance programs. [read post]
26 Dec 2009, 6:04 pm
The USDA has recently proposed requiring listing ingredients used in saponification even when not present in the finished product, but that’s just a proposal. [read post]
25 Sep 2009, 7:21 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced "a new initiative to improve water quality and the overall health of the Mississippi River Basin" through the Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative (MRBI). [read post]
3 Sep 2013, 1:28 pm
Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of the Chief Economist released and requested public comments on the 564-page report Science-Based Methods for Entity-Scale Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks from Agriculture and Forestry Practices. [read post]
14 May 2010, 9:46 am
With the Child Nutrition Act reauthorization well underway in Congress, and given the recent concerns aired by a group of retired military officers that school lunches may be contributing to obesity and thus threatening future military recruitment, as well as the investigation by USA Today that found fast food restaurants use a higher quality of meat than our nation's public schools, perhaps it should be no surprise that the US Department of Agriculture… [read post]
6 Nov 2023, 4:35 pm
Department of Agriculture (USDA), under the oversight of the White House Executive Office of the President, have published a concept note. [read post]
6 Nov 2023, 4:35 pm
Department of Agriculture (USDA), under the oversight of the White House Executive Office of the President, have published a concept note. [read post]
27 May 2018, 9:06 pm
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) wants to make sure you and your family avoid food poisoning this summer. [read post]
1 May 2017, 6:32 am
United States Department of Agriculture. [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will close district offices in Lawrence, KS; Beltsville, MD; Minneapolis, MN, Albany, NY; and Madison, WS.The budgets cuts and consolidations, leaving 10 district offices open for business, are the FSIS contributions to planned USDA budget cuts totaling about $150 million, or about .1 percent of the giant farm and forest agency's $150 billion annual budget.FSIS says it is possible to… [read post]
10 Jul 2016, 9:56 am
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has instituted some of the most significant updates to our country’s food safety system since the 1950s, leading to a 12 percent drop in foodborne illness associated with meat, poultry and processed egg products from 2009 to 2015. [read post]
23 Jan 2013, 6:43 am
District Court Judge in North Carolina today rejected the government’s motion to dismiss a case we are doing with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in which PETA and others are challenging the United States Department of Agriculture’s decision to renew the Animal Welfare Act license of a road-side zoo amid extensive evidence that the facility habitually violates the AWA and was in violation of several AWA standards when the USDA renewed the license. [read post]
1 Oct 2022, 2:40 pm
The problem was discovered when the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture reported to FSIS that some product was found to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes during routine testing. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 10:03 pm
Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. [read post]
