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26 Jun 2016, 10:01 pm by Cathy Siegner
However, Corley denied the agency’s motion to dismiss on Sept. 29, 2015. [read post]
29 May 2016, 10:01 pm by Cathy Siegner
In addition, the agency states that food imports to the U.S. more than doubled from 2003-2013. [read post]
25 May 2016, 10:00 pm by Dan Flynn
Catfish inspection was moved to USDA from FDA in the 2008 Farm Bill, but the transition, complete with a memorandum of understanding between the two agencies, did not occur until much more recently. [read post]
18 May 2016, 4:49 pm by Roy Costa, RS, MS (MBA)
The Agency is seeking to broaden its regulation of retail-exempt facilities, which have traditionally come under the purview of state and local regulatory authorities. [read post]
15 May 2016, 10:00 pm by Cathy Siegner
The rule is one of seven the agency has drafted to implement facets of the sweeping 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). [read post]
4 May 2016, 4:30 am by Cannabis Law Group
  There are also other issues that arise as a result of the fact that marijuana is a also a plant – a plant that is grown on a farm like corn, or wheat, or tomatoes. [read post]
3 May 2016, 12:09 am by Bill Marler
Botulism is a rare, life-threatening paralytic illness caused by neurotoxins produced by an anaerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium, Clostridium botulinum. [read post]
2 May 2016, 9:05 pm by Bill Marler
Jensen Farms:  In 2012 Eric Jensen, age 37, and Ryan Jensen, age 33, brothers who owned and operated Jensen Farms, a fourth-generation cantaloupe operation in Colorado, presented themselves to U.S. marshals in Denver and were taken into custody on federal charges brought by the U.S. [read post]
1 May 2016, 12:59 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in conjunction with USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA). [read post]
30 Apr 2016, 9:16 am by Bill Marler
  And it is why the Justice Department works closely with our federal agency partners to ensure that our enforcement efforts are making a positive difference to food safety and quality. [read post]
25 Apr 2016, 10:00 pm by Cookson Beecher
” That can happen because even if a neighboring farm doesn’t have any livestock, it can source it from a feedlot or dairy farm. [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 3:21 am by Cari Rincker
Your FOIA request should include the following information: Contact information including your full name, address, phone number; Description of records requested (e.g., aerial photographic reproductions from the Farm Service Agency or National Agriculture Library, all records pertaining to a piece of property); Identification of locations of files are obtained, such as a regional EPA or USDA office (if known); The maximum amount that you are willing to pay in printing… [read post]
17 Apr 2016, 8:19 am by Andy Weisbecker
USDA has made improvements in its poultry inspection and testing models and has tightened standards for both Salmonellaand Campylobacter in poultry. [read post]
13 Apr 2016, 1:56 pm by Michael Markarian
He co-authored the Animal Welfare in Agricultural Research (AWARE) Act to provide animal care standards for farm animals used in federal agricultural research. [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 10:00 pm by Dan Flynn
But the Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF), representing both organic and conventional growers, points to findings by the University of California’s Personal Chemical Exposure program that show a child could eat 1,508 serving of strawberries a day and still not have any effect from the pesticide levels, which are considered safe by the USDA. [read post]
6 Apr 2016, 6:34 pm by Bill Marler
  To take one example, we recently obtained a consent decree against a dairy farm in Vermont that wa [read post]
8 Mar 2016, 10:00 pm by Dan Flynn
There Taylor was an advocate for a single “farm to table” food safety agency. [read post]
6 Mar 2016, 10:01 pm by Megan Pellegrini
The last few years have also seen improvements in cloud-based traceability applications, which can gather information from farm to fork, he said. [read post]
20 Feb 2016, 10:00 pm by Dan Flynn
It’s an agency known for occasionally making marvelous progress, like the dramatic reduction in E. coli O157:H7 contamination. [read post]