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7 Feb 2016, 10:01 pm by Cookson Beecher
The agency says there is no nutritional difference between GMO crops and those grown with non-GMO seed. [read post]
2 Feb 2016, 9:54 am by ALDF
Department of Agriculture (USDA), the federal agency responsible for the enforcement of laws pertaining to farming, agriculture, and food production, estimates that more than 9 billion animals will be slaughtered in the U.S. this year. [read post]
31 Jan 2016, 10:01 pm by News Desk
Animal antibiotics ciprofloxacin and gentamicin residues were found in the kidney tissue of the cow in post mortem testing by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. [read post]
23 Jan 2016, 11:23 pm by Bill Marler
  FSIS (food safety arm of the USDA) does not have the authority. [read post]
19 Jan 2016, 1:59 pm by Michael Markarian
ARS research on farm animals – The omnibus contains strong language to address abuses uncovered by a New York Times exposé of the Agricultural Research Service’s Meat Animal Research Center. [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 5:18 pm by Nancy E. Halpern, DVM, Esq.
Farmers are often accused of raising livestock on “factory farms” and therefore treating their animals cruelly if they are house their animals indoors. [read post]
3 Jan 2016, 7:03 pm by Bill Marler
In 2013, Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his son, Peter DeCoster, both faced charges stemming from a Salmonella outbreak caused by their Iowa egg farms in 2010. [read post]
3 Jan 2016, 5:33 am by Bill Marler
In 2013, Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his son, Peter DeCoster, both faced charges stemming from a Salmonella outbreak caused by their Iowa egg farms in 2010. [read post]
2 Jan 2016, 6:41 pm by Bill Marler
The family business, known as Quality Egg LLC, pleaded guilty in 2015 to a federal felony count of bribing a USDA egg inspector and to two misdemeanors of unknowingly introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce. [read post]
31 Dec 2015, 11:37 pm by Lydia Zuraw
And FDA and USDA will likely do some preliminary work on collecting additional on-farm antimicrobial drug use and resistance data. [read post]
State and federal agencies have long considered discharge from farm drainage tiles to fall under these exemptions. [read post]
29 Dec 2015, 10:03 pm by Dan Flynn
Catfish inspections were called for in the 2008 Farm Bill, but the it’s taken until now to work out all the details with the U.S. [read post]
29 Dec 2015, 9:30 pm by RegBlog
Department of Agriculture (USDA), stemmed from a 2002 law aiming to further transparency between consumers and food industries. [read post]
27 Dec 2015, 10:02 pm by Lydia Zuraw
In September, FDA held a public meeting alongside USDA and CDC to discuss possible approaches for collecting additional on-farm antimicrobial drug use and resistance data. [read post]
18 Dec 2015, 9:09 am by Michael Markarian
Meat Animal Research Center conducting ghoulish experiments on farm animals—with animals dying in steam chambers, of deformities, or left to starve or freeze to death—Congress took action to improve the welfare of animals at USDA Agricultural Research Service facilities including U.S. [read post]
14 Dec 2015, 10:02 pm by News Desk
“While the new guidelines issued by the USDA are an important step, the USDA should declare Salmonella an adulterant as part of their work to protect American consumers from foodborne public health threats. [read post]
25 Nov 2015, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
“FSIS is committed to a smooth and gradual introduction to the new inspection program, which was mandated by the 2014 Farm Bill,” said Al Almanza, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety. [read post]
24 Nov 2015, 8:55 am by Susan Schneider
 David serves at the USDA Office of General Counsel as Associate General Counsel for International Affairs, Food Assistance, and Farm and Rural Programs. [read post]