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16 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
A reestablished charter and 2010-2012 membership for the National Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection was announced Thursday by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.The food safety advisory group is attached to the U.S. [read post]
22 Oct 2013, 10:02 pm by News Desk
Consumer rights group Food & Water Watch has expressed concern in a new letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack over the U.S. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 1:59 am
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) sent a letter yesterday to Secretary of Agricultre Tom Vilsack urging him to improve the testing program for ground beef meant for school lunches. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday asking that the agency retain the regulated status of genetically modified (GMO) alfalfa. [read post]
6 Oct 2009, 3:09 pm
The Honorable Tom Vilsack Secretary United States Department of Agriculture Room 200-A, Jamie L. [read post]
18 Jan 2017, 7:31 pm by News Desk
Tom Vilsack, the outgoing secretary of agriculture, stepped down Jan. 13. [read post]
22 Apr 2015, 10:01 pm by James Andrews
Department of Agriculture — have fallen by 10 percent, according to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who was appointed to head USDA when the president took office in 2009. [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
"We applaud USDA Secretary Vilsack for taking strong action to improve the safety of ground beef purchased for the school lunch program," said Liz Hitchcock of U.S. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 2:59 am
In another act of the ongoing catfish regulatory drama, the advocacy group Food and Water Watch sent a letter yesterday to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius recommending they work together to get catfish inspections rolling as soon as possible.The 2008 farm bill mandated that the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) begin inspecting the flood of imported catfish from Asia, but the rule… [read post]
22 Mar 2021, 12:22 pm by Mitchell Dowden
She is a member of the Chickasaw Nation located in Oklahoma.Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement, “I am grateful to President Biden for nominating Janie Simms Hipp, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, to serve as General Counsel at the U.S. [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging the agency to include six additional strains of E. coli as hazardous adulterants that need to be tested by the USDA. [read post]
5 Jan 2017, 12:33 pm by Tom Kosakowski
"Secretary Tom Vilsack said, "I strongly support this office and its functions in ensuring civil rights at USDA and continuing to improve service delivery to our stakeholders. [read post]
24 Aug 2012, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture withdrew inspectors from the plant over the weekend, three Central California Republican congressman are urging Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to "immediately" allow the company to operate again. [read post]
24 Nov 2009, 9:44 am
The letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack states, ‘"We respectfully request that the U.S. [read post]
7 Jul 2009, 8:21 am
EPA; Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Department of Interior. [read post]
19 Oct 2009, 7:05 am
On October 16, 2009, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the department's National Veterinary Services Laboratories "will be conducting confirmatory testing on swine samples collected at the 2009 Minnesota State Fair between August 26 and September 1. [read post]
30 Mar 2017, 10:01 pm by News Desk
Tom Vilsack, who served as President Obama’s Secretary of Agriculture for eight years, stepped down 76 days ago. [read post]
1 Feb 2011, 1:59 am
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Friday asking him for details on the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)'s new interim rule to loosen restrictions on poultry imports from countries, like China, that have faced avian influenza in the past. [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 7:19 am
  The two Democrats authored a letter to the Secretary, which follows below: January 29, 2010 The Honorable Tom Vilsack Secretary U.S. [read post]