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30 Sep 2013, 9:11 am
Department of Agriculture, through its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and in consultation with the U.S. [read post]
12 Aug 2013, 10:01 pm
Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Marketing Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Food and Safety Inspection Service – were not communicating with each other or the department’s general counsel, a 2012 audit found. [read post]
13 Jun 2013, 11:00 pm
Department of Agriculture and the U.S. [read post]
4 Jun 2013, 12:07 am
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service does limited testing for ractopamine residues domestically. [read post]
19 May 2013, 10:50 pm
” The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service regulates live animal identification. [read post]
7 May 2013, 10:30 pm
The headline of the Department’s January 20, 2012 news release published when Secretary Tom Vilsack announced his intent to propose a rule that would privatize poultry inspection stated: USDA Seeks to Modernize Poultry Inspection in the United States Inspection would focus on areas most critical to ensuring food safety, save taxpayers more than $90 million over three years and lower production costs by more than $256 million… [read post]
2 May 2013, 1:12 pm
Those involved in developing the report include USDA's Office of Pest Management Policy (OPMP), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Agricultural Research Services (ARS), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), National Resource Conversation Service (NRCS) as well as the EPA and Pennsylvania State University. [read post]
16 Feb 2013, 7:14 am
Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert on July 29, 2011, due to concerns about illnesses caused by Salmonella Heidelberg associated with the use and the consumption of ground turkey. [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 11:13 pm
Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service does very limited testing for the drug, but the agency has never found levels that violate the U.S. residue limits, according to the data posted online. [read post]
4 Jan 2013, 1:52 pm
Tom Marino, R-Pa., and Betty Sutton, D-Ohio—earned the endorsement of nearly 300 national, state, and local law enforcement agencies covering all 50 states, and would cost taxpayers nothing, according to the Congressional Budget Office. [read post]
22 Aug 2012, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture is continuing to investigate Central Valley Meat in Hanford, California after undercover video showed culled dairy cows being abused at the plant, but the agency said late Tuesday that there is no evidence that sick or lame cows were slaughtered for human consumption. [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Service is charged with overseeing vaccines for STEC, but GAO says some in the industry find USDA's approval requirements for these vaccines unclear. [read post]
12 Jan 2012, 4:31 am
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert on July 29, 2011, due to concerns about illnesses caused by Salmonella Heidelberg associated with the use and the consumption of ground turkey. [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
Outside of FSIS, among the other cuts planned by USDA include:- Farm Service Agency (FSA): Consolidate 131 county offices in 32 states; more than 2,100 FSA offices will remain throughout the United States- Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS): Close 2 country offices; more than 95 FAS offices will remain throughout the world.- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS): Close… [read post]
31 Dec 2011, 10:45 am
The Washington State Department of Agriculture discovered that locations in the milking parlor and processing areas were contaminated with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 bacteria. [read post]
30 Dec 2011, 1:59 am
The Washington State Department of Agriculture discovered that locations in the milking parlor and processing areas were contaminated with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 bacteria. [read post]
28 Dec 2011, 11:43 am
This “defund” language barred the agency from conducting inspections at or approving meat from horse slaughter plants. [read post]
20 Dec 2011, 2:54 pm
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. [read post]
20 Dec 2011, 2:54 pm
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. [read post]
7 Nov 2011, 1:59 am
Nevertheless, the agency had occasionally either been told of, or had stumbled upon, Chinese honey contaminated with chloramphenicol and other illegal animal antibiotics which are dangerous, even fatal, to a very small percentage of the population. [read post]
