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15 Jul 2014, 10:01 pm by Lydia Zuraw
Department of Agriculture about shortages of food safety inspectors. [read post]
14 Mar 2012, 10:18 pm
Thanks to Bettina Siegel, whose blog “The Lunch Tray,” and her online petition on Change.org asking Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to “put an immediate end to the use of “pink slime” in our children’s school food,” she has now, according to breaking AP news, forced the U.S. [read post]
18 May 2010, 2:59 am
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 7:37 am
” Featured in the hearing on Tuesday was USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, as well as several food security experts from Arkansas. [read post]
26 Sep 2016, 10:00 pm by News Desk
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack called Thursday’s announcement “a critical first step” following a recently concluded review of the U.S. supply system. [read post]
11 Feb 2013, 8:57 pm by Helena Bottemiller
After the White House and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack suggested that the automatic budget cuts, known as the sequester, could force the government to furlough all federal meat inspectors, the food industry is arguing that such a move would violate the government’s legal obligation to keep inspectors at work. [read post]
19 Oct 2021, 8:24 am by Bill Marler
“Far too many consumers become ill every year from poultry contaminated by Salmonella,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. [read post]
25 Mar 2014, 8:35 am by WIMS
<> USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack Announces Increased Opportunity for Producers as part of New Farm Bill - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced increased opportunity for producers as a result of the 2014 Farm Bill. [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 2:59 am
"The workshops, which were first announced by Attorney General Eric Holder and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Aug. 5, 2009, are the first DOJ, USDA joint workshops ever to be held to discuss competition and regulatory issues in the agriculture industry.Attorney General Eric Holder, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Antitrust Division… [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture on Monday, right under Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's window, to protest a proposal to expand an inspection system that shifts federal inspectors away from inspecting for quality defects and allows slaughter lines to speed up. [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 7:21 am by Helena Bottemiller
An hour after The Hagstrom Report (subscription only) broke the news on Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued a statement. [read post]
19 Mar 2010, 7:29 am
"According to the announcement, the path was paved for this agreement as a result of a trip USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and US Trade Representative Ron Kirk took in October. '"When I traveled to China with U.S. [read post]
27 Jan 2022, 7:22 am by Cinthia Macie
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said “[p]roducers all across the country for too long have faced a marketplace that benefits a few large companies over those who are growing our food. [read post]
23 Jan 2017, 10:00 pm by Dan Flynn
Former Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack did make a run for it, but fell two days short of the post-World War II record for tenure as secretary of agriculture. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 10:03 pm by Lydia Zuraw
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack gave the Senate a similar response last week during a budget hearing with the Appropriations Subcommittee for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies. [read post]
6 Mar 2012, 1:59 am
Secretary Tom Vilsack said one of his first meetings, if not his first meeting, with the president was talking about the importance of food safety. [read post]
30 Jul 2012, 5:30 pm by Colin O'Keefe
This may not be as well-known to those who live out on the coasts, but the United States is currently suffering through a drought as bad as any we’ve seen in some time—United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently said it was “the most serious situation we’ve had in probably 25 years. [read post]
2 Sep 2012, 2:59 am
Twenty-nine men and one woman have served as Secretary of Agriculture since the office was created when the U.S. [read post]