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14 Nov 2013, 10:09 pm by News Desk
The fate of mandatory country-of-origin labeling for meat products should be left out of the farm bill and handled by the World Trade Organization, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at an event hosted by POLITICO on Thursday. [read post]
5 Oct 2009, 6:39 pm
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack vacated Washington DC today to give a speech at the University of Minnesota. [read post]
19 May 2013, 10:58 pm by News Desk
., the Organic Trade Association (OTA) heard from Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack about the future of organic farming. [read post]
16 Aug 2009, 9:35 pm
Washington - Speaking to a friendly crowd in Seattle, Tom Vilsack laid out the administration's vision for the Forest Service. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 2:59 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday that while the E. coli outbreak unfolding in Europe poses no immediate threat to the U.S., the Department of Agriculture is monitoring the situation. [read post]
14 Sep 2011, 2:59 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Under Secretary for Food Safety Elisabeth Hagen touted the U.S. [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 1:59 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he's confident government shutdown will be avoided as Democrats and Republicans fight over a budget plan for the rest of 2011. [read post]
2 Nov 2015, 7:22 am by Associated Press
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is coming to Washington County. [read post]
15 Sep 2021, 2:26 pm by Allan Blutstein
Secretary Tom Vilsack hailed the “outstanding” FOIA work of USDA in a department-wide letter sent on September 10, 2021.USDA: Thank you FOIA professionals and information aggregatorsColleagues, I would like to highlight the outstanding work of USDA’s Freedom of Information Act professionals. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 8:33 am by Associated Press
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says Chesapeake Bay restoration projects will receive more than $18 million in funding. [read post]
3 Mar 2013, 10:00 pm by Helena Bottemiller
Department of Agriculture has no choice but to eventually furlough meat inspectors, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack again said on Friday. [read post]
17 Oct 2014, 10:02 pm by News Desk
Fifteen members of Congress sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on Friday with questions about the New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS). [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 2:59 am
Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack paid a visit to the International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) in Battle Creek, Michigan Monday to highlight the institute's contribution to food safety.The institute uses the first-ever national food protection curriculum to train food protection professionals at all levels of government, in an effort to standardized food safety practices. [read post]
21 Dec 2020, 9:07 pm by Dan Flynn
Analysis Tom Vilsack already is one of the longest serving cabinet members to work as Secretary of Agriculture, and now President-elect Joe Biden wants Vilsack to serve again in that capacity, an appointment that opens the former USDA boss to all sorts of scrutiny, including his food safety record. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 1:59 am
The number of food safety and plant health trade barriers plaguing U.S. agricultural exports is way up, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told a congressional committee recently. [read post]
19 Jan 2016, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
Secretary Tom Vilsack, now President Obama’s longest serving cabinet member, already won the right to expand HIMP to all interested poultry plants over vigorous opposition that built up over two decades. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 10:05 pm by News Desk
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack told reporters Wednesday Congress should come up with a better solution for handling unwanted horses than slaughtering the animals for meat for human consumption. [read post]
13 Feb 2013, 9:09 pm by Helena Bottemiller
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and the White House have caused quite a stir in food and agriculture circles by warning that budget sequestration could lead to a two-week furlough of federal meat inspectors, which would effectively halt American meat and poultry processing. [read post]
25 Feb 2015, 5:08 pm by Bill Marler
Phil Brasher reports that special safety labels for mechanically tenderized meat are likely to take effect as soon as 2016, two years earlier than expected, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told lawmakers. [read post]