The rule with the title: “Strengthening Organic Enforcement” is still hanging fire at USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).
It’s said to be the single largest piece of organic food rule-making since the National Organic Program
Continue Reading Rule to reform and update enforcement of organic industry remains aliveThe USDA’s National Organic Program completed more complaint reviews and investigations that it received in 2017. It finished work on 462 reviews and investigations while receiving 379 incoming complaints during the fiscal year 2017 ending
Continue Reading USDA’s organic enforcement efforts find fraudulent certificates
The USDA’s National Organic Program will have new leadership as of October when Miles McEvoy steps down after eight years at the helm.
McEvoy, who has been deputy administrator of the National Organic Program within
Continue Reading Head of USDA’s organic program steps down after 8 years
Farmers who want to sell their produce in certain markets, such as big-box stores, have to get certain food safety certifications, but not everyone can afford to scale up. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is
Continue Reading USDA to Expand Group Food Safety Certification for Small Growers
If you eat undercooked beef, it’s not just E. coli you have to worry about. Salmonella may be predominately associated with poultry, but beef can also be contaminated with the pathogen. According to the Centers
Continue Reading Scientists Studying Salmonella in Cattle Lymph Nodes
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released its latest summary of the Pesticide Data Program (PDP) last month. In its 21st annual summary of the program, the AMS stated that for
Continue Reading Pesticide Data Program Shows Little Contamination in 2011
The United States currently leads the world in food production; but in order for this to remain true, the government must invest more in agricultural research, says a committee of the nation’s leading scientists and
Continue Reading Ag Research Needs More Funding, Say Experts
It’s a green light for food safety from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2012 specialty crop grants, with 8.4 percent of the total number of grants going to food safety projects – among them
Continue Reading Food Safety Wins Thumbs-Up in 2012 Specialty Crop Grants
In May, I wrote a column in this space suggesting that through its successful lobbying to “zero out” funding for the Microbiological Data Program in the fiscal year 2013 budget, that big fruit and vegetable
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: Produce Testing Saving Lives
Public testing for pathogens like E. coli, Salmonella and Listeria on fresh produce will drop by more than 80 percent if a key U.S. Department of Agriculture testing program is eliminated, according to an analysis
Continue Reading USDA Budget Cut Could Slash 80 Percent of Produce Testing
