USDA today took another step to make the products it regulates safer by banning some poultry products from being contaminated with a pathogen that causes foodborne illness in people. Since May 2022, it’s been known
Continue Reading USDA proposes declaring Salmonella an adulterant In breaded, stuffed raw chicken
Shelves at major retailers that once carried infant formula were often found empty over the weekend as the shortage crisis continued to be unresolved and USDA offered help.
As part of the reported coordinated drive
Continue Reading USDA says it continues “urgent actions” on infant formula crisis
A major rule change was rolled out this week for the rapidly growing organic dairy industry in the United States.
The USDA Origin of Livestock rule announced this week puts a premium on cows used
Continue Reading New organic dairy rule taps down on how to expand herds
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the State of Montana have finalized a Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS) agreement, which provides an opportunity for selected state-inspected meat and poultry processors to ship their products
Continue Reading Montana signs shipment agreement with USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service
Trade in shellfish between the United States and Europe is set to resume after more than a decade.
Spain and the Netherlands will be allowed to export chilled or frozen shellfish such as mussels, clams,
Continue Reading United States and EU to restart shellfish trade
The Fresh Produce Procurement Reform Act, legislation to increase USDA’s procurement of fresh fruits and vegetables, is being introduced in Congress to the industry’s delight by one of the most powerful Democrats in the
Continue Reading Bill to reshape and revive Families Food Box Program introduced by powerful House Democrat
By her actions, it sure looks like federal Judge Joan N. Ericksen is fiercely defending her decision to slow line speeds for slaughtering market hogs.
Her ruling, which takes effect next week, is on appeal
Continue Reading Next week, they slow the bacon making while line speed appeal goes forward
Six years after Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY, first introduced the PRIME Act to exempt so-called custom slaughtering from federal inspection and allow farmers to produce food for restaurants, grocery stores, and hotels, an alternative has
Continue Reading USDA puts $55.2 million into expanded meat and poultry access
Fear of a Supreme Court review of California’s Proposition 12 has set the state’s congressional Democrats on a different strategy. They want to recall the amicus curiae briefs the federal government dropped last year in
Continue Reading California’s congressional Democrats do not want Prop 12 reviewed by high court
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
Continue Reading Vilsack’s food safety record is filled with accomplishments, and maybe a ding or two
