A letter, sent last week to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack from major representatives of the U.S. dairy, turkey, and egg industries, may have had an impact.
Vilsack has reacted by telling the 2024 Farm Progress Show that trials are beginning for an HSN1 virus vaccine for cattle.
The letter
Continue Reading USDA begins field trials for bird flu vaccines for cattle
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Thirty years ago this summer I went to work as administrator of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) after the landmark Jack in the Box outbreak, caused by hamburger contaminated with a dangerous form of E. coli. Four young children died and hundreds of people
Continue Reading The clock is ticking on poultry safety
A report published jointly by the International Labor Organization and Unicef, organizations that observed June 12 as World Day Against Child Labor, found agriculture is the largest employer of child labor.
According to the latest available data, more than 75 percent of all 5 to 14 year olds in child
Continue Reading The meat and poultry sector needs to cease using child labor
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 that the Biden Administration was going to come out with a new Salmonella in
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 to end the infant formula shortage, USDA urged states to take advantage of flexibilities the
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 to produce organic milk. Those cows likely become the “few and the proud” as cows
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 across state lines.
Under the CIS agreement, the State of Montana may inspect meat 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, oysters and scallops to the U.S., whilst the states of Massachusetts and Washington can do
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 U.S. House.
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, has introduced the bill that would
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 in the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court in St. Louis. Ericksen stayed her own decision after
Continue Reading Next week, they slow the bacon making while line speed appeal goes forward
