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If USDA was not the government, would the law look at the way it uses the “organic” label as “misbranding” or possibility a claim that it just cannot substantiate?
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is the federal government, and the law does not apply to Uncle Sam. And, it
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Wyoming’s Joint Agriculture Committee decided yesterday to sponsor the hotly contested Wyoming Food Freedom Bill in next year’s legislative session. The bill, which was introduced by Rep. Sue Wallis, R-Recluse, would exempt all “cottage foods”, or foods prepared in home kitchens and sold directly to consumers, from regulation.
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As the headlines about Gulf seafood safety have become increasingly skeptical, the White House and U.S. Food and Drug Administration are upping their effort to boost the image of the region’s seafood in the wake of a devastating oil spill.
Executive White House Chef Christeta Comerford and FDA Commissioner Margaret
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State standards for measuring the safety of seafood after oil spills were lowered by FDA for the Gulf of Mexico, the Press-Register in Mobile, AL reports.
The FDA measure in question for cancer-causing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) allows 132 parts per billion (PPB) in shrimp and crab, and 143 PPB
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service opened another 5,130 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing yesterday.
The area opened back up to both commercial and recreational fishing are federal waters off the coasts of Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. The area off the Florida panhandle that was previously
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Going into last weekend federal waters off the coast of Louisiana were re-opened to commercial and recreational fishing.
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service removed 4,281 square miles of federal waters from the fish closure area of the Gulf of Mexico. The area that remains closed to fishing measures 48,114 square
U.S. Senators from the Gulf states are asking President Obama to name a Gulf Seafood Advisory Group to advise federal agencies on a menu of concerns that continues in the aftermath of the BP oil spill.
Seafood industry representatives see the request as both a positive sign and one
Slow starts are nothing new for Louisiana’s white shrimp season. Most of fall season harvest always comes later in September and October once colder north winds help bring up shrimp from the sea floor.
Weak demand, closed areas, and many boats still doing oil spill clean up duty for BP
In yet another move to boost consumer confidence in seafood harvested in the Gulf of Mexico, the White House held a live video chat yesterday, taking seafood safety questions from the public.
The 30-minute chat, hosted via whitehouse.gov/live and Facebook, featured a discussion with Director of the National Oceanic and
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