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The new reality of USDA catfish regulation

By Dan Flynn on August 17, 2021

Not since April 30, 2014, when USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) obtained the primary regulatory oversight for catfish and catfish products from the Food and Drug Administration, have there been any victory laps.…

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Publisher’s Platform: Revive the MDP

By Bill Marler on November 30, 2018

Hundreds sicken and hospitalized, dozens with kidney failure and 7 deaths from romaine in the last 12 months in the U.S. and Canada and the response from industry and government has been what?  Please put…
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Senate might not buy King’s amendment to open all states to all American farm products

By Dan Flynn on August 7, 2018

Representative Steve King, R-IA, has succeeded in attaching his “Protect Interstate Commerce Act (PICA) of 2018” to the House version of the now 641-page “Farm Bill” and senators are pushing back.

A conservative Republican, King…
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USDA grants through NIFA include food safety research

By U.S. Department of Agriculture on December 4, 2017

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced support for research, education, and extension projects that promote a safe, nutritious food supply. The funding is made possible through NIFA’s Agriculture…
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States want ‘robust partnership’ with Washington D.C. on ag

By Dan Flynn on January 31, 2017

NASDA-FINAL_406x250Policy goals for 2017 are being set this week by one of the nation’s smallest, but most powerful agricultural groups. The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) is meeting for its Winter Policy…
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Storms and stability ahead for food safety efforts in 2017

By Dan Flynn on January 2, 2017

Food safety in 2017 will be dependent on our “complicated bureaucracies” that exist to get through transitions and times of change. Both USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the U.S. Food and Drug…
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Food safety plays part in urban agriculture bill

By Cookson Beecher on October 24, 2016

Imagine walking down the street in your city neighborhood and stopping by a garden, planted in what used to be a vacant lot, to buy some vegetables or fruit for supper. For many people, this…
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House leaders asked not to vote on Senate resolution to end USDA catfish inspection

By Dan Flynn on May 31, 2016

A bipartisan congressional group mostly representing the Gulf states, but also including food safety advocate Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), has asked the House leadership not to take up the recently passed Senate resolution which would…
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Senate votes to end USDA catfish inspections, which just got underway

By Dan Flynn on May 26, 2016

The U.S. Senate has voted to shut down the nation’s only catfish inspection program, a move that would put more Americans at risk of exposure to carcinogens and antibiotics from Asian white fish, such…
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USDA Awards Food Safety Research Grants

By News Desk on April 2, 2015

http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photography-money-image279317Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced the recipients of its latest round of food safety research grants. The nearly $19 million awarded to 36 institutions…
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