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USDA gets employee safety training and OSHA gets access to food facilities under new MOU

By News Desk on August 11, 2022

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) renewed a cooperative agreement with a formal signing on Aug.1.

The FSIS workforce is viewed as critical…

Continue Reading USDA gets employee safety training and OSHA gets access to food facilities under new MOU

Perdue exits the building after getting USDA jurisdiction over gene-edited livestock

By Dan Flynn on January 22, 2021

In one of his final acts before leaving the USDA, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue signed an agreement ending a turf war between his department and the Department of Health and Human Services. It shifts…
Continue Reading Perdue exits the building after getting USDA jurisdiction over gene-edited livestock

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FSIS adjusts catfish inspection process; transition period ends

By Dan Flynn on September 5, 2017

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) adjusted inspection coverage at catfish slaughter facilities on Sept. 1, the same day an 18-month transition period ended. The transition period’s end marks the full transfer of…
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USDA, CDC Expand Collaboration on Assessment of Foodborne Hazards

By News Desk on May 27, 2014

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have signed an agreement to define expectations related to interagency assessment of foodborne health hazards potentially associated with meat, poultry and eggs.
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Agencies Reach Catfish Inspection Agreement Required by Farm Bill

By Dan Flynn on May 14, 2014

After the 2008 Farm Bill moved the responsibility for catfish inspection from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the two agencies did not play nice…
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