U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue late Friday announced his finalists of 136 Expressions of Interest received from parties in 35 states vying to become the new homes of USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
The two units have limited involvement in food
Continue Reading Secretary Perdue names top 3 finalists for new home of USDA research agencies
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi, R-WY, wants to know “how the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will implement a policy to oversee human food produced using animal cell technology that is derived from livestock and poultry cells.”
Enzi has written Secretary of Agriculture
Continue Reading Senate budget chief wants USDA and FDA to provide more information on cell technology pact
Ten years ago when USDA leased nearly all of the newly completed 380,000 square foot Patriots Plaza III at 355 E. St. SW in Washington D.C., it was good for only a couple of small items in the local real estate press.
USDA was just snapping up a hot
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: Escape from the National Capital Region (NCR)
Last week was a big one for Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. The U.S. Senate heard his testimony and groups visiting Washington D.C., like the state agriculture directors, listened to his every word he had for them.
In case you have not noticed, the Secretary of Agriculture over time
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: “All Hail Jay!”
Spending authority to keep the federal government running through Sept. 30 was put into place in time to avert another partial government shutdown, which would have begun Saturday if the budget deal had not been approved.
It means the Fiscal Year 2019 budget process is finally wrapped up, and it
Continue Reading Food safety funding again secure — this time through Sept. 30, 2019
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is no longer waiting for U.S. Senate action to beef-up his C-Suite.
Perdue Monday named Mindy Brashears as Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, Naomi Earp as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, and Scott Hutchins as Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education, and
Continue Reading Brashears, Earp, Hutchins start work today at USDA
The federal magistrate judge has yet not yet ruled whether the defendants even have the legal standing to bring their case, and the federal defense attorneys have yet to show up in the court, but two activist organizations say they are now “entitled to a summary judgment on their sole
Continue Reading Activists wants federal magistrate to take over GMO labeling enactment from USDA
Just a year ago, the first poultry products processed in China from raw chicken raised and slaughtered in Chile entered the United States — a mere 110 pounds of cooked breaded chicken. But a congressional food safety expert says two of three new Chinese poultry processing plants eligible since late
Continue Reading Two of three new poultry processors in Chinese provinces never audited
Those independent cattle ranchers who mostly hold up in Billings, MT, won’t back down when it comes to country of origin labeling (COOL), which is also favored by many food safety advocates. A federal judge in Spokane just declined to bring back COOL for beef and pork, but the ranchers
Continue Reading After court loss: Cattlemen want Trump to make COOL part of the deal
Remember all that noise not long ago that went on for years about labeling genetically engineered foods, aka GMOs? Four big states put the idea to voters, who all rejected it. Then little Vermont passed a single state law that might have become the national standard by default. But finally,
Continue Reading ‘BE’ label launch may cost more than feds yearly spend on food safety
