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U.S. beefs up border inspections with more agricultural, food safety expertise

By News Desk on March 6, 2020

Annual hiring of an additional 240 agricultural specialists to strengthen U.S. borders and ports of entry and 200 agricultural technicians for administrative and support functions along with 20 new K-9 teams is now authorized by…
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Senate likely to vote soon on Brashears as USDA’s top food safety official

By Dan Flynn on December 6, 2018

The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry late Wednesday voted to favorably report the nomination of Mindy Brashears to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety.

Her nomination may now be considered by…
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Senate holds confirmation hearing, but not for key food safety post

By Dan Flynn on July 25, 2018

Senators Pat Roberts, D-KS, and Debbie Stabenow, D-MI, were beaming Tuesday during the first agricultural committee hearing since the Farm Bill passed.

Roberts, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Nutrition, was so…
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Near confirmation, Perdue says no to Brazilian beef embargo

By Dan Flynn on March 24, 2017

Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue thinks it would be an over-reaction for USDA to embargo Brazilian beef because of that country’s federal investigation of meat inspectors being bribed to overlook standards for exported meat.

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Food, agricultural events could get agro-terrorism treatment

By Dan Flynn on March 4, 2017

Agro-terrorism, which has been around as a fear since 9/11, is getting new attention with the introduction in Congress of the Securing our Agriculture and Food Act.

Text of the bill is not yet available,…
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Just Label It takes a victory lap after losing; opts to move on

By Dan Flynn on July 10, 2016

Just label It is throwing in the towel. The never-ending campaign by the organic industry’s top political players to force GMO labeling on the entire food industry says its time to move on. After a…
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Senate splits over labeling food with genetically engineered ingredients

By News Desk on March 17, 2016

usenatechamber_406x250A divided U.S. Senate Wednesday could not invoke cloture to bring the Biotechnology Labeling Solutions Bill to vote. The cloture vote, which required 60 for passage, failed by a dozen votes, 48-49. The bill, sponsored…
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Congressional train rolling to pre-empt states on GMO labels

By News Desk on March 3, 2016

Labeling food in interstate commerce might come up enough in U.S. law and regulations for the federal government to claim it’s already pre-empted the subject from the states. However, with a July 1 deadline for…
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Senate Agriculture Committee Mulls Options on COOL

By Lydia Zuraw on June 26, 2015

The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing Thursday to discuss country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for meat, which requires that packages sold in the U.S. indicate the country, or countries, where animals were born, raised and slaughtered.
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Michigan Senator Offers Voluntary COOL Draft for Discussion Purposes

By News Desk on June 25, 2015

The Senate Agriculture Committee hearing Wednesday on country-of-origin labeling (COOL) and trade retaliation got something new to chew on. On the eve of the first Senate action since the House of Representatives voted to repeal…
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