The Al Almanza decade as USDA’s most important figure in food safety is ending, and Stephen Censky is coming in as
Continue Reading Out with the old, in with the new-ish in USDA’s No. 2 post
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended imports of all fresh beef from Brazil because of recurring food safety problems documented since March, when the agency began inspecting 100 percent of all meat from the
Continue Reading U.S. stops imports of Brazilian beef for food safety concerns
Sonny Perdue today is the 31st Secretary of Agriculture, having won confirmation by the U.S. Senate in an 87-to-11 vote on Monday.
The former governor of Georgia succeeds Tom Vilsack, who led the U.S. Department
Continue Reading Senate confirms 31st Secretary of Agriculture: Sonny Perdue
Sonny Perdue continues to wait for the U.S. Senate to return from vacation to vote on his confirmation as Secretary of Agriculture, which now scheduled for April 24.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), however,
Continue Reading GIPSA rule kicked down the road for Perdue’s eventual decision
Sonny Perdue will be confirmed as the nation’s 31st Secretary of Agriculture. It’s just a matter of whether it will occur before or after the U.S. Senate goes on vacation.
Ahead of their recess, the
Continue Reading Senate fiddles as rural America burns waiting for ag secretary
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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Continue Reading Near confirmation, Perdue says no to Brazilian beef embargo
Secretary of Agriculture-designate Sonny Perdue will finally get his hearing tomorrow before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee.
President Trump nominated the former Georgia governor to serve as America’s 31st Secretary of Agriculture nine
Continue Reading Sonny Perdue set to face Senate ag committee Thursday
While the Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price says we can expect the next Food and Drug Administrator commissioner to be named soon, significant meetings held by designated FDA policy makers with persons
Continue Reading Vacant positions are slowing things down at FDA and FSIS
Policy 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
Continue Reading States want ‘robust partnership’ with Washington D.C. on ag
With the somewhat tardy appointment of former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as secretary of agriculture combined with Senate Democrats taking their time with the confirmation process, there’s going to be a backup of some other
Continue Reading Top food safety job and others remain to be filled at USDA
