The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced yesterday that Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will travel to Japan to promote U.S. exports next month.
Secretary Vilsack will meet
In a speech yesterday at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discussed the Obama Administration’s priorities for school lunch reform and urged Congress to
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will testify in Congress this week on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) FY 2011 budget and with Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) convening
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack killed the $142 million National Animal Identification System (NAIS), and any hope it might contribute to food safety, last week.
At a meeting of state agriculture
The White House announced yesterday that President Obama intends to nominate Dr. Elisabeth Hagen as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Under Secretary for Food Safety, a
After much thought and consideration, here is the Food Safety News Naughty list for 2009:
NAUGHTY: Stewart Parnell, President of Peanut Corporation of America, for asking for nearly $1 million
Yesterday Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack previewed the Obama Administration’s priorities for the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act, which addresses Federal Child Nutrition Programs.
The Child Nutrition Act reauthorization
Canada is taking the United States to the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Dispute Settlement Body on Oct. 23rd over country of origin labeling.
Country of origin labeling (COOL)
It has been over a year since the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has had a Senate-confirmed Under Secretary of Food Safety–a reality that has left many in
A dispute with China over poultry import safety was likely diffused last week after House-Senate conferees reached a deal on Agriculture appropriations language.
Lawmakers came to an agreement that would
Key food safety officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services emphasized the need for stronger food safety laws last week
When looking at a maze of federal agencies, be it the “intelligence community” or our nation’s food safety mechanism, it is easy to forget that it is the individuals