The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is in the process of developing a new strategic plan to guide the agency’s work over the next five years.
Within the 62 enforcement actions, most were related to cattle (48.4%; 30 of 62), followed by swine (40.3%; 25 of 62), sheep (6.5%; four of 62), and goats (4.8%; three of 62).
Sandra Eskin, USDA deputy under secretary for food safety in health and safety, posted on May 3, 2022 about its progress towards reducing Salmonella illness.
For most consumers, label wording such as “grass-fed “or “pasture-raised” conjures images of humanely raised livestock lazily feeding in a rustic barnyard, but that’s not necessarily the case.
U.S. Reps. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., recently introduced legislation to require the U.S. Trade Representative to reinstate mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL) for imported beef.
On Feb. 7, the deadline to submit comments on a new definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) passed and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon be finalized.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the state of Montana have finalized a Cooperative Interstate Shipment agreement, which provides an opportunity for selected state-inspected meat and poultry processors to ship their products across state lines.
The fiscal 2022 appropriations bill signed into law March 15 by President Joe Biden updates U.S. Department of Agriculture statutes to allow workplace flexibilities for
Food Safety Inspection Service in-plant inspection personnel.
Decision regarding slick-hair cattle is U.S. Food and Drug Administration's first enforcement discretion decision for an intentional genomic alteration in an animal for food use.
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