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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, USDA, Government / Policies,

04/23/2024 SOURCE: www.foodsafetynews.com

The Trump Farm Bill is nearing extinction

Long definitions exist for the Farm Bill. Here are a couple: “In the United States, the farm bill is a comprehensive omnibus bill that is the federal

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TOPIC(S): Organic, Food Safety,

04/09/2024 SOURCE: www.foodsafetynews.com

Food safety know-how can help save organic acreage

Getting tangled up in two different sets of regulations can be a headache -- or even worse, a reason to choose one part of your business over another.

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TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, USDA, Government / Policies,

08/22/2023 SOURCE: www.foodsafetynews.com

EATS Act brings delay and risk to new $1.5 trillion Farm Bill

The soon-to-expire Farm Bill is now at risk from an agriculture civil war that has broken out over the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act.

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Topics: Agriculture US, Water, US EPA,

Sackett ruling should erase the existing Waters of the U. S. rule, cattlemen say

The Supreme Court's decision in Sackett v EPA, announced on May 25, 2023, was unanimous in that the EPA’s wetlands regulatory jurisdiction is limited to

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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this article 10 months ago
Topics: Livestock/Meat, FDA, Food Security/Shortage,

Bill to put animal confinement under FDA regulation for food safety purposes introduced in House

The Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act to give the Food and Drug Administration FDA new powers to investigate livestock feedlots and animal

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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this article 11 months ago
Topics: Beef Cattle,

USDA announces case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in South Carolina beef cow

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in an approximately five-year-old or

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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this article 1 year ago
Topics: Livestock/Meat, Dairy, Environment, USDA,

Federal Judge blocks break for medium-sized factory farms

USDA's Farm Service Agency makes loans to family farms that are categorically exempt (“CatEx”) from the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), which

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Nancy Kavazanjian
shared this article 1 year ago
Topics: Food/Nutrition, FDA,

FDA budget request includes scant money for food safety programs

The Food and Drug Administration has requested $7.2 billion for the fiscal year 2024. According to President Biden’s budget proposal, the agency wants

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Team AgWiki
shared this article 1 year ago
Topics: FDA, Government / Policies, Food Safety,

Processed foods are making us sick: It’s time for the FDA and USDA to step in

-- OPINION -- Editor's note: This article was first published by Harvard Public Health magazine and is reprinted here with permission. By Jerold Mande

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Randy Krotz
shared this article 1 year ago

This is great news for food safety; however, it causes skeptics to pause and consider other alternatives.

USDA reports 99 percent of foods tested are below pesticide residue limits

For its 31st annual report on pesticide residues in food, the Agricultural Marketing Service of the USDA has good news. “In 2021, over 99 percent of the

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