Articles Tagged with ''USDA''

In this opinion piece, Stephen Sothmann, Partner at DTB AgriTrade LLP, and Bill Westman, Executive Director of Meat Import Council of America (MICA), discuss the potentially harmful effects of blocking USDA's decision to allow imports of fresh beef from Paraguay and the potential impact on other agricultural trade commitments.

In this opinion piece, Chuck Conner, President and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, pushes for the FDA to modernize with the times on animal feed amendments while highlighting how these innovations yield substantial benefits for farmers and consumers.

The Agriculture Department is officially declaring salmonella an adulterant in some chicken products, barring the sale of any that are contaminated. 

Lactating dairy cattle scheduled to move from one state to another will first have to be tested for the presence of the H5N1 virus, according to a USDA order issued Wednesday.

In this opinion piece, Marshall Matz, Senior Counsel at OFW Law in Washington, D.C., announces the celebration of WIC's five decades of successful services to a large population of participants and the nation's public health infrastructure.

USDA has finalized its rule on school meal standards to include added sugar reductions, but less intense cuts on sodium.