…organic portal at www.usda.gov/organic. USDA has significantly expanded its efforts to improve access to safe, healthy food for all Americans and supporting the health of our next generation can be…
U.S. Poultry Dispute with India Nears Resolution
…WTO standards, recognizing the concept of disease-free areas, and conforming its recognition of disease-free areas to the specified international health codes. U.S. officials are studying the proposed changes and were…
Court Strikes Down Tighter Anhydrous Restrictions
…ruled against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, known as OSHA, because the Administration violated the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Last year, OSHA issued a memo redefining the retail…
Seaweed Could Reduce Pork Antibiotics Use
…sows may improve piglet health, according to Meatingplace. A professor at the college says seaweed contains many properties which are beneficial to animal health, including vitamins, minerals and fatty acids….
Agri View: Butter or Margarine?
…change came when we got into vegetable oil. As for health, they are both about the same, or so I have heard. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner….
China Moves to Reopen Market to U.S. Beef
…of the U.S. strategy to maintain and expand foreign market access is insistence on policies that are based on the guidelines of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Since…
Preliminary Extension of Deregulation to Two GE Potato Lines
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has preliminarily determined that it will extend deregulation to two lines of genetically engineered (GE) potatoes developed…
FWS Proposes Endangered Species Act Protections for Bumble Bee Species
…to be published in the Federal Register Thursday. Petitions to the Fish and Wildlife Service say the bumble bee “is not only an important pollinator of prairie wildflowers but also…
EPA Awards $4.8 M to Research Water Quality Benefits
…healthy community. Many communities face challenging decisions about investing in the protection of water resources,” said Thomas Burke, EPA science advisory and deputy assistant administrator of EPA’s Office of Research…
NFU Joins in Promoting Safe Practices
…and Health Week. President Barack Obama designated farm safety week to reaffirm support for programs and practices that promote health and safety on America’s farms. “We’re glad to see the…
Food Products Database
…public and private sectors that can improve the health and quality of life for millions of people, if it can be made more readily available,” said Vilsack. “The partnership that…
Vilsack Announces New Initiatives to Address Rural Opioid Epidemic
…steps to use its resources to help battle the opioid epidemic. In March, Secretary Vilsack announced that the Rural Health and Safety Education grant program could be used for communities…
EPA Says Glyphosate Likely Not Carcinogenic
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited decision Friday on whether glyphosate is carcinogenic, as a World Health Organization division claims. The EPA announced the agency believes glyphosate…
Agri View: Apple Versatility
Everett Griner talks about the apple being widely grown, explored and consumed in today’s Agri View. Apple Versatility Apples. Always considered a good health food. Why do we see so…