The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced an enforcement discretion policy for certain crops under the requirements of the Produce Safety Rule portion of the Food Safety Modernization Act…
Stolen 4-H Goats Recovered
…has not been determined whether or not the remaining 11 goats were stolen. However, as a safety precaution, detectives transported those goats to a boarding facility to allow extra time…
Emergency Process Pushing New Air Quality Standard for Wildfire Smoke
…2018 seeks to amend regulations specific to health risks related to wildfire smoke. Instead of working through the traditional rulemaking process, the Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) is…
Pesticide Registration Improvement Act Signed into Law
…PRIA 4. Those fees will be used to supplement federal appropriations as well as fund worker protection training activities. EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) Assistant Administrator…
Details on the Administration’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2020
Ag groups are asking for cuts in the budget proposal for fiscal year 2020 be reconsidered. The budget proposes significant cuts to several safety net programs, as well as narrowing…
Dairy Producers Previously Enrolled in the Livestock Gross Margin Program Now Eligible for 2018 Margin Protection Program
…LGM-Dairy, administered by USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), previously were determined by the 2014 Farm Bill to be ineligible for coverage under MPP-Dairy, a safety net program available through USDA’s Farm Service Agency…
Farm Bureau Seeks Action for Olive Growers
…of those jobs and workers leaving the sector entirely; consumers being sold products from foreign countries with less strenuous food safety regulations; farm land acreage being lost, which may cause…
Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Protect Farm Bill Program Funding
…safety net, conservation initiatives and nutrition assistance – ultimately reducing the financial support provided to America’s farmers and ranchers,” they wrote in a letter sent today to House and Senate…
DPR to Launch New Incident Report Mobile Application
…to the Pesticide Safety Information Series, Medical Supervision Programs for those employees who regularly handle pesticides and Pesticide Compliance Assistance for Employees booklets. One of the speakers, Alex Cadenas who…
Secretary Perdue Comments on President Trump’s Budget Proposal
…diligent in spending it more carefully than we would our own when it comes to delivering our programs. At the same time, we will maintain a safety net for farmers,…
Annual Survey Finds 80% of Producers Believe Beef Checkoff Drives Beef Demand
…these opinions.” To view further survey results, visit www.beefboard.org. For more information about the Beef Checkoff and its programs, including promotion, research, foreign marketing, industry information, consumer information and safety, visit…
USDA and FDA Announce a Formal Agreement to Regulate Cell-Cultured Food Products from Cell Lines of Livestock and Poultry
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a formal…
Petition for New Air Quality Standards Related to Wildfire Smoke
A recently submitted petition addressing air quality standards related to wildfires is currently working its way through the administrative process. The Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board will have six…
USDA Strengthens Partnerships and Protections to Keep ASF Out of the Country
…is it a food safety issue. In coordination with the pork industry, USDA’s Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Greg Ibach, has stated the following enhanced activities to intensify multi-agency…