February 7, 2019
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has named three sub-Cabinet nominees to less-senior positions that do not require Senate confirmation, while continuing to urge their confirmation to the posts to which they were nominated. In a …
November 29, 2018
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration reached agreement on how lab-grown meat and similar products should be regulated, the agencies announced. In a joint statement, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue …
October 25, 2018
Federal agencies provided a roadmap for their regulatory actions in the coming months, as part of the government’s regular Unified Regulatory Agenda. Several of the planned regulations are important to the egg and egg products …
October 25, 2018
The FDA has named Frank Yiannas, the vice president of food safety at Wal-Mart, as deputy commissioner for food policy and response to replace Stephen Ostroff, who is retiring in January. Before moving to Walmart, …
October 4, 2018
Labor and food safety advocacy groups could file suit over a new Food Safety and Inspection Service policy that will allow faster line speeds at some chicken slaughter plants, according to Agri-Pulse. The newsletter reports …
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