November 29, 2018
The Animal Welfare Institute has sued USDA in federal court, asking the judge to require 3rd-party audits for certain labeling claims regarding how animals are raised. The lawsuit is in response to a petition filed …
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 …
November 8, 2018
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) proposed to change the way payments are made to layer operations during an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The changes will also apply to cases …
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, …
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