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Perdue’s Nomination Received; Trump Budget Due Thursday
Perdue’s Nomination Received; Trump Budget Due Thursday
** The Senate Ag Committee has officially received the nomination of Sonny Perdue to be the next Ag Secretary, clearing a major hurdle in the confirmation process. A spokeswoman for the committee confirmed the news Friday. Nominated the day before President Trump’s inauguration, reaction from ag groups has been generally supportive, with many seeing the former Georgia governor as a candidate likel
AGs Want Pruitt to Change EPA and 2018 Election Taking Shape
AGs Want Pruitt to Change EPA and 2018 Election Taking Shape
**Federal agencies that regulate biotechnology may NOT have the staffing and expertise to handle the plethora of new products expected over the next five to 10 years. According to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the EPA, FDA, USDA will need to be prepared for this potential increase, including finding effective means of evaluation that maintains pub
2017 USDA and FDA Spending Legislation Work Started; FTC Takes Action Against Companies Falsely Using “All Natural”
2017 USDA and FDA Spending Legislation Work Started; FTC Takes Action Against Companies Falsely Using “All Natural”
Lawmakers are cued up to examine issues ranging from farm credit to the Endangered Species Act as the House Appropriations Committee meets today to mark up fiscal 2017 spending legislation for the USDA and FDA. The Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee approved the $21...
Positive Step for Sanitary Transportation by FDA; Ag Drone Market is Going to Be Huge
Positive Step for Sanitary Transportation by FDA; Ag Drone Market is Going to Be Huge
Officials say the sanitary transportation rule finalized by the FDA last week overall is a positive step, requiring transporters of human and animal food to follow best practices like proper refrigeration, cleaning vehicles between loads and protecting food during travel but it shouldn't exempt the most problematic group, small box trucks...
La Nina Weather Arriving Earlier; Food Safety Transportation Rule Finalized by FDA
La Nina Weather Arriving Earlier; Food Safety Transportation Rule Finalized by FDA
La Niña appears to be arriving sooner than expected. One weather expert says the cold phase of tropical Pacific Ocean surface temperatures is occurring more rapidly than originally thought. Organizers of a government forecast model announced the model had accumulated an error that was skewing results for global sea surface temperatures...
USDA Stockpiling New Vaccine; Campbell Soup Co. Voluntary Include GMO Labeling
USDA Stockpiling New Vaccine; Campbell Soup Co. Voluntary Include GMO Labeling
USDA is stockpiling up to 500 million doses of a new vaccine against avian influenza, yet many in the $48 billion poultry industry don’t want it. The National Chicken Council’s Ashley Peterson said “as soon as you vaccinate any bird, you are telling the world bird flu is endemic, and countries are going to stop buying from us, some of them for years...

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