The National Pork Board and the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have sponsored the Secure Pork Supply Plans, a voluntary program to prepare for a transboundary or foreign animal disease outbreak in the United States.

The US Department of Agriculture will continue to push climate change as a policy issue in farm and export programs, Department officials said in comments at the 37th International Sweetener Symposium held Aug. 1 in Vail.

After the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection and Service (FSIS) announced plans to declare Salmonella as an adulterant in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products, meat and poultry trade associations delivered their response.

A new declaration by the US Dept. of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on Aug. 1 stated Salmonella as an adulterant in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products.

As part of the American Rescue Plan, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing an additional $14 million to help strengthen the US supply chain.

Feed demand in China is forecast to rise in marketing year 2022-23 due to recovering demand for hog feed, according to a Global Agricultural Information Network report from the Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) granted a Michigan State University (MSU) research team $769,000 to develop a biosensor test for foodborne pathogens. 

Through funding from the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has implemented the Emergency Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) and the Emergency Relief Program (ERP), both of which have already begun to benefit producers.

With the $2 million allocated by the Oregon Legislature, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) chose six meat processors who will receive the Oregon Meat Processing Infrastructure and Capacity Building Grant to expand meat processing capacity of Oregon-raised livestock statewide.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) filed a petition with the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on June 27 arguing the agency cannot regulate “humanely raised” meat labels seen on certain packaging.