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USDA issues public warning about catfish imported illegally from China

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for imported frozen…

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Food & Drink

USDA organic rules are changing. Is the food industry ready?

As the U.S. Department of Agriculture prepares to launch its Strengthening Organic Enforcement regulations March 19, some wonder if unprepared…

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Food & Drink

USDA offers to close ‘Product of USA’ loophole, but not until 2026

Making an election-year promise that does not have to become a reality until well after the voting isn’t new.  Since…

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Food & Drink

USDA investigated six outbreaks in FY 2023; none resulted in recalls or public warnings

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has released its outbreak report for fiscal year 2023 and detailed the six…

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Politics

Some USDA programs have been mired in inequity. A panel’s final report offers changes : NPR

Handy Kennedy, founder of AgriUnity cooperative, counts his cows on HK Farms on April 20, 2021 in Cobbtown, Ga. The…

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Food & Drink

Rocks in Trader Joe’s chicken rice pilaf spur public warning from USDA

Multiple consumer complaints about rocks in a Trader Joe’s frozen chicken product have sparked a public warning from the USDA’s…

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Food & Drink

USDA Organic changes are coming. What will it mean for farmers and consumers?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Program is defined by small updates. That changes in March, when the wide-sweeping…

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Food & Drink

The Arctic blast may have caused some USDA meat inspectors to miss their shifts

This past Monday brought Nebraska’s coldest snap in three years, with frigid temperatures and enough snow and sleet to make…

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Food & Drink

USDA rule isn’t to prevent future infant shortages as much as to protect WIC when they do occur

Since the federal government took an “All the King’s horses and All the King’s men” approach to overcoming the 2022…

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Business

Wheat futures slip after eight straight gains as USDA confirms bump in exports

Toltek/iStock via Getty Images U.S. wheat futures fell Friday for their first loss in nine sessions, while soybeans and corn…

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