Roughly 1 in six Americans (or 48 million people) are sickened every year by food-borne ailments, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The effects of these illnesses range ...

From safeguarding food safety to negotiating international trade deals, the USDA’s initiatives this week demonstrate a multi-faceted approach to supporting U.S. agriculture.

The USDA opened a new food safety lab in Normandy, Missouri, with aims to improve public health and food supplies.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week launched a broad initiative aimed at strengthening the nation’s food ...

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At the grand opening of the USDA’s newly modernized .....announced a comprehensive new plan to strengthen national food safety efforts. The ...

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) building. Credit: Tada Images/Shutterstock. The US Department of Agriculture has disbanded two food safety advisory committees in alignment with President ...

In a statement to Agri-Pulse, USDA said it would resume processing claims for payments under either of the initiatives for work done before President Donald Trump took office Jan. 20.

The program, created in 2022, supported food producers by providing localized assistance to access a variety of markets, ...