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USDA and DHS Scientists Receive Top DHS Award for Animal Disease Research

December 02, 2014 Sandra Avant, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. When people think about keeping our homeland safe, they don’t usually think about animal diseases that threaten our nation’s...

Research and Science

Preventing Disease Spread through International Collaboration

June 04, 2014 Jessica Mahalingappa, APHIS, International Services

Two departments, one mission. That’s the reality for scientists working at Plum Island Foreign Animal Disease Laboratory in New York. The island—owned and operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)—is critical to the USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) mission to...

Animals Plants Trade

What is USDA Doing to Protect our Nation's Livestock from Foreign Animal Disease Threats?

September 25, 2013 Sandra Avant, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

On an island off the northeastern tip of Long Island, N.Y., U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are doing their part to safeguard the U.S. food supply. At the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, a USDA research team works to ensure that we’re prepared to protect ourselves against exotic...

Animals Plants

Jamaica and the United States Team Up to Keep Out Invasive Pests

November 26, 2012 Eduardo Varona, APHIS State Operations Support Officer, Miami, FL

The “Don’t Pack a Pest” campaign went international last month as Jamaica enthusiastically kicked off its own version of the outreach initiative in Montego Bay and Kingston. The Florida-based program warns the public about the risks of bringing undeclared agricultural products—and hitchhiking...

Animals Plants

USDA Encourages Summer Travelers to Protect American Agriculture by Not Packing a Pest

June 14, 2012 Alyn Kiel, APHIS Public Affairs Specialist

Whether you’re studying abroad in Europe, traveling on business in Asia, or taking that dream vacation to Hawaii, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is urging summer travelers to join us in the fight against invasive pests by not packing a pest...

Animals Plants

Defense of our Nation’s Food Supply – What is USDA Doing and What Can You do to Help?

September 16, 2011 Sheryl Maddux, Deputy Director, USDA Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Coordination

National Preparedness Month is a good opportunity to reflect on progress towards ensuring the security of our Nation’s food supply. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) considers defense of the food and agriculture sector critical– all the way from farm to fork. Some animal or plant diseases...

Health and Safety Animals Plants Research and Science

In the Wake of Irene; A Firsthand Look at our Hurricane Response

September 01, 2011 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack

This week I joined Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on a tour of North Carolina and Virginia to assess areas damaged by Hurricane Irene and to discuss ways USDA can help residents recover. Secretary Napolitano and I had the opportunity to see farmland devastated by the...

Rural

Secretary Vilsack Tours Tornado Damage in Mississippi, Says USDA Rural Development Programs Can Help in Recovery Efforts

May 03, 2011 Ken Stribling, Public Information Coordinator, Mississippi Rural Development

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Obama Administration Cabinet members Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, as well as Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate, Small Business...

Rural

Food Safety Across Borders

October 22, 2010 Almanza, Administrator of the Food Safety Inspection Service

Yesterday I visited with FSIS personnel and 9 other federal agencies in Dulles, Virginia to focus on a critical element of food safety: protecting the public from unsafe imports.

Health and Safety
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