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Safer Food, Safer World: USDA Combines Science, Trade, and Online Learning

June 07, 2021 Deborah B. Hamilton, International Program Specialist, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

As we recognize World Food Safety Day, we celebrate the five-year anniversary of the Food Safety Network (FSN), a partnership between USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FSN provides...

Health and Safety

Family Farm Co-op in Missouri Shows Commitment to Food Safety

December 15, 2016 Ken Petersen, Audit Services Branch Chief, AMS Specialty Crops Program

For more than four generations, Amish farmers in the Kansas City area have abided by a simple tenet: farm sustainably and care for the earth to preserve their way of life for future generations. Good Natured Family Farms (GNFF), a cooperative of 18 Amish family farms in Missouri, is using GroupGAP...

Health and Safety

Training Growers, Growing Trainers: Preparing for New Food Safety Requirements

November 15, 2016 Elanor Starmer, Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator

Are you preparing to meet the new Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Produce Safety rule standards? Have you heard about Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs)? Maybe you’ve heard that they can get buyers to notice your products and improve your access to the market place - but you need more...

Health and Safety

USDA Grants Helping the Specialty Crop Industry Reach Food Safety Goals

July 21, 2016 Charles W. Parrott, Deputy Administrator, AMS Specialty Crops Program

Across the country, farmers growing fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture and nursery crops - or specialty crops - are being asked to be certified in USDA’s voluntary audit program, Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). From restaurants and hotels to schools and institutions...

Health and Safety USDA Results

These "GAPs" in the Produce Industry Make for Safer Food Choices

July 14, 2016 Elanor Starmer, Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator

July is the height of summer grilling season and throughout the month USDA is highlighting changes made to the U.S. food safety system over the course of this Administration. For an interactive look at USDA’s work to ensure your food is safe, visit the USDA Results project on Medium.com and read...

Health and Safety USDA Results

Investment in Novel Technologies Advances Food Safety, Quality

July 08, 2016 Scott Elliott, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

July is the height of summer grilling season and throughout the month USDA is highlighting changes made to the U.S. food safety system over the course of this Administration. For an interactive look at USDA’s work to ensure your food is safe, visit the USDA Results project on Medium.com and read...

Health and Safety USDA Results

USDA Grants Help Specialty Crop Industry Build Food Safety Partnerships

July 06, 2016 Arthur Neal, Deputy Administrator, AMS Transportation and Marketing Program

July is the height of summer grilling season and throughout the month USDA is highlighting changes made to the U.S. food safety system over the course of this Administration. For an interactive look at USDA’s work to ensure your food is safe, visit the USDA Results project on Medium.com and read...

Health and Safety USDA Results

The U.S. Food Safety System Has Come A Long Way in 50 Years

July 05, 2016 Alfred V. Almanza, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety

July is the height of summer grilling season and throughout the month USDA is highlighting changes made to the U.S. food safety system over the course of this Administration. For an interactive look at USDA’s work to ensure your food is safe, visit the USDA Results project on Medium.com and read...

Health and Safety USDA Results

USDA Launches a One Stop Shop for its "One Health" Approach to Zoonotic Threats

June 29, 2016 Dr. Steven Kappes, Co-Chair, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Dr. David Goldman, Co-Chair, USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service and Dr. Brian McCluskey, Co-Chair, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - USDA One Health Joint Working Group

At USDA, we use a One Health approach that embraces the idea that problems arising at the intersection of the health of humans, animals, and the environment can be solved only through a coordinated multidisciplinary approach. This approach embraces the idea that a disease problem impacting the...

Conservation Health and Safety Animals Plants

New GroupGAP Certification Brings New Opportunities for the Produce Industry

April 04, 2016 Charles W. Parrott, Deputy Administrator, Specialty Crops Program Deputy Administrator

Excitement is building in the produce industry. From salad greens to roasted beets to fresh blueberries, local food is showing up on grocery stores shelves, as new features on restaurants menus and on our kids’ school lunch plates. The increased demand for local food is creating more opportunities...

Food and Nutrition Health and Safety Farming
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