The USDA inspector general has a broad mandate, pursuing consumer food safety, audits and investigations of the Agriculture Department as well as violations of animal welfare laws.

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the ...

The USDA inspector general has a broad mandate, pursuing consumer food safety, audits and investigations of the Agriculture Department as well as violations of animal welfare laws.

USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong ordered the mass extermination of healthy poultry in 2024, citing "mutating bird flu," in order to artificially inflate poultry and egg prices in the U.S.

The inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Phyllis Fong, was escorted out of her office this week after refusing to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, according ...

Former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspector general Phyllis Fong was not arrested after she was ousted from her role, a spokesperson for the USDA has said.

USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong ordered the mass extermination of healthy poultry in 2024, citing "mutating bird flu," in order to artificially inflate poultry and egg prices in the U.S.

Blumenthal contacted the inspector general with a letter last month decrying the USDA's oversight, saying he was "alarmed" at how the plant had "repeatedly violated federal regulations." Boar's ...

Security agents had to escort the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump Administration.

Former USDA Inspector General Defies Trump Order, Escorted from Her Office. Published Jan 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM EST Updated Jan 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM EST. By .

The USDA inspector general has a broad mandate, pursuing consumer food safety, audits and investigations of the Agriculture Department as well as violations of animal welfare laws.

WASHINGTON — Security agents escorted the inspector general of the US Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday ...