NORMANDY — A new U.S. Department of Agriculture laboratory is open, a little over two years after construction began. The ...

Will eating mold make you sick? You are enjoying your breakfast when you notice that your banana muffin seems to have grown a patch of fuzzy green dots. You have already taken a bite or two. Now, you ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday rolled out a plan aimed at improving the agency’s response to food borne ...

With stints at Tyson Foods, McDonald’s and OSI Group, he returns to the Department of Agriculture; there were four other ...

After 10 years as the top boss at USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), Al Almanza stepped down in 2017. In the ...

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

We're modernizing our inspection system. We're embracing science. We're removing needless bureaucracy that doesn't make food ...

U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer once again is seeking to secure $16 million in federal funding to help development of a USDA research ...

The Senate Appropriations Committee sputtered Thursday as its consideration of the annual Justice Department funding bill was ...

A new journal article published by FSIS, “Improving Enrichment of Campylobacter on Poultry for Enhanced Laboratory System ...

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is allocating $300 million under RAPP to 66 U.S. organizations to build demand for American food and farm exports in high-potential markets ...