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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced the renewal of the joint agency formal …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration the week approved a first-of-its-kind intentional genomic alteration (IGA) in a line of domestic pigs, referred to as GalSafe pigs, which …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Human Services Secretary Teresa Miller are reminding Pennsylvanians to take advantage of food assistance programs and Thanksgiving baskets from local organizations to …
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During a virtual ceremony, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and its regulatory counterparts in Mexico – the Federal Commission for the Protection from Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) and the National Service of …
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining strengthened coordination between the FDA and the USDA’s …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following President Donald Trump’s recent approval to include up to an additional $1 billion in the Farmers to Families Food Box Program, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farmers to Families Food Box Program has distributed more than 75 million food boxes …
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HARRISBURG, PA — Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding and Education Secretary Pedro Rivera wrote a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue calling on him to extend several national waivers …
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a new protocol for the development and registration of antimicrobial treatments for preharvest agricultural water, such as the water used in farm irrigation …
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, released a statement on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new Smarter Food Safety Initiative:
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