It’s a slippery fish — that final food safety rule for water used on crops before they’re harvested. The goal of the rule is threefold: to prevent people getting sick from foodborne pathogens, to ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans to purchase up to $263 million in dairy and agricultural products to support American farmers and bolster nutrition assistance programs ...

Editor’s note: This article was first published in The Regulatory Review and is reprinted here with permission. Because using potable water to irrigate crops would be prohibitively expensive, growers ...

On his first visit to the United States since assuming office on January 15, Director General Muhammad Ibrahim of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) met with senior ...

After years of discussion, the Food and Drug Administration may shift responsibility for routine food safety inspection to the states. While industry and food safety experts say it's a logical move, ...

Here are the food safety inspection reports from Lehigh and Northampton counties, conducted the week of Feb. 1. Each week, we highlight the inspection reports provided through the Pennsylvania ...

A bill to establish a National Institute for Organic Agriculture and Food Safety Research in the country has passed a second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill sponsored by Hon. Amobi ...

Praedial larceny refers to the theft of agricultural produce or livestock at any point between cultivation and sale. While traditionally associated with crops such as yams, bananas, and sugar cane, as ...