NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 23: In this photo illustration, a McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald's on October 23, 2024 in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn ...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack acknowledged his department made "mistakes" in awarding a contract to a single distributor to supply critical food aid programs, a change that has triggered food ...

After a U.S. Court of Appeals Court decision in October that upheld the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ...

The USDA Inspector General has launched an internal investigation into the agency’s handling of problems at a Boar’s Head production plant linked to a deadly Listeria outbreak. Sen. Richard Blumenthal ...

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In late April and early May 2025, a claim (archived) circulated online that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would no longer require companies to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products ...

(Beyond Pesticides, June 9, 2025) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is rescinding rulemaking it adopted December 23, 2024 on organic pet food and mushrooms. The agency requests comments on the ...

The Department of Agriculture released a set of proposed rules today aimed at reducing salmonella levels allowed in raw chicken and turkey sold in retail stores. Currently, if poultry producers’ ...

Iowa will participate in the national SUN Bucks program while adopting its SNAP regulations on heavily processed foods.

The final rules will require schools to get rid of unhealthy snacks. Children eat at a school in this undated file photo. Getty Images — -- Students might notice some changes in the cafeteria ...