Regulatory Programs Greg Ibach News Today

There are medical efforts and other vaccine research under way.

USDA could soon oversee parts of federal animal biotechnology regulations as part of a recently announced advance notice of proposed rule making.

Animal bio-tech USDA could soon oversee parts of federal animal biotechnology regulations as part of a recently announced advance notice of proposed rule making. Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Greg Ibach says the proposed transfer of regulatory oversight from the Food and Drug Administration would cover agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering. “What were seeing through this process is for those adjustments that are made to animals, pr...

Examining the unusual increase in seed coat fragments in cotton produced in the Southeast. The 2020 cotton season didnt end well for some Southeast cotton. The USDA Classing Office in Macon, Ga., has classed 2.2 million samples. Approximately 895,000 contained seed coat fragments, which can discount the value of that cotton. A portion of samples taken at the office also contained whole cotton seed. On Jan. 5, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue directed the USDA Agricultural Marketing Ser...

Beef Industry Concerns in 2020 Tuesday Dec 15th, 2020 Beef Industry Concerns in 2020 The USDA is taking actions to address beef industry concerns. There are two things that really effected the industry this year - the coronavirus - and the huge fire at processing facility in Kansas. USDA Undersecretary Greg Ibach recently discussed those concerns. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is working to address the challenges facing the beef industry. Issues facing the industry were ...