This update covers two topics: a proposed rule for cattle ID at the state level, and new requirements for agricultural sales tax exemptions. The Texas Animal…
FARFA Files Joint Comments Urging FDA to Waive or Reduce Fees for Re-Inspections of Small Businesses
October 16, 2011 Submitted through www.Regulations.gov Re: Food and Drug Administration Docket No. FDA-2011-N-0529 Request for Comment, 76 Fed. Reg. 45818 (Aug. 1, 2011) Dear FDA:…
Action Alert: Submit Comments on USDA’s Proposed Rule for Animal Disease Traceability
Having dropped the plans for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), USDA is back again for Round Two. The agency has proposed a rule that would…
Action Alert: Your Access to Dietary Supplements at Risk
Big Ag and Big Pharma have a lot in common, including their undue influence on the government. Your access to dietary supplements is currently under attack…
Action Alert: Call Your Senators Today to Stand Up to Meat Packers
Large corporations control the vast majority of the food supply in the U.S. Corporate control has forced hundreds of thousands of independent family farmers out of…
Texas Cottage Foods Bill and Farmers Market Bill – Into Effect Today
The local foods provisions of SB 81 go into effect today in Texas. This includes both the new cottage foods law and the provisions for farmers’…
Action Alert: Tell FDA to Label GMOs
The U.S. Government allow tens of millions of unsuspecting consumers to purchase and consume unlabeled genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their foods without knowing what they…
Letter Urging Secretary Vilsack to Extend the Comment Period on Proposed Animal ID Rule
FARFA and 48 other organizations submit a letter urging USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to extend the comment period on proposed Animal ID rule. Dear…
USDA Proposed Rule for Traceability of Livestock Moving Interstate
FARFA and 48 other organizations request an extension to the public comment period. Below is an outline of some of the key provisions and definitions…
Animal ID: Round Two
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has just proposed a new rule that would expand requirements for tracking livestock that cross state lines. We’re working with our…