The Inspector General report released last month found USDA “neither ensured that the data in the proposed rule were presented in an accurate manner nor disclosed all known limitations of the data.”
Since 2010, poultry growers have taken out more than 3,000 loans backed by the SBA, totaling $2.9 billion, according to analysis of Small Business Administration loan data by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. In March, the Inspector General released a report looking into the relationsh
Food Safety and Inspection Service needs to improve its inspection of ground beef at post slaughter facilities such as grocery stores and restaurants, according to a recent federal report; hundreds have been arrested, indicted or convicted under USDA investigations over the course of six months.