Category: Food Safety

Bipartisan members of the U.S. Senate this week issued a letter led by U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) urging USDA...

This week EPA released their Proposed Interim Registration Review Decision for Mancozeb, which includes a proposed cancelation of on-farm seed treatment of potatoes with all formulations along with other label changes...

WASHINGTON – The following statement was issued today by Kam Quarles, CEO of the National Potato Council (NPC): We were pleased to sit down with Premier Dennis King and...

The Agriculture Workforce Coalition sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence calling for the federal government to do more to help farmers, ranchers, and growers across the country...

On May 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued an updated memorandum providing guidance to employers for recording work-related COVID-19 cases. The memo...

The U.S. potato industry urges Congress to provide more resources and flexibility to maintain producers’ livelihoods.

Announcement is a down payment on those efforts that will require additional resources and flexibility to deliver the necessary relief for our great potato industry.

The Trump Administration issued new guidelines Wednesday to make it easier for asymptomatic essential workers to return to work. CEC Director Dr. Robert Redfield announced that under certain circumstances...