Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently released USDA’s new nutrition SuperTracker. The SuperTracker is a comprehensive resource available at ChooseMyPlate.gov designed to assist individuals as they make changes in their life to reduce their risk of chronic disease and maintain a healthy weight.
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USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have announced a public meeting in Washington, D.C., to discuss federal efforts to enhance food safety strategies through the improved use of and characterization of foodborne illness source attribution.
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Intended U.S. placements of broiler pullet chicks for the hatchery supply flock for November 2011 were 6,890,000, a 9-percent decrease from the 7,589,000 pullet chicks placed in November 2010, according to the “Chickens and Eggs” report issued last month by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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