Sentences with phrase «governing food and agriculture»
SNAP is a part of the Farm Bill, a piece of legislation which authorizes most federal policies governing food and agriculture programs.
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Approximately every five years, Congress reauthorizes the Farm Bill, a comprehensive piece of legislation that authorizes most federal policies governing food and agriculture programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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The California Avocado Inspection Committee (AIC), which operates under authority of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), has submitted a petition to the Department seeking to modernize regulations governing the packing of California avocados.
There are currently 10 FMMOs governing different regions throughout the country but California, which produces about 18 percent of the nation's milk, operates on a state order administered by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
School food efforts — governed at the district, state and federal level and implemented by each separate district — must intersect and connect with local food, public health, hunger and access, education and agriculture efforts for farm to school to succeed.
Specifically, Andrew Baum is a member of the Executive Committee Board of BIO (Biotechnology Industry Organization) serving as vice chair and secretary, is chair of BIO's Food and Agriculture Governing Body, serves as a member and past chair of the BIO working group on plant - made pharmaceuticals and is a member of the Council for Biotechnology Information.
There are no official rules governing the labeling of organic foods (for humans or pets) at this time, but the United States Department of Agriculture is developing regulations dictating what types of pesticides, fertilizers and other substances can be used in organic farming.
Most remedies, by comparison, are considered «regulated,» and are approved and governed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and / or the Environmental Production Agency (EPA).