Sentences with phrase «regulated as agriculture»

But the fact is, dogs are considered «livestock» in the eyes of our federal government (Animal Welfare Act) and are regulated as agriculture by the USDA.

Reach beyond our core group of true believers to mobilize millions of animal lovers as a powerful national voice, so puppies are no longer bred commercially or regulated as agriculture.

Not exact matches

Early this month, a report commissioned by Quebec Agriculture Minister Pierre Paradis, who sought a review of how the federation regulates supply, found that Quebec's share of global supply has dropped by 10 % in a decade — even as demand and output rose.

Hailed as an answer to Vitamin A deficiency, an application to field and feed test the GM grain is now lodged under the Dept of Agriculture — Bureau of Plant Industry, an agency tasked to regulate GM applications under the Joint Department Circular 1 series of 2016.

As one of the most highly regulated food industries in the United States, dairy must comply with regulations issued by multiple federal agencies, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Commerce, among other state and local regulatory bodies.

It's regulated by the U.S. Agriculture Department, which classifies it as «generally recognized as safe.»

A provision in the Child Nutrition Act passed by the Senate would give the U.S. Department of Agriculture authority to regulate nutrition standards not just for the lunchroom, but for foods in the a la carte lines and vending machines as well.

Legalizing and regulating the drug, as nine other states have, would stop «a key front in the racist war on drugs,» generate «hundreds of millions of dollars» in taxes and boost agriculture in New York, Nixon said.

A mushroom whose genes have been edited with molecular scissors known as CRISPR / Cas9 doesn't need to be regulated like other genetically modified crops, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said April 13 in a letter to the mushroom's creator.

But the test tube burger, rolled out to the press in 2013, has helped put a spotlight on the question of how the U.S. government will regulate the emerging field of cellular agriculture, which uses biotechnology instead of animals to make products such as meat, milk, and egg whites.

A gene - edited version of edible Agaricus bisporus mushrooms (unedited mushroom shown) doesn't need to be regulated as a genetically modified crop, agriculture officials say.

However, it is also worth pointing out to pet owners the difference between supplements and products such as dewormers, ear - mite treatments and flea - and - tick products that are regulated by governmental bodies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and / or the Environmental Production Agency (EPA).

As a well - regulated industry under both U.S. Department of Agriculture and many state and local measures, we are clearly a valuable and necessary source of beloved pets.

In the U.S., these breeding facilities, as well as the laboratories where the experiments take place, are regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture — but as with puppy and kitten mills, regulating these facilities doesn't necessarily prevent animal suffering, or ensure their emotional well - being.

This new law repeals the provisions of both the Agriculture and Markets Law and General Business Law, which prevented local governments from exercising their home rule powers to regulate pet dealers, such as retail pet breeders and pet stores throughout the state.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulates animals on exhibition, such as those owned by circuses and zoos.

«Industrial Hemp Development Act»; providing for state economy and agricultural industry promotion of industrial hemp by permitting regulated industrial hemp industry development; authorizing industrial hemp as an agricultural product; placing enforcement under commissioner of agriculture; authorizing regulated and lawful industrial hemp agriculture and commercial sales; requiring licensure for cultivation; specifying licensee requirements, compliance and notification requirements; requiring commissioner to promulgate certain rules; requiring fee credit to the industrial hemp account and establishing the account in the agricultural fund; establishing an affirmative defense for possession of marijuana; exempting industrial hemp from the marijuana and wild hemp definitions.

SF 826 «Industrial Hemp Development Act»; providing for state economy and agricultural industry promotion of industrial hemp by permitting regulated industrial hemp industry development; authorizing industrial hemp as an agricultural product; placing enforcement under commissioner of agriculture; authorizing regulated and lawful industrial hemp agriculture and commercial sales; requiring licensure for cultivation; specifying licensee requirements, compliance and notification requirements; requiring commissioner to promulgate certain rules; requiring fee credit to the industrial hemp account and establishing the account in the agricultural fund; establishing an affirmative defense for possession of marijuana; exempting industrial hemp from the marijuana and wild hemp definitions.

As eight millennia of experience and the unfolding disaster of agrofuel clearly demonstrate, expansion of land - conversion by industrial agriculture strongly threatens biodiversity and ecosystems that play an essential role in stabilising and regulating the climate, and are necessary to ensure food and water security.

Legalising urban agriculture and formal recognition of agriculture as a formal urban landuse and identification of which tracts of land are available for urban agriculture and what types of agriculture are suitable for such a location are important steps in the creation of a facilitating and regulating policy framework on urban agriculture replacing the existing neglecting or restricting policies.

Section 7606 of the act, Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp Research, defines industrial hemp as distinct from marijuana and authorizes institutions of higher education or state department's of agriculture in states that legalized hemp cultivation to regulate and conduct research and pilot programs.

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