The owner of a southern Iowa puppy mill where 32 dogs were found to have been neglected is currently facing no criminal charges in the case. Newly released court records also show that in the months ...

IOWA, USA (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - A federal judge has ruled federal animal-welfare inspectors can no longer conduct “courtesy visits” at dog-breeding operations while allowing violations to go ...

Washington, DC—The US Department of Agriculture’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report highlighting serious shortcomings in enforcement of the Horse Protection Act—shortcomings that have ...

A labor union representing USDA plant protection inspectors has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to revoke their collective bargaining rights. The complaint filed by the ...

More than 32,000 pounds of meat are being recalled nationwide because they were sold with a false USDA mark of inspection, federal officials announced. The recall involves products from Sabrositos ...

The Inspector General's office at USDA (Agri-Pulse photo) Websites for inspectors general at USDA and other federal agencies are offline due to the Office of Management and Budget's freeze of funds ...

Joe Ferguson, a USDA inspector who retired after 23 years on the job last year, said, in one of four affidavits published by the Government Accountability Project, that line speeds at the plant in ...