Local authorities halted operations at Shahnawaz Ranch for lack of permits, while the federal government investigates broader ...

USDA is strengthening substantiation requirements for animal-raising claims on meat and dairy labels and promises to crackdown on false or misleading negative antibiotic claims after finding ...

USDA has tightened its guidance on validating animal-raising and environment-related claims on meat and poultry labeling in response to criticism that companies were making claims without backing them ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be airdropping rabies vaccines into six states over the course of the month, continuing a process that started in August this year in other states.

The Organic Trade Association is warning USDA against a full repeal of the Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards. USDA says its review of the animal‑welfare rule is underway and that no decisions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States Department of Agriculture has issued a 21-day pause in Arbuckle Wilderness Park's animal operations following ...

Animal rights advocates say the new regulatory regime requires private slaughterhouse employees to make decisions about which pigs should be slaughtered, both before and in place of federal USDA ...

The Department of Agriculture said pet dogs can travel from the U.S. to Mexico again, after they were briefly included on a list of animals that can’t be exported amid concerns about a flesh-eating ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) have petitioned the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to amend the US animal export ...

A laboratory technician performs diagnostic testing at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, ...