...Protection Agency (EPA) is primarily responsible for sludge management activities at the Federal level. EPA; the US Department of Agriculture (USDA); the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW); the Department of the Interior; and the National...

...coordination is multi-departmental with planning, policy, and procedural efforts coordinated among USDA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). USDA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the POP with EPA and is clearing it with FDA. EPA...

...usage and residue data that can be used to improve government decisions on pesticide safety within USDA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); (2) although USDA has made progress in collecting useful pesticide usage data, it lacks adequate residue...

...the high standards set by food companies, trade associations, professional societies, state agencies, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and, in fish products, the Department of Commerce. To help assure maintenance of these standards, meat and...

...government agencies are responsible for the regulation of food biotechnology. At the federal level, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food...(FDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have some regulatory responsibility for biotechnology. The USDA is responsible for evaluating issues...

...food safety. Additional efforts have gone into checking animals for diseases and antibiotic residues. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food...(FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have reviewed and discussed this draft report. As GAO is aware, the challenge and responsibility of...

...food safety. Additional efforts have gone into checking animals for diseases and antibiotic residues. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food...(FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have reviewed and discussed this draft report. As GAO is aware, the challenge and responsibility of...

...fruit and vegetables for processing that had been grown on biosolids treated soils. Officials from US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and EPA met with representatives of the National Food Processors Association to address the food processor's...

...Applications of biotechnology to food and agriculture are the subject of extensive regulatory review by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food...(FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This review process has been established to protect both food safety and the environment. The USDA...

...responsibilities for food safety at the Federal level: the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) within the US Department of Agriculture (USDA); the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)....