With the rise in food imports comes an added risk related to food safety. Ensuring that exporting countries maintain the same standard of food safety as the United States is difficult. Imported food has been the source of recent food recalls. One such recall was that of Italian Sausage products by Daniele International, Inc. which was possibly linked to imported pepper used in the making of the sausage... [more]

The South Dakota Argus Leader recently published an article entitled “Officials Wary of Agri-Terrorism,” which discussed the state’s readiness for an agri-terrorism attack. When people normally think of terrorism, they think of 9-11 scenarios. However, terrorists could potentially utilize the U.S. food supply as a weapon of mass destruction. The article describes how South Dakota has developed... [more]

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today commended the Department of Homeland Security for opening a center devoted to ensuring the safety of foods imported to the United States.  The Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center (CTAC) for Import Safety is operating under the direction of Customs and Border Protection (CBP).  It was created... [more]