News from June 2023
The Prevalence of the “Natural” Claim on Food Product Packaging
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
U.S. food suppliers make claims about their production processes on food packaging that highlight attributes some consumers want while charging a higher price than for unlabeled products.
#BeatPlasticPollution this World Environment Day
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
Hosted this year by Côte d'Ivoire in partnership with the Netherlands, the day is focusing on solutions to plastic pollution.
USDA’s Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) Creates $85m Economic Impact, Increases Fruit and Vegetable Intake, and Decreases Food Insecurity in Year 3
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
The Nutrition Incentive Program Training, Technical Assistance, Evaluation, and Information Center (NTAE) has released Year 3 (2021-2022) evaluation impact findings for the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP).
Celebrate National Higher Education Day
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
NIFA’s education programs are designed to enhance the food and agriculture workforce pipeline, including disciplines supportive of the food and agriculture sector, through programs that support workforce development, increase agricultural literacy, strengthen student recruitment and retention and build educational capacity.
State of Success: National Oklahoma Day
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
The Hatch Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in March 1887, set up a national network of agricultural experiment stations with a mission to conduct research that would make America's farms more productive.
Study Unravels the Impact of Rockweed Harvest at the Bed-Scale
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
This story was originally published by the University of Maine and is reprinted here with permission.
NIFA Invests $16.2 Million in Innovative Plant Breeding Research (AFRI A1141)
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
Agriculture of the future will be enabled by genome design, innovative breeding methods, data analysis and knowledge of molecular and biological processes.
NIFA Invests $6.7 Million to Advance the Sustainable Bioeconomy through Biobased Products (A1414)
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
This program area priority within the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative supports integrated projects to advance biobased products, biomass systems or biomass-generated power to enable the bioeconomy in a manner which reduces adverse impacts to the environment.
NIFA Invests $9.5 Million to Promote Innovation in Animal Reproduction (A1211)
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 8, 2023
The Animal Reproduction program area priority within the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative funds projects that focus on enhancing gonadal function, evaluating transcriptomics in sperm, preventing pregnancy loss, and improving estrus response to enhance fertility in livestock and aquacultured food animals.
Pre-Solicitation Announcement for Section 32 Purchase of Frozen Strawberry Products
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced plans to purchase Frozen Strawberry Products for distribution to various food nutrition assistance programs.
USDA will Amend the Federal Marketing Order for California Walnuts
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that producers of walnuts grown in California voted to amend their federal marketing.
United States Requests USMCA Dispute Settlement Consultations on Mexico’s Agricultural Biotechnology Measures
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai today announced that the United States has requested dispute settlement consultations with Mexico under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
Statement by Secretary Vilsack Regarding USMCA Dispute Settlement Consultations Request on Mexico’s Agricultural Biotechnology Measures
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) that the United States has requested dispute settlement consultations with Mexico under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
Export Sales to Spain
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
Private exporters reported sales of 165,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to Spain during the 2022/2023 marketing year.
China: Three New Foods and Their Applicable Food Safety Standards Published
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
On May 10, 2023, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) National Health Commission (NHC) released a Catalog of new food ingredients, new varieties for food additives, and new food related products which were announced during 2009 to 2021 with the applicable corresponding food safety standards.
Quarterly Agricultural Export Forecast
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
FAS and the Economic Research Service jointly publish the quarterly Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade.
Ukraine: Sugar Annual
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
MY2023/24 sugar production is forecast at 1.5 MMT, a 13 percent increase compared to the previous MY estimate, as Ukraine returns to pre-war (CY2021) production areas of sugar beets.
China: Decree 248 Changes and the June 30 Deadline
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
The General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) has alerted importers that certain overseas facilities should “complete” their registration by June 30, 2023.
New Zealand: Dairy and Products Semi-annual
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
FAS/Wellington’s New Zealand milk production forecast is raised for 2023 to 21.5 million metric tons (MMT) as a result of favorable pasture growing conditions entering the year and strong milk production during the first four months of 2023.
China: National Food Safety Standard for the General Requirements for Food Production Enterprises
By USDA Newswire Report | Jun 9, 2023
On June 1, 2009, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) released National Food Safety Standard for Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) System for General Requirements for Food Production Enterprises (GB/T 27341-2009), which entered into force on February 17, 2009.