Dehydrated food is catching on. Everett Griner explains.
AL Ag Commissioner Stops Sale of Imported Fish
MONTGOMERY– Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries Commissioner Ron Sparks announced a Stop Sale on imported catfish and basa product from Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, China and Vietnam due to positive results for the antibiotic fluoroquinolones. Fluoroquinolones are not allowed for use in fish or seafood by the FDA.
FDA Continuing to Work on Food Safety Concerns
The FDA continues their work on food safety regulations with an upcoming meeting on December 9-10 in Washington and a recent farm tour and listening session in Florida. During this meeting Mike Taylor, Senior Adviser to the Commissioner of FDA, talked about how food safety is a very complex and comprehensive issue.
Ag Education
Everett Griner talks about some agriculture programs being taught to our children on several levels of education.
FDA Extends Comment Period on Food Safety Guidelines
The FDA has extended the comment period on proposed food safety guidelines for leafy greens, melons and tomatoes to January 4.
The Sugar Industry makes Recommendations for NAFTA Improvements
The U.S. and Mexican sugar industries are currently meeting with government officials in both countries to discuss ways to help NAFTA’s sugar provisions run more smoothly.
A Look at the Start of Florida’s Fall Tomato Crop
The start of Florida’s fall tomato crop is marked by lower volume with shippers expecting promotable volume to start after Thanksgiving.
McAvoy receives 2009 Excellence in Crop Advising Award.
Gene McAvoy, Hendry County Extension director and a LaBelle-based regional vegetable Extension Agent with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, has been chosen to receive the 2009 Excellence in Crop Advising Award.
Entering the Holiday Season
As we are now full swing in the holiday season we have a couple of reports to help you wrap up a few details from Halloween and start preparing for Thanksgiving. What to do with your Jack-O-Latern: A head start on Thanksgiving:
FL Commissioner’s Spotlight on Florida-Grown Products
This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight from Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson is about the Florida Department of Agriculture partnering with Publix to feature Florida produce next spring during in-store “Simple Meals” cooking demonstrations in all Publix Super Markets throughout the Southeast and in Publix cooking schools in five cities. More information about the promotion is available online by clicking on Simple …