The rule could benefit small meat and poultry processors in future litigation.

An audit reveals gaps in OSHA’s efforts to protect workers at meat and poultry plants.

The move is among sweeping changes implemented by the Agriculture Secretary.

The funding is part of the Market Access Program allocation for export market promotion.

An employee discovered the problem, FSIS said.

He will remain as a senior adviser in the USDA.

The agency’s review found vulnerabilities in FSIS’s equivalency assessments of foreign countries’ food safety systems.

Due to tropical disturbances, migratory birds might bring disease to domestic birds.

Dr. Craig Morris recently was named vice president of international marketing.

Mississippi State also received a $147K grant.