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Using Science to Help Keep Food Safe: A Day in the Life of a USDA Laboratory Auditor

July 27, 2016 Isaac "Gene" Sterling, Microbiologist, Agricultural Marketing Service, Science and Technology Program

July is the height of summer grilling season, and throughout the month USDA is highlighting changes made to the U.S. food safety system over the course of this Administration. For an interactive look at USDA’s work to ensure your food is safe, visit the USDA Results project on Medium.com and read...

Health and Safety Research and Science USDA Results

Making Sure Consumers Get What They Pay For

July 26, 2016 Kim Kaplan, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. When you buy packaged foods at the grocery store, who makes sure what it says on the outside is true on the inside—whether...

Research and Science

Researchers Use NIFA Grant to Develop Rapid Food Safety Test

July 21, 2016 Stephanie Pearl, Science Communicator, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

July is the height of summer grilling season, and throughout the month USDA is highlighting changes made to the U.S. food safety system over the course of this Administration. For an interactive look at USDA’s work to ensure your food is safe, visit the USDA Results project on Medium.com and read...

Health and Safety Research and Science USDA Results

Three Ways USDA Helps Consumers Keep Foods Safe

July 19, 2016 James Rogers, Senior Advisor for Food Safety, Office of the Chief Scientist

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. July is the height of summer grilling season, and throughout the month USDA is highlighting changes made to the U.S. food...

Health and Safety Research and Science USDA Results

Simple, Inexpensive Camera System Detects Foodborne Toxins

July 12, 2016 Sandra Avant, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. As the weather heats up this summer, many of us are firing up our grills and going on picnics. But one thing we all want to...

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Using Market Data to Feed the World

July 05, 2016 Elizabeth Dann, Office of the Chief Scientist

In 2050, there will be about 9 billion people in the world. How do you feed 9 billion people? Clearly, we need more food, greater production, and more efficient processes, but how do we achieve that and how does that translate to success? The answer may be found through science and data. USDA works...

Food and Nutrition Research and Science