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Try A Little Tenderness: The Evolution and Future of Meat Tenderness Standards

Bucky Gwartney, International Marketing Specialist, AMS Livestock and Poultry Program

USDA’s longstanding grading process provides an excellent overall meat quality assessment for buyers, sellers, and consumers to make decisions about their meat purchases.

Health and Safety

Exciting News: Welcome to the New USDA.gov!

Peter Rhee, Director of Digital Communications

We’re thrilled to introduce the new and improved USDA.gov!

Technology

Taste Test Your Thanksgiving Treats at the Right Time

November 21, 2024 Kenneth King, Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA

Thanksgiving is the most delicious holiday of the year and brings many tests to the kitchen. Will all the dishes be ready on time? Can we pull off this new casserole recipe? Many of these tests will be met with success; however, one test you should be careful of is the taste test. Taste testing...

Health and Safety

Keep your Kitchen Clean and Sanitized this Thanksgiving

November 21, 2024 Kenneth King, Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA

Thanksgiving is a time when friends and family gather to celebrate together, and the center of the action is the kitchen. Pots and pans will be full of collard greens and gravy while a turkey cooks in the oven. With so many moving parts, it is key that the preparation and cooking areas get fully...

Health and Safety

The Secret to a Successful Thanksgiving? The Right Tools to Prepare Your Turkey Safely

November 21, 2024 Zoya Sattar, Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA

For first-time hosts, or even experienced cooks, the Thanksgiving turkey can be a nerve-wracking dish to prepare once a year. The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has some tips to reduce any anxiety over cooking your turkey this year.

Food and Nutrition Health and Safety

USDA Enhances Market Coverage in Retail Outlets

September 16, 2024 Michael Sheats, Director of the AMS Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division

USDA’s AMS publishes weekly retail reports on grocery store prices nationwide. Recently, reports on red meats, poultry, and eggs moved to the My Market News platform, offering customizable data as part of AMS’s modernization efforts.

Farming Food and Nutrition Technology

USDA Thinks Outside the Box at Inaugural Innovation Event

September 05, 2024 Donald Bitner, Chief Technology Officer

USDA’s diverse mission requirements in technology and tools make creativity essential in leveraging today’s challenges into opportunities for innovation.

Technology

USDA Process Verified Program: Transparency from Farm to Market

August 16, 2024 Jennifer Porter, Deputy Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service

When purchasing food, many consumers look for information on where the food came from and how it was produced. No antibiotics, cage-free, and grass-fed are a few marketing claims consumers find on protein-based food packaging. To provide assurance to customers of the validity of these and other...

Farming Health and Safety

Digital Transformation Takes Root at USDA

August 16, 2024 Fátima Terry, Deputy Director, USDA Digital Service

The seeds of digital transformation are taking root as application reviews for our agency’s first Digital Service (DS) Fellows cohort are in progress. By establishing a dedicated fellow team at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), we will be able to improve access to USDA resources and...

Technology

Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) Investment Impact at USDA

July 26, 2024 Arianne Gallagher-Welcher, Executive Director, USDA Digital Service

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is using simple, secure, and seamless digital services to support achievement of USDA’s diverse mission areas. By partnering with the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF), USDA is modernizing the tools and technology that deliver essential services to the...

Technology