What to know: Advocacy groups are urging the USDA to revoke a decades-old exemption that shields one of its agencies from environmental review.

A newly released petition calls on the USDA to require FSIS to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, citing the agency’s significant regulatory impact and overdue obligations.

Belgian authorities are investigating to see if eggs contaminated with Salmonella may have ended up on the market.

The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) has issued a recall of all affected ‘t Hennehof free-range and barn eggs from consumers and ordered the destruction of eggs still present on farms or at points of sale.

Four new trade topics were discussed at the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on food safety.

Attendees at the June meeting of the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures addressed trade concerns related to food safety and animal and plant health.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is warning consumers to immediately discard Meadow View Jerseys brand raw milk purchased since April 1 with sell-by dates between April 15 and July 8.