Emergency money is being used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to address the hazards posed by expanding epidemics of New World screwworm and exotic fruit flies. To actively fund emergency response activities both locally and globally to protect the fruit, vegetable and animal industries and producers, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom ...
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Free Grab And Go Meals For Santa Clarita Youth Under 18 Extended Until End Of 2020
The extension of free meals to people under 18 in the Santa Clarita Valley available during the spring and summer are set to resume on Sept. 3 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) extended a program to provide free meals for students which are provided locally by the Santa Clarita Valley School Food Services ...
Read More »Over Two Dozen Salad, Wrap Products Recalled For Potential Parasitic Contamination
Over two dozen salads and wrap products available at grocery stores nationwide have been recalled after the US Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a public health alert warning consumers that they may be contaminated with a parasite that causes intestinal illnesses. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Trader Joe’s, ...
Read More »EDITORIAL: More Fires Mean Less Funds For Local Forest Service Projects
By: Randy Moore, Regional Forester, Pacific Southwest Region, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Last year, more than 1,500 wildfires burned over 640,000 acres on National Forest System lands in California, including the Thomas Fire, the largest fire in California’s recorded history. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The surrounding communities are ...
Read More »Food Services Agency Faces New Challenges With School Lunches
For 25 years, the SCV Food Services Agency has been providing school lunches to students across the valley. As nutrition regulations change at the federal level, they are tasked with providing meals that are both delicious and meet government standards.
Read More »COC Partners With USDA To Offer Low Cost, Free Meals
College of the Canyons is a participant of the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program which provides free and cut-priced meals to qualifying children enrolled in the Early Childhood Education Center.
Read More »Foster Farms Chicken Sickens Nearly 300 With Salmonella
Foster Farms raw chicken products made at three California sites may have sickened nearly 300 people in 18 states, according to a public health alert issued Monday by U.S. Department of Agriculture officials.
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