UDAF Weights
and Measures inspectors perform routine inspections of the scales
used to regulate the sale and transportation of gravel used for the
Interstate-15 reconstruction project.
UDAF has adopted
new food safety guidelines designed to
prevent food borne illnesses associated with seafood.
USDA Secretary
Dan Glickman has declared Cache County, Utah
a disaster area following extreme wet weather in 1997 that severely
damaged area hay and grain crops.
UDAF is drafting
rule changes that allow agents of three
of its divisions to issue citations to resolve infractions of the
Agricultural Code.
Utah farmers
and ranchers gave the boot to nearly 10 tons of pesticides during
UDAF's 1997 pesticide collection
program.
UDAF will join
with federal, state and local agencies to eradicate a small
infestation of gypsy moth located in Salt Lake County in the spring
of 1998.
FlashGril'd Steaks,
produced by Salt Lake's Agri-Products, Inc., are popular thoughout
the US and Europe. Find out why.
USDA's 1997 Census
of Agriculture will survey every farmer and rancher in Utah and
across the country.
UDAF Commissioner
Cary G. Peterson was recently named to
the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture's (NASDA)
governing board.
World
Food Day gave UDAF the opportunity to remind Utahns that preventing
food borne illness requires a partnership between government and the
public.
Utah
products were a big hit recently at the ANUGA Food Show in Cologne,
Germany.
UDAF will continue
its policy of banning the private use of
the predator control device known as the M-44.
UDAF announces
the passing of former Commissioner of Agriculture, Joseph
H. Francis.
UDAF has placed
spot quarantines on several farms and ranches in Eastern Utah, after
confirming the presence of the livestock disease vesicular
stomatitis.
UDAF temporarily
closed a Delta cheese processing plant and ordered the destruction
of about 8,000 pounds of contaminated cheese after inspectors discovered
numerous food safety violations.
UDAF is taking
steps to ensure that fertilizer manufacturers to use only products
that are free from adulteration.
Utah farmers
and ranchers rank first in the nation
in computer access, according to a survey done by the USDA National
Agricultural Statistics Service.
Quick action
by a Tooele County veterinarian and UDAF is expected to prevent the
spread of screwworm, a rare parasite that
attacks livestock and humans.
A Governor's
Proclamation underlining the importance of agriculture in our lives
helps commemorate National Agriculture Week
in Utah.
State agencies
and private business met at UDAF recently to share strategies on beating
the commute nightmare anticipated during the upcoming I-15 construction.
