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USDA Releases Planned Regulatory Agenda

Jerry Hagstrom
By  Jerry Hagstrom , DTN Political Correspondent

The Agriculture Department has announced changes to many rules, according to the fall 2018 Unified Agenda released by the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

The list of changes ranges from USDA’s Freedom of Information Act regulations to farm program regulations to crop insurance and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program rules.

The Agriculture Department’s Food and Nutrition Service plans to revise regulations for quality control of SNAP benefits.

The rule changes apparently would attempt to improve the SNAP error rate, which reflects overpayments and underpayments, not fraud and abuse. The notice notes that the states report the errors rates, and there have been questions about the integrity of those state-collected statistics.

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The Agriculture Department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service plans to revise its regulations regarding the importation, interstate movement, and environmental release of certain genetically engineered organisms, USDA said.

APHIS said the revision is being planned “in order to update the regulations in response to advances in genetic engineering and APHIS’ understanding of the plant health risk posed by genetically engineered organisms, thereby reducing the burden for regulated entities whose organisms pose no plant health risks.”

Department of Agriculture – Agency Rule List, Fall 2018 https://goo.gl/…

Food Nutrition Service rule: Reform Provisions for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s Quality Control System https://goo.gl/…

APHIS rule: Importation, Interstate Movement, and Release into the Environment of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms https://goo.gl/…

Jerry Hagstrom can be reached at jhagstrom@njdc.com

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