USDA launches new Web site on food safety

The U.S. White House Food Safety system has launched a Web site that provides information about the food safety working group's progress and activities, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture news release.

May 28, 2009

Agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack said the Web site will be an important tool for gathering ideas on strengthening the food safety system as well as making the group's activities more accountable and accessible to the public.

The Web site features social bookmarking tools and a widget that can be downloaded.

NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson, right, thanked members of the Prestage family for their transformational gift and expressed appreciation for patriarch Bill Prestage at the 100 Years of Poultry Science event. Woodson, the Prestages and leaders of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences celebrated poultry progress with a toast.

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NC State celebrates poultry science department centennial

The Prestage family is recognized for making a transformational gift to NC State that will continue to advance poultry research and workforce development.

NC State University Chancellor Randy Woodson, right, thanked members of the Prestage family for their transformational gift and expressed appreciation for patriarch Bill Prestage at the 100 Years of Poultry Science event. Woodson, the Prestages and leaders of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences celebrated poultry progress with a toast.

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