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Country-of-Origin Labeling for Foods and the WTO Trade Dispute on Meat Labeling

Description: This report discusses about the AB and Panel reports that were adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on July 23, 2012 starting a 30- day Deadline for the United States to Inform the DSB how it will implement the final findings.
Date: August 1, 2012
Creator: Jurenas, Remy & Greene, Joel L.
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Agricultural Conservation Issues in the 111th Congress

Description: This report focuses on the discussions in the 111th Congress on the 2008 farm bill. Moreover, the report details that debate has shifted to the off-farm impact the bill has. The report also discusses the budgetary issues surrounding the farm bill that the 111th Congress was presented with.
Date: September 21, 2010
Creator: Stubbs, Megan
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Agricultural Biotechnology: Background and Recent Issues

Description: This report discusses the ethical and political issues surrounding contemporary biotechnology. Driving the discussion are inventions such as genetically engineered (GE) crops, which have increased from 3.6 million acres to 143 million acres in the United States. The report also raises concerns about regulations and the adequacy of environmental assessments.
Date: June 18, 2011
Creator: Cowan, Tadlock
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Chicken Imports from China

Description: This report covers a couple of key factors regarding poultry trade from China to the United States. It reviews guidelines set in motion by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (U.S.D.A.) Food and Safety Inspection Service (F.S.I.S.).
Date: March 12, 2015
Creator: Greene, Joel L.
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FDA Final Rule Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco

Description: This report discusses FDA's initial failed attempt at regulating tobacco products under the then existing provisions of the FFDCA, summarizes FDA's current tobacco rule-reissued pursuant to statutory authority granted under the FSPTCA, and compares the reissued rule's provisions to the youth access, advertising, and marketing restrictions that went into effect pursuant to the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement between the states and the tobacco companies.
Date: June 24, 2010
Creator: Redhead, C. Stephen & Garvey, Todd
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Federal Support for Reproductive Health Services: Frequently Asked Questions

Description: This report provides answers to frequently asked questions concerning the provision, funding, and coverage of reproductive health services. The report is organized by the federal program that pays for or directly provides these services. It concludes with questions about coverage requirements for reproductive health services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and discusses of various federal programs that provide grants to non-governmental entities to provide reproductive hea… more
Date: August 4, 2015
Creator: Heisler, Elayne J.; Baumrucker, Evelyne P.; Jansen, Don J.; Lister, Sarah A. & Panangala, Sidath Viranga
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Agricultural Conservation and the Next Farm Bill

Description: This report discusses and debates the pieces of the 2008 farm bill that will expire at the close of the 2012 funding year. The report suggests that existing programs could be amended or consolidated. Moreover, the report addresses the budgetary issues that arise from keeping existing programs.
Date: February 12, 2013
Creator: Stubbs, Megan
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Conservation Compliance and U.S. Farm Policy

Description: This report provides information about the Conservation Compliance and U.S. Farm Policy. Federal policies and programs have offered voluntary incentives to producers to plan and apply resource-conserving practices on private lands.
Date: July 24, 2012
Creator: Stubbs, Megan
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Conservation Compliance and U.S. Farm Policy

Description: This report provides information about the Conservation Compliance and U.S. Farm Policy. Federal policies and programs have offered voluntary incentives to producers to plan and apply resource-conserving practices on private lands.
Date: April 9, 2013
Creator: Stubbs, Megan
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Conservation Compliance and U.S. Farm Policy

Description: This report provides information about the Conservation Compliance and U.S. Farm Policy. Federal policies and programs have offered voluntary incentives to producers to plan and apply resource-conserving practices on private lands.
Date: May 29, 2015
Creator: Stubbs, Megan
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Farm-to-Food Price Dynamics

Description: This report discusses heightened commodity price volatility. It also discusses an array of cost that is layered on top of the price of a raw agricultural commodity at each stage of the marketing chain as it moves to the customer.
Date: September 27, 2013
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
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FDA’s Authority to Ensure That Drugs Prescribed to Children Are Safe and Effective

Description: The report describes why research on a drug's pharmacokinetics, safety, and effectiveness in children might be necessary. This report then presents why the marketplace has not provided sufficient incentives to manufacturers of drugs approved for adult use to study their effects in children. It also analyzes the impact of BPCA and PREA have had on pediatric drug research.
Date: June 25, 2012
Creator: Thaul, Susan
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The FDA Medical Device User Fee Program

Description: This report describes current law regarding medical device user fees, the impact of MDUFA on FDA review time of various medical device program budget, the MUDFA III proposal (legislative language and performance goals agreement), and issues that Congress is likely to take up as it works on the reauthorization of the medical device user fee program.
Date: April 24, 2012
Creator: Johnson, Judith A.
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