Mississippi Business Journal » diplomacy http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Senator ‘encourages’ FDA administrator to start catfish inspections http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/19/senator-encourages-fda-administrator-to-start-catfish-inspections/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=senator-encourages-fda-administrator-to-start-catfish-inspections http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/19/senator-encourages-fda-administrator-to-start-catfish-inspections/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:07:03 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=73577 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has encouraged the head of the Food and Drug Administration to work with her federal counterparts to implement a catfish inspection program that ensures foreign imports are safe for consumers. Cochran addressed the catfish inspection issue, as well as impending menu nutrition labeling regulations, during a Senate [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/19/senator-encourages-fda-administrator-to-start-catfish-inspections/feed/ 0 Cochran questions Vilsack on progress of imported catfish inspections http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/30/cochran-questions-vilsack-on-progress-of-imported-catfish-inspections/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cochran-questions-vilsack-on-progress-of-imported-catfish-inspections http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/30/cochran-questions-vilsack-on-progress-of-imported-catfish-inspections/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:12:43 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=55076 WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) yesterday again stressed to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack the importance to U.S. food safety and the economy of implementing a program to more thoroughly inspect imported catfish. Cochran addressed the issue at Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the FY2013 budget request for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/30/cochran-questions-vilsack-on-progress-of-imported-catfish-inspections/feed/ 0 Hosemann calls for closer ties with Israel http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/09/03/hosemann-calls-for-closer-ties-with-israel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hosemann-calls-for-closer-ties-with-israel http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/09/03/hosemann-calls-for-closer-ties-with-israel/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:03:13 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=29758 Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says the state should strengthen culture and economic ties with Israel. Hosemann met yesterday in Jackson with Opher Aviran, Israel’s new consul general to the southeastern United States. During a news conference at the state Capitol, Hosemann and Aviran talked about Stark Aerospace, a subsidiary of Israeli Aerospace Industries. [...]

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