Boar's Head plans to reopen the Jarratt, Virginia, facility at the center of a deadly Listeria outbreak last year despite federal inspections continuing to find sanitation violations at three of the food company's other facilities, according to federal records obtained by The Associated Press.
Boar's Head plans to reopen troubled Virginia deli meat plant, but reports of sanitation problems persist trib.al/zGrBLwl
-- The Virginian-Pilot (@pilotonline.com) Aug 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Impact of DOGE Cuts on USDA Staff and Programs
www.agweb.com
... Although the efforts of staff working for the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (or DOGE) have not drawn banner headlines at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the way that other departments and agencies have been affected, the implementation of the DOGE principles of cutting staff numbers and budgetary costs for programs operated or overseen by USDA have already had significant impacts.
A recent Reuters article found that around 15,000 of the approximately 106,000 USDA employees have taken some form of buyout to leave the agencies they once worked for, some of them for several decades. These buyouts involved modest cash payments and a commitment to putting those employees on extended paid leave, for many employees across the federal government starting on May 1st, until their resignation takes effect on September 30, 2025. This approach was called the Deferred Resignation/Retirement Program or DRP. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins confirmed the Reuters estimate in testimony on Capitol Hill on May 6th. ...
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