Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and Penn State Launch New Agricultural Resource Centers

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences partnered to create three new agricultural resource centers. The Animal Care, Food Safety, and Plant Health Resource Centers were developed as focus points for research and programs as well as a mechanism to address more broad issues according to the College of Ag Sciences website.

-          The Animal Care Resource Center will focus on animal care research and science-based best management practices as well as a number of other issues important to food animal producers.

-          The Food Safety Resource Center will focus on compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act specifically in Pennsylvania in order to meet regulatory expectations.

-          The Plant Health Resource Center will focus on identification and management of pests and invasive species that threaten native plants in Pennsylvania.

For more information, please see the Penn State College of Agriculture’s website on Resource Centers.

Written by Sarah Doyle - Research Assistant
The Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center
@PSUAgLawCenter
August 13, 2013