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USDA Announces Plans for Food Safety Center in Urbandale
About 200 employees will work at the new hub, which USDA says will modernize operations and center oversight of meat, poultry and egg safety.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it will establish a new National Food Safety Center in Urbandale, Iowa, expected to become the agency's largest office centralizing meat, poultry, and egg supply safety operations.
- USDA officials said the reorganization of the Food Safety and Inspection Service aims to modernize operations and bring leadership resources closer to food production hubs concentrated in the Midwest.
- About 200 employees will staff the new center, with some personnel reassigned from Washington, while frontline food safety inspectors conducting daily facility checks across the country remain unaffected by the changes.
- Governor Kim Reynolds stated, "Iowa is an agriculture powerhouse, and the perfect new home for these USDA operations," and thanked Secretary Rollins for modernizing support for farmers and public health.
- The center aims to better align the USDA with the country's agricultural landscape, while the department maintains a smaller presence in Washington to handle policy and congressional affairs.
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