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SC Commissioner Weathers: Retail Food Safety Transfer – One Year In

SC Commissioner Weathers: Retail Food Safety Transfer – One Year In

Jul 22, 2025 | 2:54am
In July 2024, the former DHEC was dissolved and the South Carolina Department of Agriculture took on some important new duties related to food safety. Let’s take a look at how that’s going. We now inspect restaurants under the Retail Food Safety program. We also took on Milk Safety and the Milk Lab. Additional duties […]
SC Commissioner Weathers: 2025 Watermelon Season!

SC Commissioner Weathers: 2025 Watermelon Season!

Jul 15, 2025 | 4:42am
We’re in the heart of watermelon season in South Carolina. It’s a very strong watermelon season in South Carolina due to fairly consistent rainfall and temperatures. The melons have great flavor this year and volume is good. Unfortunately, Florida’s and Georgia’s seasons got pushed back a bit because of weather, so we’re seeing more fruit […]
SC Commissioner Weathers: SASDA Annual Meeting

SC Commissioner Weathers: SASDA Annual Meeting

Jun 24, 2025 | 2:59am
The Southern Association of State Departments of Agriculture, SASDA, hosted their annual meeting last week, and Commissioner Weathers is here to tell us more about it.
SC Commissioner Weathers: Summer Produce at the Markets

SC Commissioner Weathers: Summer Produce at the Markets

Jun 3, 2025 | 3:31am
Although it is not officially summer YET, it definitely feels like it in South Carolina. When it feels like summer, we all know it is time for summer produce! SCDA and the State Farmers Markets they operate are hosting some summer tasting events!
SC Commissioner Weathers: Congressional Staff Tour

SC Commissioner Weathers: Congressional Staff Tour

May 27, 2025 | 4:17am
Ag organizations in SC host an annual Congressional Staff Tour where in state staff for the congressional delegations tour agribusinesses and hear firsthand about issues the industry faces.