The Michigan Department of Agriculture's (MDA) primary responsibility is assuring the safety and wholesomeness of Michigan's food supply. MDA regularly monitors Michigan's food supply for pesticide residues, micro-organisms, and other substances that would compromise the quality and wholesomeness of the food we eat. 

That long-standing commitment to a safe food supply has earned Michigan a national reputation for strictly enforcing the state's food and dairy laws placing our state head and shoulders above other states, even federal government. 

MDA inspectors monitor Michigan's food supply at each step in the food chain -- from the farm to the store.