Opinion
Dear Editor,
As a former CFIA ( Canadian Food Inspection Agency) inspector, I have been following this story regarding the change in inspections on the hog plants with great interest. Change is hard but
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Beach Beat: The faces behind the petition
Opinion
If you haven’t heard, a Seattle attorney is petitioning the USDA to make it illegal to sell meat and poultry that is contaminated with Salmonella.
Yep, as of right now — and who knows
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Faces of Food Safety: Meet Christina Hastings of the FSIS
Christina Hastings, a relief consumer safety inspector (CSI) in the Raleigh district, exemplifies all of FSIS’ core values — Accountable, Collaborative, Empowered and Solutions-Oriented, and she puts them into practice each day she performs her
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FDA should require recall of unsafe tuna to protect consumers
Opinion
A recently announced interpretation of authority on mandatory recalls weakens food safety.
The Food and Drug Administration’s decision late last year not to order a mandatory recall of yellowfin tuna that sickened at least
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Letter to the Editor: USDA move to outsource inspections is recipe for disaster
Opinion
Dear Editor,
I am submitting this letter in response to Dan Flynn’s earlier piece regarding pork inspection line speeds.
The federal government’s decision to put pork producers in charge of their own food safety
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Letter to the Editor: Line speeds, worker safety are real concerns
Opinion
Dear Editor,
Editor Dan Flynn’s Jan. 12 letter supporting the USDA’s new swine slaughter rule perpetuates so many falsehoods, it merits a lengthy response. Among other things, the new rule removes all line speed
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Lawsuit challenges USDA’s New Swine Inspection System; cites public safety
Opinion
Today (Jan. 13, 2019,) Center for Food Safety (CFS), Food & Water Watch (FWW), and two supporting members filed an actionagainst the U.S. Department of Agriculture for issuing New Swine Inspection System (NSIS)
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Letter to the Editor: Why is R-CALF so upset? Just do it — count the cows
Opinion
Dear Editor,
I like your recent post Letter From the Editor on Counting Cows.
Don’t forget Canada who is the USA’s largest trading partner in beef (reciprocal trading too) is also very capable of
Letter From The Editor: Line Speeds
Opinion
Everything I know about “line speeds,” I learned late last year in the Netherlands by spending an afternoon inside the VanDrie Group’s vast veal slaughter and processing facilities.
With a group of international journalists,
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Publisher’s Platform: Needed – Passionate Advocate – Extended
Opinion
For those of you who read these fine pages of Food Safety News produced by Dan, Coral, Joe, Jonan, Cookson, and our many contributors on a daily basis for the past 10 years, I
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Letter From The Editor: Counting Cows
Opinion
Tax season isn’t so far off, so it’s only a little early to get out my yellowed Canon 10-key calculator with tape. I usually only roll it out for taxes, but Bill Bullard sent
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