An agreement between the U.S. Department of Commerce and Mexican tomato growers is now in effect. It means the U.S. border is again open to Mexico’s $2 billion tomato export market.
While just about everyone
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Downer pigs will continue to get extra time to recover
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service isn’t changing the way it deals with non-ambulatory disabled pigs.
An animal activist organization, Farm Sanctuary, had petitioned FSIS to have non-ambulatory disabled pigs (NADs) immediately condemned and “promptly
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Why we are modernizing swine slaughter inspection
Opinion
USDA’s Mindy Brashears submitted this column to Food Safety News this week.
In the world of food safety, 1993 was a watershed moment. Early that year, hundreds of people became ill and four children
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Final hog rule sent off to the Federal Register, ending the HIMP pilot era after 22 years
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s new regulatory system for market hogs is a direct descendant of the food safety reforms first put in place after the Jack-in-the-Box tragedy 25 years ago.
FSIS made
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Truck driver safety rules with changes around food and agriculture
With the deadline approaching, new safety rules for truck drivers, including definitions for agricultural commodities are not getting much public feedback.
The deadline for comments is Sept. 27, 2019, and currently, just 30 have shared
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Chemical analysis gaps found in UK lab review
Gaps in capability to perform some chemical analyses have been identified in a review into official laboratories in the United Kingdom.
The review assessed the capacity, capability, and governance of the U.K. official food and
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GAO report examines how date label confusion contributes to food waste
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) wants something done about confusing date labels that contribute to food waste.
GAO recommends the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Serice (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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Growers want coconuts off the FDA list of major allergens
Tree nuts, including coconuts, are classified as “major allergens” under the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 (FALCPA).
But a campaign is now underway to get coconuts off the list. Coconuts grow
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FDA and NASDA agree to another 5-year pact for implementing produce rule
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) Monday announced their Cooperative Agreement for the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule
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Trump says food producers in hurricane’s path have nothing to worry about
Hurricane Dorian later today will likely begin kissing the Carolinas, but President Donald J. Trump says food producers in the storm’s path should have no worries. He says the federal government has plenty of tariff
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CFIA staffing still varies, but its no longer an issue
Back in the day, that being before 2015, Canadian politics made much of minor fluxations in numbers of staff assigned to food safety.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) was often defending its staffing levels