The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) won’t make any change to Brazil’s status as a “negligible risk” country for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). Also called “mad cow disease,” BSE is a chronic degenerative disease
Continue Reading Mad cows in Brazil won’t change country’s ‘negligible risk’ status for BSE
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released new guidance documents for controlling beef and raw poultry pathogens.
The FSIS Inspection Program Personnel (IPP) announced the availability of the new guidance at weekly
Continue Reading New guidelines designed to knock down Campylobacter and Salmonella levels
Omaha’s Greater Omaha Packing recalled 295,236 pounds of raw beef products late today. The beef was for non-intact use but was suspected of contamination of E. coli O157:H7, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
Continue Reading Omaha Packing recalls 295,236 pounds of beef for E. coli O157:H7
More Than Gourmet, Inc., in Akron, OH has recalled approximately 6,896 pounds of ready-to-eat beef and veal broth and stock products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically hydraulic oil, according to the U.S.
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JBS USA Food Co. a Greeley, CO, firm and Importer of Record, is recalling 4,860 pounds of imported boneless beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, according to the the U.S. Department
Continue Reading Government tests show E. coli in frozen beef; JBS launches recall
Danish officials are investigating a Salmonella outbreak that has affected more than 20 people with half of them admitted to hospitals.
Since mid-November 2020, 23 people have been recorded with the same type of Salmonella
Continue Reading Denmark investigates Salmonella outbreak; Norway expands recalls
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is warning the public to not eat certain beef and lamb products because they were produced by One Meat Corp., doing business as Eastern
Continue Reading Certain meat sold online was not inspected; USDA warns public not to eat it
The Food Standards Agency has warned about potentially unsafe meat sold via Facebook.
Implicated meat products were supplied before Jan. 15 by an unregistered and unapproved Wiltshire-based vendor. It is understood that distribution has occurred
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has moved away from a one size fits all approach on shelf life guidance for meat.
The revised guidance covers vacuum packed and modified atmosphere packed (VP/MAP) chilled fresh beef,
Continue Reading FSA changes blanket guidance on meat shelf life
Levels of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) E. coli in fresh beef and pork are still low, according to a survey published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
The study, which was run between January and December
Continue Reading Low levels of antimicrobial resistant bacteria E. coli in beef and pork sold in UK
The first shipment of beef from the United Kingdom to the United States in more than 20 years was dispatched this week.
The U.S. market had been closed to EU beef since January 1998, when
Continue Reading UK beef exports to U.S. restart after two decades
