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Letter from the Editor: Vacancy says food safety not a priority

By Dan Flynn on September 17, 2017

I’m pretty jaded when it comes to the federal government — no matter who is running it. But I do know that without filling the spokes in the government’s wheels nothing is going to happen. …
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Chinese poultry: Verification must precede trust for food safety

By Brian Ronholm on June 25, 2017

dad and child with messy roomThere is always a healthy amount of skepticism from parents whenever children claim they were able to clean their rooms in five minutes. While the children may have met the literal requirement of the parent’s…
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Spending Bill Bans ‘Chinese Chicken’ From Federal Meal Programs

By Lydia Zuraw on December 16, 2014

A provision included in the $1.1-trillion spending bill Congress passed last week and which is now headed to the president’s desk prevents poultry processed in China from being used in the National School Lunch Program,…
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Funding Package Inches Forward

By Lydia Zuraw on December 12, 2014

Unsure whether the congressional spending package referred to by many in Washington, D.C., as the “cromnibus” had enough votes to pass, House GOP leaders delayed a final vote Thursday afternoon, but, after 9 p.m., they…
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FSIS Approves Chinese Plants for Poultry Processing

By Lydia Zuraw on November 7, 2014

Four Chinese poultry processing plants have been approved to export cooked chicken to the U.S. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has approved China’s export health certificate which demonstrates that…
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Hearing on China’s Food Safety Spotlights Poultry Processing

By Lydia Zuraw on June 18, 2014

China may be moving closer to legally exporting processed cooked chicken to the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has received from China a list of four plants that the country has certified as…
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Chinese Chicken, Horse Slaughter Amendments Added to House Ag Appropriations Bill

By Lydia Zuraw on May 30, 2014

School nutrition standards were the central focus of Thursday’s House Appropriations Committee markup. Democrats attempted to remove a provision from the agriculture appropriations bill that will give certain schools a waiver on compliance with…
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Advocates Petition Congress to Block Chinese Chicken

By Lydia Zuraw on January 14, 2014

Food safety advocates have launched a Change.org petition aimed at getting Congress to keep chicken from China off U.S. plates. The petition asks Congress and the Obama administration to ensure that Chinese-processed chicken is not…
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USDA Responds to Charges of Misleading Parents on Chinese Chicken in School Lunches

By Lydia Zuraw on September 27, 2013

On Wednesday, Bettina Siegel, author of The Lunch Tray blog, published an article entitled, “USDA Misinforms Parents About Chinese-Processed Chicken in School Meats.” In response, USDA has posted a clarification on its blog…
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USDA Misinforms Parents About Chinese-Processed Chicken in School Meals

By Bettina Elias Siegel on September 25, 2013

This editorial was originally published Sept. 25 on The Lunch Tray. On August 30, the USDA announced that it will allow four Chinese facilities to process poultry raised and slaughtered in the United States,…
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