The USDA has proposed a rule that would stop poultry producers from selling chicken and turkey contaminated with high levels of certain types of Salmonella.
The rule, would make it illegal to sell chicken, chicken parts or ground chicken and turkey if it is found to be contaminated with
Continue Reading USDA proposes making Salmonella in chicken illegal; consumers groups applaud move
An Alliance for a Stronger FDA webinar on Monday, Nov. 13, will feature Jim Jones, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. Alison Bodor of the American Frozen Foods Institute, and Thomas Gremillion of the Consumer Federation of America, will moderate.
Jones took command of the FDA Human Foods Program on
Continue Reading Monday’s webinar with FDA’s Jim Jones is open to all
Eleven organizations that work closely with the Food and Drug Administration are asking bipartisan congressional leaders to work with them on “several pressing food safety issues this year.”
The eleven who’ve written congressional leaders include:
–Steven Mandernach, Executive Director, Association of Food and Drug Officials
–Donna Garren, Executive Vice President
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Today the public comment period will close on a USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) rulemaking that, if all goes as planned, should increase the price of organic eggs. With food prices up 8.2 percent since September of last year, why would AMS do such a thing? And
Continue Reading Time for a new label on ‘organic’ eggs?
Several groups, including Consumer Reports and STOP Foodborne Illness, have written to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack in support of increased food safety efforts regarding Salmonella in poultry.
The groups describe current regulations as “antiquated” and encourage the secretary to move forward to develop new and enforceable standards that are product
Continue Reading Consumer groups encourage USDA secretary to continue efforts to make chicken products safer
Four years ago, Thomas Gremillion of the Consumer Federation of America petitioned USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on behalf of the Safe Food Coalition. The petition sought an FSIS rulemaking to revise the regulations that prescribe mandatory safe handling instruction (SHI) labeling for raw and partially cooked meat
The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) presented an installment of its Virtual National Policy Conference series, titled “A New Day at USDA for Food Safety?” on Tuesday.
Speakers included Dr. Patricia Griffin, chief of the Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Sarah Sorscher,
Continue Reading Stakeholders reaffirm need for more modern meat and poultry policies
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 how much longer — it is perfectly legal to sell you hamburger, whole hogs, turkey
Continue Reading Beach Beat: The faces behind the petition
ALERT: A USDA spokesperson told Food Safety News the agency is not staffing its phones dedicated to consumer complaints about meat, poultry and processed egg products during the partial government shutdown. The askkaren.gov service is operating online, but USDA responses might be delayed.
The head of the Food and
Continue Reading ALERT: U.S. representative, advocates say food safety programs dangerously disrupted
There’s no indication yet that anyone is the least bit embarrassed about the failure to yet identify the precise source of an E. coli O157: H7 outbreak involving at least 32 states and four Canadian provinces. But nine consumer and food safety groups have stepped forward to demand that FDA
Continue Reading Make leafy greens “high risk” and chase them down quickly, say consumer groups
