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Political impact lingers after two main events in meat industry

By Dan Flynn on July 19, 2018

Political ramifications are coming in from two events in the past week involving the meat industry.

The first event was a July 12 forum sponsored by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on issues surrounding…
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Public overwhelmingly favors term ‘lab-grown’ over ‘clean’ meat

By News Desk on July 16, 2018

Consumer Reports, published by the 7 million-member nonprofit Consumers Union, last week reported on survey results showing the public expects laboratory-produced meat from cultured animal cells to be clearly labeled. The results show the public…
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Make leafy greens “high risk” and chase them down quickly, say consumer groups

By Dan Flynn on May 25, 2018

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…
Continue Reading Make leafy greens “high risk” and chase them down quickly, say consumer groups

USDA delays Obama’s organic livestock standards for review

By Dan Flynn on November 14, 2017

The USDA is today publishing a notice in the Federal Register to further delay and reconsider new mandates for handling and transporting livestock and providing avian “living conditions” for poultry raised as organic food.

Without…
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Food safety insecurity used as a hook against regulatory reform

By Dan Flynn on April 12, 2017

Each side has just the congressional recess left to practice its hyperbole for the coming Senate fight over how regulations will be used across government. It’s going to get nasty. And confusing. The practice of…
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Third-party auditor certification: Not the only tool in the toolkit

By Dan Flynn on June 6, 2016

Enough went into the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) to make the food industry queasy, but the new law’s limited reliance on third-party auditors is still enough to make consumer advocates feel about the same…
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Safe Food Coalition says safe handling labels need a rewrite

By Dan Flynn on June 2, 2016

Seven well-known consumer groups acting together as the Safe Food Coalition are petitioning USDA’s Food Safety and inspection Service for a revised safe handling instruction label for meat, poultry and catfish. The petition calls upon…
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Report Ranks Antibiotics Policies at Fast Food Chains

By News Desk on September 16, 2015

Only Chipotle and Panera get an A grade on antibiotics policies and sourcing practices, and most other fast food chains fail, according to a report by the Friends of the Earth, Natural Resources Defense Council,…
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Managing for Salmonella in 2015 Continues to Present Challenges

By James Andrews on June 5, 2015

Despite decades of efforts to control contamination rates, Salmonella has long been the most common illness-causing bacteria in food, and it remains the leading cause of death and hospitalization from foodborne illness in the U.S.
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Coming USDA Catfish Inspections Raise Question: Could Shrimp Be Next?

By Dan Flynn on April 23, 2015

If food safety put catfish under USDA inspection, can shrimp be far behind? That question is coming into focus this week after one of USDA’s top two food safety officials told a gathering of food…
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