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Criminal convictions top FSIS Quarterly Enforcement Report

By Dan Flynn on August 21, 2019

The USDA’s quarterly report of enforcement activities by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is topped off by the criminal conviction of Antillio Graniello.

The U.S. District Court for the Nothern District of Georgia…
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FDA wants to improve the recalls from the companies it regulates

By News Desk on April 25, 2019

With new draft guidance for so-called voluntary recalls, the Food and Drug Administration is looking to be more effective in an area that’s been seen as one of its short comings.

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Halfway into FY 2018, FSIS isn’t seeing much criminal action

By Dan Flynn on May 24, 2018

The most serious criminal and civil actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) can take are not getting much use this year.  FSIS did not pursue any criminal violations during…
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USDA continues citation focus against inhumane treatment

By Dan Flynn on June 16, 2016

Twenty of 27 administrative actions USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service took against America’s largest meat and poultry plants during the government’s second quarter were for the inhumane treatment of animals during slaughter. U.S. beef industry faces new policies and testing for mad cow diseaseThree of…
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Big 3 and Big Plants Leave Inhumane Handling Tracks Across FSIS’ Third Quarter

By Dan Flynn on August 18, 2015

Inhumane treatment in the handling and/or slaughtering of animals was cited last quarter at three out of four large-volume plants where USDA meat inspectors started administrative actions, either now taken or pending, that often end…
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Sentences, Convictions Make Latest FSIS Enforcement Report

By Dan Flynn on December 3, 2014

A federal sentencing in Arkansas, convictions in Florida, and a guilty plea in Puerto Rico topped fourth-quarter enforcement actions by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). USDA’s final period of…
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FSIS Enforcement Action Results in Sentencing in Three Criminal Cases

By News Desk on August 27, 2014

A trio of successful prosecutions top the quarterly enforcement report from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service for the period ending June 30th. The April to June period is the third quarter of the…
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FSIS Reports Enforcement Actions and Quarterly Pathogen Test Results

By Dan Flynn on June 10, 2014

Criminal convictions topped enforcement actions by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service during the first quarter of 2014. A jury on March 18, 2014, found Linda Chen Mai, an employee of the Trinh Company in…
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USDA Meat Inspectors End Fiscal 2013 With Criminal Plea Agreement, Penalties

By Dan Flynn on January 23, 2014

A criminal plea agreement with a Nebraska deer meat processor is the most serious infraction disclosed by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service in the agency’s final quarterly enforcement report for fiscal 2013. Cory…
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Big Spike in Food Recalls During Third Quarter

By News Desk on November 16, 2012

Food recalls occurred at a four-per-day clip during the third quarter, reaching their highest levels in two years, according to data produced by Indianapolis-based Stericycle ExpertRECALL. The rise in recall activity involved nearly 8.5 million…
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