Two-way trade between the United States and the micro-state of San Marino is a mere $7 million a year. And a scant amount of that involves any food or agricultural product whatsoever.
The world’s oldest Republic, land-locked by Italy surrounding its 24 square miles with a population of 33,400, has
Continue Reading USDA audits world’s third smallest country for pork exports
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service released a new on-site equivalence verification audit for France. It did not find any deficiencies that represented an immediate threat to public health.
The report was posted on the FSIS website shortly after August 14 when the final audit was sent to Dr. Lo”
Continue Reading France’s food safety system found equivalent to USA for veal, pork and ready-to-eat meats
Just a year ago, the first poultry products processed in China from raw chicken raised and slaughtered in Chile entered the United States — a mere 110 pounds of cooked breaded chicken. But a congressional food safety expert says two of three new Chinese poultry processing plants eligible since late
Continue Reading Two of three new poultry processors in Chinese provinces never audited
The first U.S. audit of Brazil’s food safety system since Operation Weak Flesh exposed corruption in the South American nation’s meat industry fell short of being clean.
In transmitting the audit on Nov. 9, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) told Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply
Continue Reading U.S. audit finds food safety problems continue for Brazil’s meat
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines,” said early-American philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson.
But in the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, consistency gets greater appreciation. In its recent evaluation of USDA’s
Continue Reading OIG says USDA reviews of exporting countries are inadequate
