SAS Foods Enterprises Inc. is recalling more than 3,700 pounds of beef and chicken empanada products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection. They also have a false USDA mark of inspection, the
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FSIS reports strong start to fiscal year 2021
Inspection personnel from USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) had a busy first quarter of the fiscal year 2021. Livestock inspections totaled 43.3 million with 66, 875 carcasses condemned. And there were more than…
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What’s behind the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System?
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The Hill, a Washington-based news publication, recently published a story about the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System (NSIS), an outgrowth of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) HACCP-Based…
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Are we there yet? Where are we going in 2020
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If hindsight’s 20/20, and if Barbara Walters co-hosted 20/20, what are the odds that 2020’s crystal ball will show a clear picture of the year ahead? Who knows. I just had to get the…
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Texas firm recalling almost 26 tons of frozen catfish imported from Vietnam
McAllen Cold Storage Ltd. has initiated a recall of “bwi” branded catfish after federal inspectors discovered the products had not been presented for import re-inspection before they were distributed in the United States.
The company,…
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Amos Miller is reluctant, but allows FSIS inspection of farm
Miller’s Organic Farm, was inspected Monday without incident by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). After raw milk from the Lancaster County, PA, farm was linked in March to two illnesses and one death,…
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