USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) renewed a cooperative agreement with a formal signing on Aug.1.
The FSIS workforce is viewed as critical
Continue Reading USDA gets employee safety training and OSHA gets access to food facilities under new MOU
Any hope that the U.S. Senate would confirm Jose Emilio Esteban as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety before the late summer break is gone.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry has not
Continue Reading Senate sits on Esteban nomination as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) decision to declare Salmonella as an adulterant in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products is not welcomed by the regulated industry.
“NCC (National Chicken Council) is concerned about the
Continue Reading National Chicken Council objects to USDA plan to name Salmonella as adulterant in some chicken products
PITTSBURGH, PA — Technology, pathogens and diligence were the watchwords from two leaders from the USDA and FDA as they addressed attendees at the International Association of Food Protection’s 2022 meeting and conference.
Frank Yiannas
Continue Reading Top food safety administrators in U.S. say it’s not rocket science, but it is science
PITTSBURGH, PA — In an IAFP 2022 session on Aug. 1 titled “Salmonella in Poultry: Issues and Solutions” speakers talked about how the contamination of poultry with Salmonella continues to be one of the most
Continue Reading Salmonella in poultry, the issues and solutions, hearing from the experts
PITTSBURGH, PA — Whether you call it a baby step or a significant stride, the federal government is taking action to clean up the chicken people in America eat.
With an announcement today the USDA’s
Continue Reading FSIS takes on Salmonella in certain chicken products; hopes to publish something by fall
Rachael’s Food Corporation, a Chicopee, MA establishment, is recalling 2,246 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry wrap products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
Continue Reading Company recalls sandwich wraps after government testing finds Listeria
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a few things on its Constitute Update related to food safety this week.
Two of the items involve the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and one involves the
Continue Reading USDA sessions look at food safety related to poultry, antimicrobial resistance
The animal activist group PETA wants to end the day when USDA puts a “humane” label on a regulated meat products.
It has filed a petition calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety
Continue Reading PETA wants its say to be the final word on what is humane when its about food animals
Editor’s Note: Just ahead of the long Fourth of July weekend, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is out with “Americana: The Hot Dog.” We are reposting it because you can never know enough
Continue Reading Everything you need to know about the American hotdog by FSIS