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Here’s what the Food Safety and Inspection Service did in fiscal year 2020

By News Desk on December 27, 2020

Editor’s Note:  In this year-end summary, USDA’s  Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reports on its key achievements for fiscal year (FY) 2020 and highlights progress on its goal of modernizing the agency and fulfilling

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Funding points to some likely food safety priorities for 2021

By Dan Flynn on December 23, 2020

With federal food safety programs spread across the government, it’s always difficult to follow when things are coming together at the last minute.

But this year was even more confusing than most because: First there…
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Vilsack’s food safety record is filled with accomplishments, and maybe a ding or two

By Dan Flynn on December 22, 2020
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Tom Vilsack already is one of the longest serving cabinet members to work as Secretary of Agriculture, and now President-elect Joe Biden wants Vilsack to serve again in that capacity, an appointment that opens…
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USDA concerned about chicken from China; fake U.S. inspection mark used

By News Desk on December 20, 2020

The product is no longer available to consumers, but USDA officials have issued a public alert for certain organic imported raw chicken wings because they are marked with a fraudulent establishment number. Label information printed…
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Unknown volume of meat, poultry products under recall for lack of inspections

By News Desk on December 20, 2020

Perfect Pasta Inc. of Addison, IL, is recalling an undetermined amount of heat treated, not shelf stable frozen meat and poultry products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of…
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Nestle recalls some Lean Cuisine dinners because of several consumer complaints about plastic

By News Desk on December 20, 2020

The public are being asked to check their freezers for a flavor of Lean Cuisine frozen dinners because consumers have been complaining about pieces of hard plastic in the product. Nestle has launched a nationwide…
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Election brings change of some food safety officials from across government

By Dan Flynn on December 14, 2020

If the United States had a single independent food safety authority like most counties, a change of administrators would not be a significant event.  But with food safety spread across as many as 20 departments…
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Letter From The Editor: We wish there was a difference, but there’s not

By Dan Flynn on December 10, 2020
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If you are recently out of office as a popular agricultural state governor and your campaign for president went bust, getting yourself appointed as Secretary of Agriculture is your next logical option.  But if…
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Letter to the Editor: A different view on new Salmonella rules

By Guest Contributor on November 29, 2020
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Dear Editor,

This is in regard to the FSN publication Nov. 18, 2020: “Food and drug officials weigh in on federal Salmonella rules for poultry” by Steven Mandernach, AFDO. Here is my response that…
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FSIS Quarterly Enforcement Report cites criminal actions related to food safety

By Dan Flynn on November 24, 2020

Criminal convictions top the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS’s) final quarterly enforcement report for 2020.

Flavor Trade LLC and owner Shannon Kimball, of Kansas City, MO,; and, New England Meat Packing LLC, and HAACP…
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Public health alert over misbranding snafu

By News Desk on November 21, 2020

USDA’s  Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert on Saturday for chicken and beef samosa products containing spring roll pastries that have been recalled by the manufacturer, Tee Yih Jia (TYJ)…
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