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Study finds spice containers pose contamination risk during food preparation

By News Desk on January 6, 2023

A new study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has shown that consumers may need to rethink how they handle their spice containers.

The study found that spice…

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Faces of Food Safety: Meet Joseph Smith of the FSIS

By U.S. Department of Agriculture on December 26, 2022

Joseph Smith, a consumer safety inspector (CSI) in the Chicago District, has been with FSIS for almost ten years. He began his career with the agency in February 2013 as an intermittent employee — working…

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Outbreak investigations closing with few details available in several

By Coral Beach on December 16, 2022

The federal government has closed some foodborne illness outbreak investigations in the past week.

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service released even less information when it closed its investigation into an outbreak than it…

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CDC finds that many consumers fail to cook raw frozen stuffed chicken products properly

By Jonan Pilet on December 9, 2022

A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used an internet panel survey and found that more than one-half of respondents reported using an appliance other than an oven to cook frozen…

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FDA and USDA continue to investigate outbreaks of unknown origin

By Coral Beach on December 8, 2022

The FDA and USDA continue to investigate outbreaks with the sources of the pathogens remaining unknown.

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service have posted virtually no information on the outbreak it has been investigating…

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FSIS seeking public comments on a number of proposed rules and regulations for the USDA

By News Desk on December 4, 2022

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service are seeking public comments on proposed rules and notices, which are viewable on the FSIS Federal Register & Rulemaking webpage.

Of note is that FSIS extended the…

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FSIS and fixing the problem

By Dr. Michael Fisher on November 28, 2022

Editor’s note: This is part four of a four-part series.

In the previous three articles, I described what I consider the underlying causes of the devolution of FSIS as an organization. Any fool can criticize.

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Fiscal year 2022 goes in the books at USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service

By Dan Flynn on November 23, 2022

The numbers are in for USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) for the final quarater of fiscal year 2022. FSIS progressive enforcment starts on the slaugther room floor and contnues until it reaches into…

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Time is running out for Esteban’s confirmation in lame-duck Congress

By Dan Flynn on November 22, 2022

When you’re waiting to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, hearing that your nomination has been taken hostage with others is not good news. But for Jose Emilio Esteban, who the president has nominated as…

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FSIS and the era of enforcement

By Dr. Michael Fisher on November 21, 2022

Editor’s note: This is part three of a four-part series.

Ten years after issuing the Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (PR/HACCP) Systems: Final Rule, The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)…

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