Let me start with a story–a true one. In August, 2008, a large number of people in Mayes County, Oklahoma, began flooding hospitals and physician offices complaining of profuse,
Recently I wrote a guest blog for Meatingplace.com on the subject of our missing USDA Undersecretary for Food Safety and I’m pleased to expand on that just a
Meat and poultry producers from the 27 states that operate their own inspection services for meat and poultry processed by small plants whose sales are strictly intrastate get chances on
Over the past two weeks, Patrick Boyle of the American Meat Institute (AMI) has asserted that, according to USDA testing data, the incidence of E. coli O157:H7 in ground
More Meat Industry Dissembling on E. coli
On October 3, 2009, the New York Times published a lengthy and compelling story about Stephanie Smith and the E. coli O157:H7
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Friday that Vatran’s Fine Foods. Inc., of Tracy, CA, was recalling approximately 11,500 pounds of assorted meat and poultry products
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued another report highlighting problems with the federal food safety system, this time focusing on the gaps in food import regulation.
The report, which the
It has been over a year since the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has had a Senate-confirmed Under Secretary of Food Safety–a reality that has left many in
Beef tongues without tonsils are a delicacy. Beef tongues with tonsils are banned product by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Tonsils are “specific risk material” (SRM) as they
OMB Watch, a non-profit dedicated to shedding light on the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), said yesterday that the 2010 budget for U.S. Department of Agriculture’
The 27 states that operate their own meat and poultry inspection for meat and poultry sold within a single state are about to get new markets for their products.
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