The USDA mark of inspection for food safety was sought last quarter by farmers raising 35.4 million head of livestock and 2.2 billion birds. Production numbers in USDA’
It does not meet all that often, but USDA plans on keeping the National Advisory Committee on Meat & Poultry Inspection. USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service DSIS) Tuesday
Equine inspections will be back on the menu at USDA by the end of the year, according to Al Almanza, administrator of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
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Amid growing consumer awareness about antibiotics used to raise food animals, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is taking a look at some of
A Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak linked to Cargill ground beef is affecting 33 people in 7 Northeastern states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday, a day after the
A conversation with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service Administrator Al Almanza on the agency’s recently-launched Public Health Information System, which centralizes plant inspection data and makes it
New Jersey-based Buona Vita, Inc. is recalling an additional 72,510 pounds of various frozen, ready-to-eat meat and poultry products over Listeria concerns, just weeks after the company recalled more
In response to a permanent injunction filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a Wisconsin livestock company and its
New Jersey-based Buona Vita, Inc. is recalling approximately 324,770 pounds of various frozen, ready-to-eat meat and poultry products over concerns about Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is beefing up testing for veterinary drug residues in the meat supply – and the new policy will take effect this grilling season.
The USDA’
Before horses can again be slaughtered in the United States for human consumption, USDA is going to have to get a harness on one food safety issue that all sides
USDA’s public calendar for the agency’s four top food safety officials covering the month of March is again available on the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s website.