The governments of Australia and New Zealand, major beef exporters, expressed written concern last week to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service over their new non-O157 E. coli policy,
The National Research Council (NRC) recently suggested that FSIS release of establishment-specific data could benefit food safety. Pertinent excerpts of media reports include the following statements:
“Substantial benefits can be
In a public teleconference Thursday, the meat industry roundly criticized the government’s new plan to test beef trim and ground beef for six more strains of pathogenic E. coli
Posting the results of government meat, poultry and egg inspections and testing data could have “substantial benefits” to food safety, according to the highly respected National Research Council.
An NRC
If USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) had been assigned the responsibility to investigate last years’ oil spill in the Gulf, and provide solutions, the agency would have concluded:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is trying to facilitate education and collaboration regarding pre-harvest food safety interventions. At a recent agency conference focused
USDA’s Food Service and Inspection Service (FSIS) is using the possibility of signing bonuses and college loan forgiveness to fill positions at some rural or remote locations where it
An Oklahoma company is recalling approximately 8,888 pounds of frozen meat and poultry pie products distributed to restaurants, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection
A California company is recalling approximately 4,100 pounds of ready-to-eat meals that were sent to distribution centers in the Los Angeles County area, which may have sold them to
Editor’s note: Last week we concluded a series by John Munsell that explained how his small meat plant in Miles City, MT, ran afoul of USDA’s meat inspection
Editor’s Note: This is the ninth and final installment in a series written by John Munsell of Miles City, MT, who explains how the small meat plant his family
Editor’s Note: This is the eighth installment in a series written by John Munsell of Miles City, MT, who explains how the small meat plant his family owned for