In nine years, no positive results in regulatory tests for E coli O157:H7 have been found in 10,000 samples of dry and semi-dry fermented sausages and fully cooked
Is food safe if left out overnight? Which is safer — a wooden cutting board or a plastic one? Should chicken be washed before it is cooked?
Those are some of
A paragraph in this week’s Government Accountability Office report on USDA’s school meal safety policies confirms that the Food Safety and Inspection Service has developed “standardized tests” to
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing recommendations for affected residents recovering from the devastating storm damage throughout the nation to minimize the potential for foodborne
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Monday issued a 19-page draft of guidelines to help small and very small meat and poultry manufacturers reduce bacterial contamination in ready-to-eat
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) are reevaluating the health risks of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods. The agencies have opened
Foreign counties under trade policies can ship and sell meat and poultry anywhere in the United States. But if those same products are offered from domestic sources with anything less
The USDA news release dated April 5, 2011, and reported in Food Safety News April 6 by Helena Bottemiller, had this for a headline:
USDA Announces Proposed Test and Hold
Used for horses and cattle in the U.S., for dogs in some countries and even for elephants in others, flunixin meglumine is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent.
Flunixin meglumine comes
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has decided to tweak procedures it follows in monitoring for the chemical residues left by animal drugs. It is going to take more
The nation’s top food safety official, Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Elisabeth Hagen, outlined food safety policies in the pipeline at the
Trying to cut the risk of foodborne illnesses caused by contaminated raw poultry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday announced stricter standards to reduce Salmonella and Campylobacter in