New regulations for controlling the spread of a form of Salmonella, whose mode of transmission still isn’t entirely understood, kicked into effect last Friday. The new regulations, the FDA
House Holds First Hearing on Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill: Obesity, Hunger, School Food Safety All on Agenda
Celebrity chef and restaurateur Tom Colicchio, a panel of food policy experts, and
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) just might have an Under Secretary for Food Safety this grilling season.
The Senate Agriculture Committee yesterday approved the nomination of Dr. Elisabeth
Late in 1999, state and federal meat inspectors found the Santos Linquisa Sausage Factory located in a simple one story gray building the Bay area residential community of San Leandro,
Throwing A Bone to Small Meat: USDA to Hold Public Meetings on HACCP Guidance
After much outcry from small meat processors weary of burdensome government regulation, the U.S. Department
Though the Senate Agriculture Committee recently held a hearing to consider Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, the Obama Administration’s nominee for Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department
The American Meat Institute (AMI) pushed back against a bill introduced by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) last week that would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to regulate
To remedy what the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently called “a widespread lack of understanding” in validating Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems for meat processors
Today the Senate Agriculture Committee will take the first step in the confirmation process for Under Secretary for Food Safety, a post at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Inside the USDA’s new “food safety mobile,” a group of third graders are wide-eyed and oohing and ahhing as digital bacteria magically appear before their eyes.
“We’re going
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) debuted its brand new, 40-foot-long Food Safety Discovery Zone, a food safety educational
While the country’s poultry producers wonder aloud whether they’re even necessary, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued new compliance guidelines to reduce the levels of