Government Agencies

FASFC: Checks continue despite Coronavirus control measures

Almost 4,500 kilograms of food has been confiscated by the Belgian food safety agency. The agency stressed it has continued efforts to protect public health since control measures for

By News Desk

/ 30 Apr 2020

FASFC: Checks continue despite Coronavirus control measures

Updated — Executive Order to meat Industry: No more closures

Updated content throughout — President Donald J. Trump has by Executive Order placed the American meat industry under the Defense Production Act to prevent meat shortages by keeping meat processing plants

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Apr 2020

Updated — Executive Order to meat Industry: No more closures

FDA sends warning letters to companies across the U.S.

As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or

By News Desk

/ 27 Apr 2020

FDA sends warning letters to companies across the U.S.

10 things state departments of agriculture are doing to keep Americans fed during the pandemic

Opinion By Amanda Culp, NASDA 1. Ensuring 46 million food and agriculture workers remain essential so that we can continue to feed America. As more states adopt shelter-in-place

By Guest Contributor

/ 26 Apr 2020

10 things state departments of agriculture are doing to keep Americans fed during the pandemic

CDC provides first guidance to a specific meat plant for combating COVID-19 among employees

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped off a 15-page report at the South Dakota Health Department that contains the key for getting all the nation’

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Apr 2020

CDC provides first guidance to a specific meat plant for combating COVID-19 among employees

Food & Water Watch says USDA inspectors not protected from COVID-19

A consumer watchdog group says the federal government is treating its meat inspectors unfairly and endangering their health as well as that of meat plant employees amid the coronavirus pandemic.

By Coral Beach

/ 24 Apr 2020

Food & Water Watch says USDA inspectors not protected from COVID-19

EU audits U.S. controls to ensure safety of food of non-animal origin

European officials have evaluated the way the United States controls microbiological contamination in food of non-animal origin that is destined for Europe. The review by DG Sante, the European

By Joe Whitworth

/ 17 Apr 2020

EU audits U.S. controls to ensure safety of food of non-animal origin

Highly pathogenic avian flu in SC turkey flock is no threat to human health

The first confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the United States since 2017 does not threaten human health, according to experts. The USDA’s Animal and Plant

By News Desk

/ 15 Apr 2020

Highly pathogenic avian flu in SC turkey flock is no threat to human health

Two large meat facilities shutdown because of too many employee COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 has forced the closures of the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, SD, and the JBS USA beef plant in Greeley, CO. Smithfield on Easter Sunday

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 Apr 2020

Two large meat facilities shutdown because of too many employee COVID-19 cases

Federal court in California will hear oral arguments in USDA motion to dismiss swine lawsuit

The USDA by April 15 will ask a federal court in California to dismiss a second lawsuit filed to overturn the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS’s) new

By Dan Flynn

/ 9 Apr 2020

Federal court in California will hear oral arguments in USDA motion to dismiss swine lawsuit

USDA gets all but the line speed issue thrown out of court

The unions are down to one issue with the USDA about new inspection protocols for market hogs, and it is not food safety. After tossing out challenges to how USDA’

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Apr 2020

USDA gets all but the line speed issue thrown out of court

No food safety deficiencies found in Denmark’s pork exports to the United States

Denmark’s Ministry of Environment and Food has agreed to take corrective actions in two areas identified by a USDA audit of its food safety system for pork products exported

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Apr 2020

No food safety deficiencies found in Denmark’s pork exports to the United States

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Government Agencies

FASFC: Checks continue despite Coronavirus control measures

Updated — Executive Order to meat Industry: No more closures

FDA sends warning letters to companies across the U.S.

10 things state departments of agriculture are doing to keep Americans fed during the pandemic

CDC provides first guidance to a specific meat plant for combating COVID-19 among employees

Food & Water Watch says USDA inspectors not protected from COVID-19

EU audits U.S. controls to ensure safety of food of non-animal origin

Highly pathogenic avian flu in SC turkey flock is no threat to human health

Two large meat facilities shutdown because of too many employee COVID-19 cases

Federal court in California will hear oral arguments in USDA motion to dismiss swine lawsuit

USDA gets all but the line speed issue thrown out of court

No food safety deficiencies found in Denmark’s pork exports to the United States

Your Support Protects Public Health