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USDA Inspectors Condemn Hog Plant HIMP Model

By News Desk on February 5, 2015

Last Friday, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) released affidavits from four federal inspectors from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s high-speed inspection pilot program who have come forward with their concerns about the system. “Under the…
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Q&A with Ted Genoways on Food Safety in Pork Processing, Part 1

By James Andrews on February 5, 2015

(This is Part 1 of an interview with journalist and author Ted Genoways. Part 2 of the interview will be posted by Food Safety News on Friday, Feb. 6.) Ted Genoways is the author of…
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New Book Explores Food Safety and the True Cost of Cheap Meat

By James Andrews on January 29, 2015

Reading “The Chain: Farm, Factory and the Fate of Our Food,” a new book from journalist Ted Genoways, one begins to wonder who is treated better: the millions of hogs consumed in America each year,…
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USDA: Food Safety at Hog HIMP Plants ‘On Par’ With Other Inspection Systems

By News Desk on November 18, 2014

The Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Pont (HACCP) Inspection Models Project (HIMP) project in hog slaughter establishments will continue, announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture is its latest evaluation of the project. The report’s objective…
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Food & Water Watch Sues USDA Over New Poultry Inspection Rule

By News Desk on September 13, 2014

Food & Water Watch (FWW) filed a lawsuit against the Department of Agriculture on Thursday that would stop the implementation of the agency’s New Poultry Inspection System (NPIS). The new poultry inspection rule, announced July …
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Reactions Vary to USDA’s Poultry Inspection Rule

By Lydia Zuraw on August 1, 2014

The U.S. Department of Agriculture published the final rule of its Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection on Thursday, requiring all poultry processing plants to engage in additional microbiological testing and establishing the New Poultry Inspection…
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FSIS Poultry Rule Requires More Pathogen Testing, Introduces Voluntary Inspection System

By Lydia Zuraw on July 31, 2014

The new poultry inspection rule announced today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture requires additional microbiological testing at all poultry processing facilities and introduces a fifth inspection system available for U.S. plants to voluntarily adopt.
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Groups Ask OMB, USDA to Release Revised Poultry Rule for Public Comment

By Lydia Zuraw on July 18, 2014

Organizations representing workers and consumers want the Department of Agriculture to follow the Food and Drug Administration’s lead by releasing the revised poultry inspection rule for public comment. Last week, the USDA’s Food Safety and…
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USDA Sends Poultry Inspection Rule to OMB

By Lydia Zuraw on July 10, 2014

The U.S. Department of Agriculture submitted a draft final version of its Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection rule to the Office of Management and Budget for review today. The proposal to build on the HACCP…
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USDA Petitioned to Block Imported Meat From Privatized Inspection Systems

By News Desk on June 6, 2014

Food and Water Watch has petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture to revoke equivalency status for four meat inspection programs in Canada, Australia and New Zealand because they have replaced government meat inspectors with company…
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