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Lawsuit challenges USDA’s New Swine Inspection System; cites public safety

By Guest Contributor on January 14, 2020
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Today (Jan. 13, 2019,)  Center for Food Safety (CFS), Food & Water Watch (FWW), and two supporting members filed an actionagainst the U.S. Department of Agriculture for issuing New Swine Inspection System (NSIS)…
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$867 billion Farm Bill now moving quickly through lame-duck Congress

By Dan Flynn on December 12, 2018

One of the last vestiges of bipartisanship in Congress began delivering its baby Tuesday. House and Senate agricultural conferees finally agreed on the 2018 Farm Bill, and by late afternoon it was sailing through the…
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GAO says some USDA food safety standards are outdated

By News Desk on April 19, 2018

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)  should carry on with its work to reduce pathogens in meat and poultry, but first, the agency needs to improve documentation, add some timelines to its tasks…
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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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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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Mexico Blocks U.S. Hogs at Border Over Diarrheal Disease

By News Desk on June 27, 2013

U.S. hog farmers exporting to Mexico are going to have more hoops to jump through. In reaction to a multistage outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhea, or PED, among piglets in the U.S., Mexico has officially…
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