Hormel, Pilgrim’s Pride and Beef Products Inc. were three companies providing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service with a personal update during February. A delegation from each company met with acting
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National Steak recalls more than 8 tons of ready-to-eat chicken
Following a customer complaint, National Steak and Poultry late Wednesday recalled about 17,500 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products because of possible undercooking.
Undercooking can allow the survival of bacterial pathogens, according to the U.S. Department
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Retired USDA Inspectors Share Concerns About HIMP Project
Joe Ferguson says he just couldn’t take it any longer. The former inspector for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) spent more than 23 years monitoring operations inside pork
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Hormel Recalls Some Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread for Possible Metal Shavings
Hormel Foods Sales LLC is voluntarily recalling 153 cases, or 1,871 total pounds, of a single code date of SKIPPY® Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread due to the possibility that some jars may contain
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Q&A with Ted Genoways on Food Safety in Pork Processing, Part 2
(This is Part 2 of an interview with journalist and author Ted Genoways. Part 1 is here.) Ted Genoways is the author of “The Chain: Farm, Factory and the Fate of Our Food,” a
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Q&A with Ted Genoways on Food Safety in Pork Processing, Part 1
(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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SPAM, the Iconic Canned Meat, Celebrates 75th Birthday
SPAM®, the canned meat Monty Python sang about and the meat product whose name is now used to label unwanted bulk e-mail messages, is about to celebrate its 75th birthday. Hormel Foods Corp. is putting
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