Under a two-year trial supporters say would make it easier to do business in Chicago, restaurants with a history of clean food-handling and retailers that sell pre-packaged foods would inspect
The Food and Drug Administration has published the final guidance to help egg producers comply with the new FDA egg safety rule.
The “Guidance for Industry: Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis
Although the government has a new priority of reducing Salmonella Enteritidis (SE), inspectors are still finding unsanitary conditions at big egg farms, which made egg regulations 2011’s 6th most
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s increasing reliance on state and local officials to conduct boots-on-the-ground inspections of food facilities may leave consumers vulnerable, a Health and Human
D’Orazio Foods of Bellmawr, NJ, is recalling approximately 161,000 pounds of frozen stuffed pasta products that were produced without federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is going to require a big finish, but it apparently remains on target to complete new egg rule inspections of all 517
The National Research Council (NRC) recently suggested that FSIS release of establishment-specific data could benefit food safety. Pertinent excerpts of media reports include the following statements:
“Substantial benefits can be
Posting the results of government meat, poultry and egg inspections and testing data could have “substantial benefits” to food safety, according to the highly respected National Research Council.
An NRC
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is trying to facilitate education and collaboration regarding pre-harvest food safety interventions. At a recent agency conference focused
USDA’s Food Service and Inspection Service (FSIS) is using the possibility of signing bonuses and college loan forgiveness to fill positions at some rural or remote locations where it
A California company is recalling approximately 4,100 pounds of ready-to-eat meals that were sent to distribution centers in the Los Angeles County area, which may have sold them to
Editor’s Note: This is the ninth and final installment in a series written by John Munsell of Miles City, MT, who explains how the small meat plant his family