When they have not sold enough spot advertising, broadcasters air public service announcements that these days are all about how we are “in this together.”
But up and down the meat industry, the only togetherness
Continue Reading Mood turns sour as meat and poultry industry tries to keep production up with demand
Lithuanian authorities have stopped the supply of 75 tons of what they described as “unsafe” poultry meat in the first quarter of 2020.
The State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) performed more than 800 targeted
Continue Reading Lithuanian officials seize 75 tons of ‘unsafe’ poultry meat
Chicken meat from Brazil is being investigated as the source of Salmonella illnesses in the Netherlands.
Between the end of 2019 and mid-February 2020, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) identified
Continue Reading Dutch Salmonella illnesses linked to Brazilian poultry
Campylobacter, Yersinia, E. coli and Listeria infections all went up while Salmonella declined, according to the 2018 report on foodborne disease in New Zealand.
Campylobacter remained the top foodborne pathogen. The country has a performance
Continue Reading Campylobacter and E. coli infections climb in New Zealand; raw milk cited
There’s no direct link yet between Escherichia coli in meat and poultry and urinary tract infections, but three of six the most common E. coli genotypes in humans were found in retail meat samples.
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Continue Reading Patients’ urine and meat samples compared for shared E. coli
Lawmakers in the Golden Gate City want to close the door on unnecessary antibiotic use in livestock, so they’ve unanimously OK’d a local ordinance requiring large retailers to annually report on antibiotics used by their
Continue Reading San Francisco grocers subject to new meat/poultry reporting
Once again, San Francisco is poised to become the first city in the nation to take a legislative stand on a controversial topic. Its Board of Supervisors is set to vote tomorrow on an ordinance
Continue Reading Antibiotic disclosure — another first for San Francisco?
Citing an estimated 2 million U.S. illnesses caused annually because of contaminated meat and poultry and resulting health care costs of almost $6 billion, a report from the Pew Charitable Trusts is calling for renewed
Continue Reading Pew report encourages investments to reduce contamination
A Florida company is recalling almost a ton of meat and poultry products including several varieties of empanada because they were produced without being inspected by the federal government. 
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Continue Reading Florida company recalls 3 brands of meat/poultry products
Continue Reading 47 million pounds of meat and poultry products caught in big veggie recall
