A review of meat processing plants in the United Kingdom following a number of high-profile issues has spurred a series of recommendations to improve the industry.
Suggestions in the draft review will be considered at
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FSIS Seeks Input from NACMPI on Veal Safety
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that it will host a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection focused on veal safety in January. It has
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Publisher’s Platform: Putting Me Out the Beef Business
I was sitting in my office in Seattle watching the snowfall on this St. Patrick’s Day, while working on one of the latest food disasters, when the staff at Food Safety News reminded me that
Meat Industry Again Asks for Delay on Non-O157 Policy
Adding to the pressure facing federal food safety officials, a coalition of meat industry groups, both domestic and international, wrote to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack late last week urging delay in implementing the Food Safety
Why the Meat Industry Sells Salmonella
As a lawyer who writes about food policy, one of my biggest frustrations is how reporters often get the law wrong, or omit critical pieces of information.
Last week the latest massive food safety recall
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Letter from the Editor: Antitrust
As the joint DOJ/USDA workshop on antitrust issues in the meat industry got underway in Fort Collins, CO Friday morning, Attorney General Eric Holder said something that caught my attention.
These hearings are about concentration
Meat Industry AntiTrust Workshop Friday in CO
Early Sunday morning in Fort Collins, CO, police got to try out their tear gas and mobile field-in-force tactics after fights broke out after a Bohemian Nights concert. Before the riot was over, fires were
Meat Industry Adds to Hall of Fame
Being only the second group named, several more of this year’s inductees to the Meat Industry Hall of Fame are deceased legends from a time when their names alone made the public feel safe about
Questioning the Search for More Strains of E. coli
Here is an easy case to make: The pursuit of E. coli O157:H7 and its total eradication has been the holy grail of the meat industry since at least the infamous 1993 Jack in the
USDA Quells Small Meat HACCP Fears
To remedy what the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently called “a widespread lack of understanding” in validating Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems for meat processors of all sizes, the agency’s Food
Debate Over Antibiotic Use Continues
Discussion on the link between antibiotic resistance in humans and the routine, subtherapeutic use of antibiotics in food animal production rolls on. For the past several weeks, congressional staff working on food, agriculture, and health