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FSA to stop discounted meat enforcement charges

By Joe Whitworth on March 10, 2023

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is going ahead with plans to stop discounted enforcement prices in the meat industry despite strong opposition during a comment period.

The consultation covered the proposal to remove discounts on…

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FSIS and fixing the problem

By Dr. Michael Fisher on November 28, 2022

Editor’s note: This is part four of a four-part series.

In the previous three articles, I described what I consider the underlying causes of the devolution of FSIS as an organization. Any fool can criticize.

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FSIS and a fundmental truth

By Dr. Michael Fisher on November 14, 2022

— OPINION —

Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a 4-part series.

Between 1906 and 1992, FSIS and its predecessors attracted minimal public attention as they quietly pursued their assigned mission: assure that adulterated…

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Federal meat inspection has failed to adapt to operational environment

By Dr. Michael Fisher on November 7, 2022

Editor’s note: This is the first of a four-part series.

I had two simultaneous careers: the U.S. Army Reserve and the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). I graduated from the U.S. Army War…

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FSA staff may strike over pay; agency consults on meat charges

By News Desk on October 25, 2022

Some food safety staff at the Food Standards Agency (FSA) are being asked if they want to go on strike because of their pay. 

Several hundred meat inspectors, vets, and office-based staff in England, Wales, and…

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FSA struggling with skills gap post-Brexit says report

By News Desk on October 17, 2022

Authorities such as the Food Standards Agency (FSA) are struggling with a skills gap after the United Kingdom left the European Union, according to a report.

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee said there…

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FSIS and Arkansas sign cooperative agreement for meat inspection program

By News Desk on October 10, 2022

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and Arkansas have finalized a cooperative agreement under which state inspectors rather than federal inspectors may inspect meat products produced for shipment within the state.

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Oregon’s state inspection program is 28th in the nation

By News Desk on July 31, 2022

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the State of Oregon have reached a cooperative agreement, under which the state inspection program may inspect meat products produced for shipment within the state.

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Project looks at how to modernize meat inspection

By Joe Whitworth on June 3, 2022

New technology could bring benefits to meat inspection in the United Kingdom but there are still issues to overcome, according to a report.

A project assessed the feasibility of using sensor technologies and advanced data…
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FSIS reports first enforcement numbers for federal fiscal year 2022

By Dan Flynn on February 17, 2022

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s Quarterly Enforcement Reports always begin the same way. They wrap up the thousands of inspection procedures performed by FSIS staff at federally inspected establishments into one number,

For…
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