Six years after Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY, first introduced the PRIME Act to exempt so-called custom slaughtering from federal inspection and allow farmers to produce food for restaurants, grocery stores, and hotels, an alternative has
Continue Reading USDA puts $55.2 million into expanded meat and poultry access
Federal Judge Edward G. Smith Wednesday found farmer Amos Miller in contempt of court in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The judge is discussing with counsel how to resolve the issue
Continue Reading Organic, raw farmer found in contempt by federal court for eastern Pennsylvania
Colorado’s “Ranch to Plate Act” is on the desk of Gov. Jared Polis. It deregulates meat sales that are made directly to consumers.
As soon as Polis signs it, it will become law, permitting the
Continue Reading Animal sharing law is on desk of Colorado governor
A bill with the Colorado Legislature’s unanimous support for an alternative way of acquiring meat within the state has hit a snag.
Before April 1, it looked like the Colorado General Assembly was about to
Continue Reading Colorado’s bill for deregulation of meat sales sent to a joint conference committee
On-site inspections by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will resume next week, according to Commissioner Stephen Hahn. The announcement that the FDA will resume domestic inspection comes with an acknowledgment that the COVID-19 crisis
Continue Reading FDA food safety inspections will resume next week after the pandemic pause
On May 26, Food Safety News published an article written by law student Brianna Leach titled “The meat industry’s grip on government—time for an overhaul?”
If this essay by a law student is “the
Continue Reading Me thinks the lady doth protest too much — and is a Vegan
You cannot slaughter animals without workers to do the work, and you cannot sell meat without inspectors.
We need to protect both workers and inspectors or we will see more plants shutter and our
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: We are having a problem with the U.S. meat supply
Dear Editor,
As a former CFIA ( Canadian Food Inspection Agency) inspector, I have been following this story regarding the change in inspections on the hog plants with great interest. Change is hard but
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: Swine inspections from the Canadian perspective
Dear Editor,
I am submitting this letter in response to Dan Flynn’s earlier piece regarding pork inspection line speeds.
The federal government’s decision to put pork producers in charge of their own food safety
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: USDA move to outsource inspections is recipe for disaster
The Hill, a Washington-based news publication, recently published a story about the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System (NSIS), an outgrowth of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) HACCP-Based
Continue Reading What’s behind the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System?
Dr. Yolanda Thomspon was the USDA inspector on duty for the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) at the Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. plant in Storm Lake, IA, on March 26, 2018.
Her actions that
Continue Reading Tyson lost $2.5 million because, they say, FSIS failed to properly inspect hogs
