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Belgian review finds private standard benefits vary by sector

By Joe Whitworth on March 9, 2023

Private sector standards can help improve inspection results in some sectors but not all, according to an analysis published by the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC).

The Scientific Committee of…

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FSIS compliance investigators’ responsibilities under the law

By U.S. Department of Agriculture on September 7, 2022

From USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the United States Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring the nation’s commercial supply of meat…

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Faces of Food Safety: Meet Summer Addo of FSIS

By U.S. Department of Agriculture on June 27, 2022

Summer Addo, Ph.D., is an enforcement, investigations and analysis officer (EIAO), and has been with the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s Office of Field Operations for more than 11 years. In her current role…

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USDA puts $55.2 million into expanded meat and poultry access

By Dan Flynn on June 23, 2021

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…
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Organic, raw farmer found in contempt by federal court for eastern Pennsylvania

By Dan Flynn on June 17, 2021

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…
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Animal sharing law is on desk of Colorado governor

By Dan Flynn on April 28, 2021

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 …
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Colorado’s bill for deregulation of meat sales sent to a joint conference committee

By Dan Flynn on April 13, 2021

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…
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FDA food safety inspections will resume next week after the pandemic pause

By Dan Flynn on July 14, 2020

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…
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Me thinks the lady doth protest too much — and is a Vegan

By Dr. Richard Raymond on May 27, 2020
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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…
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Publisher’s Platform: We are having a problem with the U.S. meat supply

By Bill Marler on April 21, 2020
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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…
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