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 analytics for poultry inspection. It focused on post-mortem inspection and included technologies such as visual,
Continue Reading Project looks at how to modernize meat inspection
David Vasquez, supervisory consumer safety inspector (SCSI) at Establishment (Est.) M675 in Hereford, Texas, has been with FSIS for 28 years. He supervises 20 food inspectors (FI), 4 consumer safety inspectors (CSI) and 2 intermittent FIs. He also juggles a variety of tasks.
He supervises 20 food inspectors (FI),
Continue Reading Faces of Food Safety: Meet David Vasquez of the FSIS
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 best to be selected for publication in FSN” then I feel sorry for those who
Continue Reading Me thinks the lady doth protest too much — and is a Vegan
A union in the United Kingdom has submitted a petition on meat inspections, signed by more than 216,000 people, to the Food Standards Agency.
Steve Nash, a consumer advisor on E. coli O157, Unison national officer Paul Bell, and Sean Humber, a lawyer at Leigh Day, delivered the petition calling
Continue Reading Meat inspection petition with 216,000 signatures given to FSA
Christina Hastings, a relief consumer safety inspector (CSI) in the Raleigh district, exemplifies all of FSIS’ core values — Accountable, Collaborative, Empowered and Solutions-Oriented, and she puts them into practice each day she performs her duties. Hastings explains that CSIs must possess and practice all the values because they are
Continue Reading Faces of Food Safety: Meet Christina Hastings of the FSIS
Editor’s note: This is a recent installment in a series of employee profiles published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service, republished here with permission.
Nicole Suggs is an import inspector and a consumer safety inspector (CSI) in the Philadelphia district. Suggs began her FSIS
Continue Reading Faces of Food Safety: Meet Nicole Suggs of FSIS
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 day are alleged to have cost Tyson Fresh Meats and Tyson Foods Inc. $1.85 million.
Continue Reading Tyson lost $2.5 million because, they say, FSIS failed to properly inspect hogs
Federal job recruiters are in cattle country this week and next looking for prospective food safety inspectors in Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) currently employs 7,500 meat and poultry inspectors.
The agency’s challenge is keeping those ranks filled while continuing
Continue Reading 3-state recruitment drive underway for USDA meat and poultry inspectors
Editor’s note: This is a recent installment in a series of employee profiles being published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service, republished here with permission.
Keeping the public safe from foodborne illness will always be a top priority for FSIS employees. Paul Moede, a
Continue Reading Faces of Food Safety: Meet Paul Moede of FSIS
Editor’s note: This is a recent installment in a series of employee profiles being published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service, republished here with permission.
Janice Cones, a consumer safety inspector (CSI) at Establishment 537H in Columbia, Missouri, feels
Continue Reading Faces of Food Safety: Meet Janice Cones of FSIS
