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USDA hosts webinar on USDA Assistance for Small Scale Meat Processing

By News Desk on July 27, 2020

Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. EDT,  the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering a free webinar, “USDA Assistance for Small Scale Meat Processing — An Overview of Rural Development and Food Safety Inspection Service …
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Researchers identify biofilm hotspots, document danger zones

By News Desk on July 17, 2020

Scientists in Austria have investigated where biofilms hide and what bacteria can be found in them.

Biofilms are proven sources of contamination in the food industry. They can cause additional costs in production and can…
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Dutch meat firm fined for lack of cooperation in pork recall

By Joe Whitworth on January 25, 2020

A meat processing company in the Netherlands has been fined for not fully cooperating during a recall of pork possibly contaminated with Salmonella in 2018.

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) imposed…
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Vietnam and Hong Kong investigation finds forged health certificates

By News Desk on January 21, 2020

Vietnamese authorities have identified eight forged health certificates related to one meat processing plant.

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) in Hong Kong found discrepancies in serial numbers of health certificates issued by Vietnamese authorities…
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Dutch food authority raids meat processor; facility continues to operate

By News Desk on November 13, 2018

A unit of the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has searched a meat processing facility suspected of selling products without the required accreditation.

The Intelligence and Investigation Service (IOD) of the NVWA…
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Two years later, state is still trying to shut down meat processor

By News Desk on December 9, 2016

A slaughterhouse-meat processing business in Auburn, WA, that lost its license two years ago because of food safety violations is still operating and now under court order to cease operations.

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Canada Introduces Fines for Meat Safety Failures

By Lydia Zuraw on July 23, 2014

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has amended its regulations so that it can fine meat processors for violations of food safety programs such as Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) and non-food safety issues…
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An Old School Business Goes New School on Food Safety

By Heidi Parsons on June 17, 2013

When your company’s reputation for all-natural, premium-quality products is 100 years old and the nation’s top chefs comprise your major market, each day’s production has a rather high bar to meet. Mike Satzow, the third-generation…
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Major Meat Processors Survive Sandy Intact

By News Desk on October 31, 2012

Major meat processors on the east coast weathered the worst of Hurricane Sandy on Monday without many complications, trade publication Meatingplace reported Tuesday. Overall, the five processors contacted by Meatingplace reported little more than…
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Ohio First State to Gain Interstate Approval for Small, Local Meat Plants

By Helena Bottemiller on August 10, 2012

Ohio this week became the first state to gain approval to sell meat from small, state-inspected slaughterhouses across state lines — a critical step toward rebuilding processing infrastructure for small-scale, regional meat and poultry producers.
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