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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WTO Rules Against Mandatory COOL for Meat
The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization on Friday ruled that U.S. country-of-origin labeling laws (COOL) discriminated against meat importers such as Canada and Mexico, but that U.S. consumers also have the right to…
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Does High Risk Meat Get USDA Endorsement?
On February 2, I wrote a commentary that appeared on Food Safety News entitled “USDA Inspected and Approved High-Risk Meat.”
One sentence in the editorial stated “USDA has concluded that Hannaford’s high risk practices…
Webinar to Help Small Scale Meat Processors With Food Safety
The Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network, which works to expand small-scale meat processing, will host a free webinar Feb. 1 on microbiology basics.
The webinar will delve into N-60 sampling, multi-drug resistance, non-O157 STECs and…
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Retailers Who Grind, Mix Meat Should Keep Records
In 2007, an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Newberg infection that sickened at least 42 people was linked to ground beef sold by Safeway in four western states. The source of the contaminated meat was never…
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