Chunwei Inc. of Huntington Park, CA, is recalling 65,000 pounds of various ready-to-eat and raw meat and poultry products — including chicken feet and duck tongues —because they are misbranded and may contain soy, wheat,
UK meat firms fined for hygiene failings
Two meat companies in the United Kingdom have been fined for hygiene offences in separate incidents.
Sandwell Foods, which trades under the name Halal World, was found guilty of four food hygiene offences.
In the
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Reality of our world: Money trumps altruism in the quest for safer poultry
Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part opinion piece. To read part one, please click here.
In the previous article, I wrote about the decades-old public health problem of poultry-borne salmonellosis.
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Research shows STEC decline in Netherlands; report criteria likely a factor
Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) infections are at the lowest level since 2009, according to Dutch surveillance statistics.
In 2017, 393 patients with STEC infection were reported, compared with more than 600 in 2016.
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Six arrested as meat network busted in Spain
Spanish authorities have dismantled an organization that distributed meat in poor conditions.
The Guardia Civil and Dirección General de Salut Pública de la Conselleria de la Generalitat Valenciana operation led to more than 1,000 tons
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More bad onions behind 398 ton ready-to-eat meat and poultry recall
Bakkavor Foods USA Inc., with facilities in Carson, CA, Charlotte, NC, and Jessup, PA, Sunday recalled approximately 795,261 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that contain an onion ingredient that may be contaminated with
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Setting the record straight: USDA says your meat and poultry are safe to eat
Opinion
Note on the author: Carmen Rottenberg, administrator of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service posted this alert today.
As the head of a public health agency that ensures the safety of meat and
Briefly: Vietnam vets — Diaper Duty — Red meat anaphylaxis
Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the
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Meat and poultry products recalled for skipping inspections
CC Kitchens LLC in Cincinnati recalled approximately 269 pounds of meat and poultry products early Friday that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection and outside inspection hours, according to the U.S. Department of
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OIG says USDA reviews of exporting countries are inadequate
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines,” said early-American philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson.
But in the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at
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Canada-U.S. in talks about inspection system equivalencies
Audits of Canada’s meat, poultry, and egg inspections conducted in September 2016 and written up in a report in April this year are now getting attention.
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service sent a
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