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Meat inspection petition with 216,000 signatures given to FSA

By Joe Whitworth on February 15, 2020

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…
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The petition perspective from one catbird seat

By Coral Beach on January 26, 2020
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Julie Larson Bricher recently wrote an article on MeatingPlace.com outlining a petition that asks the USDA to declare 31 Salmonella serotypes as adulterants in meat and poultry. The move would make what is now…
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FSIS extends comment period on labeling for ‘lab’ meat

By News Desk on May 2, 2018

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Services is extending the comment period for a petition submitted by the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) requesting that FSIS exclude so-called lab meat from the definitions of “beef” and…
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Brazilian beef ban petition fails to generate much interest

By Dan Flynn on May 26, 2017

That petition on the White House’s “We the People” website calling for the United States to ban Brazilian beef was looking for 100,000 signatures. It fell a little short.

In fact it was short by…
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Petition seeks 100,000 signatures in support of Brazilian beef ban

By Dan Flynn on April 18, 2017

A petition calling upon the United States to ban Brazilian beef is looking for 100,000 signatures on the White House’s We the People website.

WethePeople_406x250“This petition is important because American produced beef is not differentiated…
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Very few Canadians sign petition to legalize raw milk

By Dan Flynn on August 11, 2016

The deadline is noon today, but unless there is a morning groundswell of activity one might easily come to the conclusion that Canadians don’t give a rip about making raw milk legal. An official House…
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Safe Food Coalition says safe handling labels need a rewrite

By Dan Flynn on June 2, 2016

Seven well-known consumer groups acting together as the Safe Food Coalition are petitioning USDA’s Food Safety and inspection Service for a revised safe handling instruction label for meat, poultry and catfish. The petition calls upon…
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CA Dairyman Fights FDA Over Ban on ‘Raw Butter’ Shipments

By Dan Flynn on December 14, 2015

Mark McAfee, founder and president of Organic Pastures Dairy, has “lawyered up” before once again taking on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), this time over the interstate ban on transporting raw butter. He…
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FSIS Approves Chinese Plants for Poultry Processing

By Lydia Zuraw on November 7, 2014

Four Chinese poultry processing plants have been approved to export cooked chicken to the U.S. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has approved China’s export health certificate which demonstrates that…
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Petitions Urge Congressional Action on Antibiotics Legislation

By News Desk on August 16, 2014

Like many other bills introduced in Congress in recent years, movement on the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) and the Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act (PARA) has stagnated. Two weeks ago, Dr. Mark…
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California GMO Labeling Law Named Prop. 37

By James Andrews on July 11, 2012

California’s Office of the Secretary of State announced on Monday that the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act, also known as the GMO labeling initiative, will appear on voter ballots as Proposition 37…
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