Iceland has been authorized to apply special requirements concerning Salmonella in meat and eggs from domestic fowl and meat from turkeys.
A unit of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which includes Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway
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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,
The third quarter of this year saw fresh produce in the top spot in terms of the product category under FDA jurisdiction that posted the most units of food recalled, with the poultry category topping
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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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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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To get a “speed waiver” to run an “evisceration line” at up to 175 birds per minute, rather than the current 140 bpm, is going to require poultry businesses to jump through a few more
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An audit of the control system in Thailand on poultry meat for export to Europe has found it has got worse in some areas since the last inspection in 2013.
Auditors from the Directorate-General Health
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Dear Editor,
Fecal contamination is very common
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Seventeen people are infected with Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- in an outbreak across four states. Eight people have been hospitalized. One person in New York has died. Raw chicken is implicated.
Here is a post
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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
Researchers reported yesterday that a specific strain of E. coli found in 80 percent of the retail poultry and pork they tested matches the strain found in patients with urinary tract infections. Routine testing at
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