USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has granted a second extension to the comment period for the Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry Products proposed rule and determination — this time until Jan. 17, 2025.
By adding an additional two months and 11 days to the clock, FSIS is falling short
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Australian officials are seeking views on whether to allow a processing aid from a U.S. company to be used to reduce microorganisms in raw poultry.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for comment on the application made by Safe Foods, a company based in the United States, to
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Almost half of Australians surveyed are washing raw chicken before cooking it, according to a poll.
A consumer survey by the Food Safety Information Council and Australian Chicken Meat Federation found 49 percent of people reported washing whole, raw chicken. However, this is down from 60 percent when the question
Continue Reading Survey finds half of Aussies wash raw chicken, increasing danger of food poisoning
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released new guidance documents for controlling beef and raw poultry pathogens.
The FSIS Inspection Program Personnel (IPP) announced the availability of the new guidance at weekly meetings with establishment management. The agency regulates 6,500 production facilities. Many produce beef and poultry
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The probability of infection by low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) through eating contaminated raw poultry meat or raw table eggs is “negligible”, according to estimates from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
EFSA said there is a high level of uncertainty on the transmission pathways for poultry and wild birds
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Five years after U.S. representatives wrote to the USDA about the agency’s “unacceptable” response to Salmonella outbreaks traced to chicken, one of the lawmakers says déjà vu is not acceptable as a food safety policy.
Federal health officials announced yesterday that 92 people are confirmed infected in a new outbreak
Continue Reading Lawmaker says new outbreak shows USDA, poultry industry need to act
Retailers in the United Kingdom are beginning to offer whole chickens sold as “roast in the bag” options, meaning that consumers don’t have to directly touch the raw meat and potentially expose themselves to pathogens commonly found on chicken such as Salmonella and Campylobacter, according to Farmers Weekly.
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Shoppers may want to be more mindful of what they touch after handling packages of raw poultry at the grocery store, according to a new study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on consumer safety behavior when shopping for poultry. Researchers in the study found that few people used
Continue Reading Study: Shoppers Spread Raw Poultry Juices at Store, Home
Rapid-fire question: You have a raw, whole chicken or turkey. Do you wash it in the sink before cooking it, or do you stick it straight in the oven unwashed? If you chose to wash it first — the wrong answer — you’re more likely to be an American than
Continue Reading Do Russians Know More Than Americans When it Comes to Food Safety?
