You won’t see claims like this in any ads: “Our chicken is safer than our competitors’ chicken.”
There’s an unwritten understanding in the industry that food safety won’t be used as an advertising tactic.
Yet,
Continue Reading Data driven: Information helped reduce Salmonella on chicken
A Connecticut company has reportedly raised more than $12 million in startup capital to further develop and refine its technology to more quickly detect foodborne pathogens in the supply chain. Ancera Inc., based in in
Continue Reading Faster Salmonella detection in supply chain focus of CT startup
Instructions for testing personnel to use a new “neutralizing buffer” solution to reduce the effect of antimicrobial sanitizers take effect today at USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The “fix,” explained in a two-page
Continue Reading USDA introduces ‘fix’ in testing for Salmonella in poultry
According to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report published last week, the ground beef supplied to school lunches contains “significantly less” Salmonella contamination than products sold on the commercial market. USDA’s Economic Research Service examined
Continue Reading Ground Beef in School Lunches Meets Stricter Microbial Standards
After 11 years at the helm of California-based poultry producer Foster Farms, Ron Foster announced last week that he was stepping down as president and CEO of the company his grandparents started 75 years ago.
Continue Reading Foster Farms: Food-Safety Leader or Bad Actor?
Criminal convictions topped enforcement actions by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service during the first quarter of 2014. A jury on March 18, 2014, found Linda Chen Mai, an employee of the Trinh Company in
Continue Reading FSIS Reports Enforcement Actions and Quarterly Pathogen Test Results
