The USDA Secretary has named 15 new members and five returning members to the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI).
Members of the committee are chosen based on their expertise in meat
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The highly pathogenic avian flu is costing the United States so much that Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is kept on the ready to pour more money into the fight.
The Secretary is authorized to
Continue Reading Avian flu in 35 states requires a costly response
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is soliciting nominations for membership on the National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI).
Continue Reading USDA looking for members for meat and poultry inspection advisory group
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) promises it “is mobilizing a stronger, and more comprehensive effort to reduce Salmonella illnesses associated with poultry products.”
It says it wants to “move closer to the
Continue Reading This time, USDA says it’s serious about 25 percent reduction in Salmonella illnesses
Food safety was not a major focus of the UN Food Systems Summit but has been included in a newly formed coalition.
The food system coalitions cut across five priority areas for action. Food safety
Continue Reading Food safety finds a place in outcomes of UN summit
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and South Dakota have finalized a Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS) agreement, which provides an opportunity for selected state-inspected meat and poultry processors to ship their products across state
Continue Reading South Dakota ninth state with cooperative interstate meat agreement with USDA
In 2020, the food and employee safety issue known as line speed became a cause celeb, cited by the union and other activist groups in all sorts of ways. It seemed to come up
Continue Reading Letter from The Editor: Pork producers strike back
On the same day that a federal judge in Minnesota issued an order slowing line speeds under the New Swine Inspection Program, attorneys for USDA in California filed a cutting 45-page answer to an amended
Continue Reading Ag Secretary Vilsack, Food Safety Deputy Eskin in court defense of new hog inspection program
The Farmers to Families Food Box program is dead, killed by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. When it runs out of money later this month, it will have spent $5.5 billion in one year
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: End of a safe food program that made a difference
Two senior U.S. Representatives, two former Secretaries of Agriculture, a chef, and Consumer Reports have sent USDA an “action plan” to safeguard America’s food supply during the COVID-19 pandemic. They’ve sent the plan with
Continue Reading Democrat leaders in food sector and Consumer Reports hatch plan for Sonny Perdue
