A study of Salmonella in horses in Italy has uncovered an outbreak that affected 17 people.
From June to November 2021, 146 horses, five donkeys, and one mule were tested for Salmonella in cecal contents and through carcass swabs from one slaughterhouse.
Salmonella was detected three times in 152 of
Continue Reading Scientists uncover Salmonella outbreak linked to horse meat
Police and the food agency in the Netherlands have uncovered an illegal slaughterhouse.
The Intelligence and Investigation Service of the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA-IOD) made the discovery in Utrecht at the end of September. One person has been arrested.
The site was visited as part of
Continue Reading Dutch authorities investigate illegal abattoir; document fraud
Changes to sampling requirements at low-throughput slaughterhouses are unlikely to result in a significant shift in the number of Campylobacter cases in the UK, according to a report.
Researchers did not detect a significant difference in the proportion of highly contaminated samples from low- and high-throughput slaughterhouses. High contamination is
Continue Reading FSA assesses Campylobacter risk from smaller slaughterhouses
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The outlines of a secretive plan to outlaw “the use of slaughterhouses” and put any employees who are displaced on some sort of welfare have begun to emerge in the Mile High City.
It won’t all come to fruition until the 2024 municipal election when it will
Continue Reading Denver initiative would ask voters in 2024 to ban livestock slaughter facilities and uses
The Dutch food agency identified 5,700 possible violations in red meat and poultry slaughterhouses in the first half of 2022.
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) said this resulted in 401 written warnings or fines. Most issues found, in the more than 23,600 checks from January to
Continue Reading Dutch figures highlight issues at slaughterhouses; food safety compromised
Six men and a related company have been fined for animal welfare offenses in England.
In July 2022, the Crown Prosecution Service authorized charges, and at Crewe Magistrates’ Court earlier this month, all defendants pleaded guilty and were sentenced.
The men, who worked at a slaughterhouse in Chester, were sentenced
Continue Reading Men and company fined for animal welfare offences
Private sector standards can help improve inspection results in some sectors but not all, according to an analysis published by the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC).
The Scientific Committee of FASFC was asked to examine whether the presence of a Private Assurance Scheme (PAS) can
Continue Reading Belgian review finds private standard benefits vary by sector
A Food Standards Agency (FSA) consultation is looking at changing the rules around the sale of meat during a religious festival.
Qurbani is a religious practice that takes place during Eid al-Adha. Some Muslims prefer to collect meat and offal shortly after slaughter as this signifies the beginning of the
Continue Reading FSA considers rule change for meat during Muslim holiday– OPINION –
This past week, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that it will begin publishing genetic data on the pathogens that federal inspectors find in poultry slaughterhouses. The policy is long overdue. While a relatively modest reform, the disclosures will make the industry more accountable
Continue Reading An important step toward safer poultry
Hundreds of warnings and fines are imposed every year for violations in large slaughterhouses, according to statistics published by the Dutch food agency.
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) figures on inspections show issues range from food safety to animal welfare and health.
In 2019, the NVWA
Continue Reading Dutch figures show hundreds of violations in slaughterhouses
