A study has assessed the risk of Anisakis from fish in Portugal and people’s knowledge of the parasite.
Researchers gathered information on risk perception and attitudes in the Portuguese population to contamination of fish with Anisakis and their knowledge of methods to prevent infection.
Parasitic nematodes of the genus Anisakis
Continue Reading EFSA publishes latest studies from risk assessment program
Since the current African Swine Fever (ASF) panzootic began in the Liaoning province of China in 2018, the United States and Canada have kept the pig virus out of North America. But, in July, USDA’s Foreign Animal Disease Diagnosis Laboratory confirmed ASF in pigs from the Dominican Republic in the
Continue Reading Urgent action needed to curb the spread of African Swine Fever in the Americas
For more than six weeks, a federal judge in Minnesota has been considering whether to dismiss a union challenge of USDA’s regulation of line speeds for swine slaughter.
On the West Coast, in Northern California, a similar challenge to USDA’s regulation of line speeds for poultry won’t get an initial
Continue Reading Poultry and swine line speeds are both now federal cases
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s new regulatory system for market hogs is a direct descendant of the food safety reforms first put in place after the Jack-in-the-Box tragedy 25 years ago.
FSIS made it official Tuesday by sending the “final rule” to the publisher of the Federal Register.
Continue Reading Final hog rule sent off to the Federal Register, ending the HIMP pilot era after 22 years
When the Washington Post, members of Congress, and 35 other organizations [1] raised concerns about a proposed modernization of a food safety and inspection process, we needed to provide a scientific perspective to the issue. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
Continue Reading Letter to The Editor: Better food safety through science, not emotions
More dogs in more ports of entry are being put to work by Customs and Border Protection to help the USDA keep African swine fever from entering the United States. They fear Chinese food containing pork or pork products, or a world traveler, might become the transmission vehicle for the
Continue Reading African swine fever may reach U.S. herds via Chinese pork products
Recently filed amendment language now pending in the Nebraska Legislature could clear the way for Chinese-owned Smithfield Foods Inc. to own, control, and feed hogs in contract swine operations in the state. The foreign-owned agribusiness is already a major employer in Nebraska. At a public hearing last month, Legislative Bills
Continue Reading Amendments to Nebraska Bill Might be Expansion Card for Smithfield Foods
