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FSIS Lauded for New ‘Hold and Test’ E. coli Control Policy

By Helena Bottemiller on December 11, 2012

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Monday released details on their new “hold and test” policy, which will soon require meat producers to hold shipments of ground beef, tenderized steaks…
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Beef Products Inc. to Test for Non-O157 E. Coli

By Gretchen Goetz on July 15, 2011

One of the nation’s largest beef processors announced Thursday that it has begun testing for six poisonous strains of E. coli in addition to E. coli O157:H7 — the only serotype meat processors are required…
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'Test and Hold' Harder for Small Companies

By Gretchen Goetz on July 13, 2011

Meat and poulty producers will soon be required to keep products being tested for pathogens off the market until all samples have been cleared. This practice could prove extremely challenging for small processors who sell…
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Test and Hold by the Numbers

By Dr. Richard Raymond on April 15, 2011

The USDA news release dated April 5, 2011, and reported in Food Safety News April 6 by Helena Bottemiller, had this for a headline:

  

              USDA Announces Proposed …

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Test and Hold: 'This is Not a Sea Change'

By Helena Bottemiller on April 7, 2011

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement Tuesday that it is moving toward mandating a test-and-hold policy for the meat and poultry industry drew some praise, but the overall consensus seems to be that while the…

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Test and Hold: A New Meat Safety Paradigm

By Chuck Jolley on April 6, 2011

A recent Bill Marler blog said “Mary Clare Jalonick of AP reports on the Vilsack/Hagen briefing that the Obama administration is aiming to prevent meat recalls by withholding meat and poultry products from grocery store…

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USDA Proposes 'Test and Hold' for Meat and Poultry

By Helena Bottemiller on April 6, 2011

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Tuesday moved toward mandating test-and-hold in the meat and poultry industry, a policy change aimed at reducing the amount of unsafe food that reaches grocery stores.

The proposed requirement would…

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USDA to Mandate Test and Hold

By Helena Bottemiller on August 6, 2010

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon withhold the stamp of inspection until test samples come back negative, an agency official announced at the National Meat Association’s conference in Bellevue, Washington yesterday.

Kenneth Petersen, assistant…

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