As the new school year approaches, parents are not only busy purchasing school supplies but also focusing on packing safe and nutritious lunches for their children. Ensuring that homemade lunches are kept at safe temperatures is crucial to preventing foodborne illnesses. The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) provides
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that were illegally imported from the Philippines.
The problem was discovered when FSIS was performing routine surveillance activities at a retailer and found meat and poultry products
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for various Farmstead Butcher Block not-ready-to-eat pork and beef bacon products because of sodium nitrite levels exceeding the regulatory limit.
Consumption of hazardous amounts of sodium nitrites can lead to life-threatening illness and/or
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South American Meat Inc., also known as 5Gogi LLC, of Commerce, CA, is recalling approximately 20,111 pounds of various eligible frozen raw beef products that were not presented to FSIS for import reinspection upon entry into the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection
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As Americans prepare to celebrate Memorial Day, anxiety hangs over some outdoor gatherings amidst fears of avian flu contaminating food supplies. While the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reassure the public that the risk is minimal, recent incidents have sparked worries among consumers.
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Empacadora Frape, USA LLC in Houston, TX, is recalling 20,455 pounds of frozen, not ready-to-eat (NRTE) pork chicharron and pork carnitas products that were not presented for import reinspection into the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
The problem was discovered
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E.N.A. Meat Packing Inc. of Paterson, NJ, is recalling 58,721 pounds of frozen, raw halal beef tripe, beef feet, and lamb tripe products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
The frozen, raw beef tripe
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert because of concerns that ready-to-eat (RTE) salads and wraps with meat and poultry may contain contaminated lettuce, specifically deer feces.
The problem was discovered when an FSIS-regulated establishment notified FSIS that its supplier
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) has initiated a far-reaching project called the Salmonella Grand Challenge.
The endeavor unites a group of scientists from ARS, universities, and the food industry, each specializing in various fields, to combat Salmonella, a foodborne pathogen that infects a million Americans
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Mitten Gourmet, LLC, of Freeland, Michigan, is recalling more than 1,000 pounds of ready-to-eat pork rind products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announcement.
The problem was discovered during routine FSIS surveillance activities when
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