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Super Bowl LV

Start working now on your game plan for food safety on Super Bowl Sunday

By News Desk on February 5, 2021

No doubt, many people are planning some special food for Super Bowl LV, which kicks off Sunday at 6:30 p.m. EST.

The Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be facing off for…
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Researchers examine Listeria tolerance to sanitizers

By News Desk on January 20, 2021

Researchers at the University of Georgia are studying the risk of Listeria monocytogenes developing a tolerance to sanitizers, with a specific focus on fresh produce production plants.

The project, titled “Possibility, duration and molecular predictors…
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U.S. regulatory food safety update from Yiannas and Brashears

By News Desk on October 27, 2020

Day two of The International Association for Food Protection 2020, A Virtual Annual Meeting featured a “U.S. Regulatory Update on Food Safety,” from Frank Yiannas, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response, and Mindy …
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UK beef exports to U.S. restart after two decades

By News Desk on October 1, 2020

The first shipment of beef from the United Kingdom to the United States in more than 20 years was dispatched this week.

The U.S. market had been closed to EU beef since January 1998, when…
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Jamaican Tastee Patties recalls meat and poultry patties

By News Desk on July 28, 2020

A Miami, FL firm, Jamaican Tastee Patties, LLC, is recalling approximately 60,457 pounds of meat and poultry patty products that were repackaged, relabeled and redistributed without the benefit of federal inspection, according to the U.S.…
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USDA hosts webinar on USDA Assistance for Small Scale Meat Processing

By News Desk on July 27, 2020

Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. EDT,  the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering a free webinar, “USDA Assistance for Small Scale Meat Processing — An Overview of Rural Development and Food Safety Inspection Service …
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USDA proposes to define yak as an exotic animal

By News Desk on June 4, 2020

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is proposing to amend regulations to define yak as an “exotic animal.” This change would make yak eligible for voluntary inspections and the USDA voluntary…
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Experts discuss food hygiene, allergens and STEC at Codex meeting

By News Desk on November 17, 2019

The Codex Committee on Food Hygiene met in Cleveland, Ohio earlier this month to talk about food allergen management, biological foodborne outbreaks and guidelines to control E. coli.

Codex Alimentarius is a collection of standards,…
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Watchdog group sues USDA for names of poultry companies

By News Desk on June 13, 2017

Food & Water Watch has filed suit against the USDA because the agency will not release the names of companies that have applied to switch to a voluntary program that allows for non-government poultry inspections.…
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Ready-to-eat ham recalled for possible rubber material

By News Desk on September 21, 2016

Algona, WA-based 502 Boundary Blvd. Inc., formerly known as Fletcher’s Fine Foods Ltd., is recalling approximately 8,694 pounds of ham products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically rubber, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s…
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Water not up to EPA standards brings pork sausage recall

By News Desk on September 16, 2016

Catawissa, PA-based Bunge’s Meats recalled an undetermined amount of pork sausage products on Thursday that were produced with water that did not meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) drinking water standards, according to the U.S.…
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