USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service admitted Thursday it may be misleading consumers about where their meat comes from. The admission came in response to a petition filed by the United States Cattlemen’s Association about
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Veteran lobbyist joins former USDA food safety leader to form new venture
Some big money in Washington D.C. can be found at boutique K Street lobbying firms. Nobody knows that better than Randy Russell, president of the Russel Group, which for 40 years has worked the halls
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Letter from the Editor: Foodborne illness lessons for the pandemic
Opinion
“You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.”
― Donald Rumsfeld
We are living in this strange space because
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FDA leafy greens safety plan skimpy on details about feedlot contamination
Top FDA administrators say the agency’s new plan for the safety of leafy greens specifically addresses problems, but a key part of the conversation is getting little more than lip service according to some observers.
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New equivalency audit for UK meat was completed under EU regulations
Between USDA’s on-site verification audit of the United Kingdom’s meat inspection system July 15-Aug.2, 2019, and last Friday’s public release of the report, Britain left the European Union.
The report, which contains “no systemic findings,”
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Organic growers say it is in their economic interest to stay grounded in soil
Federal Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler is a former assistant U.S. attorney who spent much of her career as a top prosecutor for major federal crimes. Her latest assignment as Magistrate for the U.S. District Court
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Letter From The Editor: Brashears confirmation vote long overdue
Opinion
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is getting a new top administrative officer. Paul Kiecker, who joined the agency in 1988 as a food inspector, is succeeding Carmen Rottenberg as FSIS Administrator.
Kiecker,
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New movie in works about Ma Anand Sheela and the largest bioterrorism attack in U.S. history
Ma Anand Sheela, one of the people behind the largest bioterrorism attack in U.S. history, is in the spotlight again. Amazon Studios has set up a film adaption of the story, titled “Sheela,” per Mike
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Safety aspects of indoor farming signal a change in agriculture
An indoor agricultural evolution is in the making. That’s how some people see the surge of interest in growing leafy greens in greenhouses. No doubt about it, this approach to farming has increased dramatically in
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DeLauro challenges USDA officials about JBS corruption in meat industry
Before 2007, before Brazil’s JBS S.A. bought Swift & Co. for $1.5 billion in an all-cash deal, there was not any question about a U.S. meat company being caught up in a breath-taking South American
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Scientists find cause for concern about hepatitis E in slaughterhouse pigs
Contaminated blood from slaughterhouse pigs infected with hepatitis E could be reaching the human food supply chain, according to researchers.
“. . . 40 percent of U.S. slaughterhouse pigs (sampled) were seropositive for HEV (hepatitis
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