Two Texas beef executives, who decided to enter guilty pleas instead of going to trial earlier this month, will be sentenced early next year.  They’ve admitted to selling $1 million in adulterated ground beef in 2016 to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

Jeffery Neal Smith, 49, and Derrick Martinez, 45,
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The Top Taste Food Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY.  has recalled an undetermined amount of pork and chicken dumpling product because they were produced, packed, and distributed without the benefit of USDA inspection and used the mark of inspection without authorization, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and

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Inspectors discovered a Texas company has been selling chicken that was not inspected but was illegally labeled as having been, thus prompting a recall of “an undetermined amount.”

The raw, frozen, whole chickens were produced by Pasture Raised Foods LLC and packaged under the brand Greener Pastures Chicken, according to
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USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) caught Texas Meat Packers in Fort Worth operating without inspection personnel being present last Saturday (March 24), causing a recall today (March 31)  of beef products.     FSIS discovered the operation on  Friday (March 30) through a review of Texas Meat Packers records.

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CC Kitchens LLC in Cincinnati recalled approximately 269 pounds of meat and poultry products early Friday that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection and outside inspection hours, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

The ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry items were
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Toronto-based Ronald A. Chisholm, Ltd. has recalled approximately 12,169 pounds of skinless pork belly products that were not presented at the U.S. point of entry for inspection, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

Without the benefit of full inspection, a possibility of adverse
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gaiser'schickenbologna_406x250Union, NJ-based Gaiser’s European Style Provision Inc. has recalled 3,895 pounds of chicken and pork bologna products due to misbranding, undeclared allergens, and being formulated with meat and poultry products that were not federally inspected, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

The products
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