Revised guidelines to help poultry processors control Salmonella and Campylobacter in raw food products have been published by the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS).
Taking the next step in its Salmonella Action Plan, the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has proposed new federal standards to reduce Salmonella and Campylobacter in ground chicken and turkey products...
The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reported three Class I (high health risk) recalls during the weekend.
Major product recalls, multistate outbreaks of foodborne illness, formalizing cooperation among federal agencies, and an overhaul of the poultry slaughter inspection system: such challenges are all in a day's work for Al Almanza, adminstrator of...
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is looking to expand its E. coli testing of ground beef and ground beef components. Toward that end, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is seeking public comments on its latest analysis of the costs...
Food producers are soon to be required to hold shipments of non-intact raw beef and all ready-to-eat products containing meat and poultry until they pass foodborne safety tests, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Over 3,000 pounds of diced beef is being recalled in the US over concerns it may contain pieces of damaged conveyor belt, US food safety authorities have announced.
Confusion continues to surround the lack of progress on a US meat industry appeal to allow electron beam irradiation as a meat processing aid – with each side blaming the other for the delay.
The recall of over 143,000,000 pounds of raw and frozen meat
products by a California meat processor in February is forcing the
US regulatory authorities to act and reassure the public about the
safety of the US food supply.
The largest meat recall in US history has reignited fears that the
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is not taking adequate measures
to ensure the safety of the nation's meat supply.
A higher incidence of E coli-contaminated meat has prompted the US
Department of Agriculture (USDA) to tighten its safety efforts with
a number of initiatives including expanded testing and more rapid
recalls.
US packaged foods giant ConAgra is being investigated by government
officials after some of its frozen poultry products were found to
be linked to cases of salmonella.
The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection
Service (USDA/FSIS) has said that January 1, 2010 will mark the
enforcement date of any new meat and poultry labeling regulations
announced over the next two years.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) today said it will launch a
new risk-based inspection system in April, initially targeting meat
processing plants at 30 locations across the country.
Meat processors with poor food safety standards will face tougher
and more frequent inspections under proposals made by a regulatory
arm of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Manufacturers of flavor products formulated with significant levels
of meat or poultry ingredients must have these approved by the US
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service
(USDA/FSIS), the agency said...
The presence of salmonella in samples of most raw meat and poultry
products tested by federal inspectors decreased slightly in the
first quarter of 2006.
The agriculture department will provide resources to small meat,
poultry, and egg-product plants in an effort to help improve the
safety of their products.
Food manufacturers worried about listeria will now be able to use
the detection system created by DuPont Qualicon after it was
approved for use last week.
A drive in the US to reduce foodborne disease E.coli could
be paying off with data from the department of agriculture (USDA)
showing a drop in the number of ground beef products tainted with
this pathogen.
A drive in the US to reduce the foodborne disease E.coli
could be paying off with fresh data from the department of
agriculture (USDA) showing a drop in the number of ground beef
products tainted with this pathogen.
The US Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is withdrawing the
proposed rule, "Prominently Disclosed Product Name Qualifiers,"
which was published in the Federal Register on November 4, 1992 (57
FR 52596).
