DeLauro Urges Inquiry Into Beef Testing
Congressoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) sent a letter yesterday to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of the Inspector General (IG) calling for an investigation of beef testing protocol. DeLauro...
View ArticleABC Grills Vilsack on Meat Residues
In response to the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report, which found that the agencies responsible for monitoring veterinary drug, heavy metal, and...
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‘Profits First’ Mindset May Hinder Meat Testing
I have been known as the “whistleblower” against Peanut Corp. of America, the company responsible for the peanut butter Salmonella outbreak of 2009, which eventually turned into the largest food recall...
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Ohio First State to Gain Interstate Approval for Small, Local Meat Plants
Ohio this week became the first state to gain approval to sell meat from small, state-inspected slaughterhouses across state lines — a critical step toward rebuilding processing infrastructure for...
View ArticleFSIS Lauded for New ‘Hold and Test’ E. coli Control Policy
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Monday released details on their new “hold and test” policy, which will soon require meat producers to hold shipments of...
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Briefly: Pesticide tests — Warm walnuts — Holy Land chicken
Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the...
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