The USDA, FSIS, and the CDC Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry recently signed a MOU that will provide a more comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to address foodborne health hazards
The final regulation will allow for the safe trade of bovines and bovine products, while still protecting the United States from the introduction of BSE.
A coalition of U.S. and Canadian meat industry groups lost a bid in federal court to temporarily block enforcement of U.S. country-of-origin labeling rules.