In a blog that was published on Friday, April 13 on the Huffington Post, FSIS Administrator Alfred Almanza attempted to clarify some of the misconceptions behind the agency's proposed chicken inspection changes.
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“Comparing the U.S. meat inspection system to the days of Upton Sinclair, as The Post did in the March 5 front-page article 'Taking new look at food inspection,' was misleading to readers and an insult to the 8,000 meat and poultry inspectors who are present in 6,400 plants every day.”
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FSIS is proposing a modernization of young chicken and turkey slaughter inspection in the United States by focusing FSIS inspection resources on the areas of the poultry production system that pose the greatest risk to food safety.
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D’Orazio Foods Inc. is recalling approximately 161,000 pounds of frozen stuffed pasta products.
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A panel has recommended that the USDA make meat and egg inspection data more accessible to the public, according to a report in the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Argus Leader.
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The training process for inspection and detection systems remains crucial, but technological improvements have helped make this equipment even safer.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing a new requirement for the meat and poultry industry that, once enacted, will reduce the amount of unsafe food that reaches store shelves.
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Nebraska state senators advanced a bill that would allow for a state meat inspection program and possibly a horse slaughter and processing facility, and the chair of the state's Agriculture Committee slammed the Humane Society of the United States in the process.
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Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, an Arkansas City, Kan., establishment, is recalling approximately 14,158 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E.
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In the 1990s, a meat-plant employee entering a work station might have to use a decontaminating foot wash. Now, plant employees have to navigate a boot-scrubbing system, put on personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gloves, masks and goggles, and their movement is restricted to prevent any contamination.
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