The focus by most of us this year has been on implementation of the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) non-O157 STEC sampling, currently scheduled to begin for beef trim on June 4th.
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Last spring, the political upheaval in the Middle East was brought about, in large part, by social media: individuals communicating displeasure with their government through social media outlets.
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The focus by most of us this year has been on implementation of the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) non-O157 STEC sampling, currently scheduled to begin for beef trim on June 4th.
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On March 5, 2012, the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) adulteration decision on the top six non-O157 STECs (pathogenic STEC, or pSTEC) is due to become effective for raw, non-intact beef products made from cattle slaughtered on or after that date.
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J. Dudley Baker is resigning his position as head of the Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration.
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Once expected to turn the livestock and poultry industry upside down, the USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration’s (GIPSA) December 9 final rule will likely be more remembered for what it does not contain as opposed to what it does.
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In a recent study by Phang and Bruhn (Journal of Food Protection, 2011) only 4% of volunteers used a meat thermometer for checking burger doneness; only 13% knew the recommended internal temperature for ground beef; and the average hand-washing time for the volunteers was 8 seconds.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday will release a new but stripped-down antitrust rule regulating meat companies that’s far less sweeping than initial reforms that ran into strong opposition from businesses and Congress.
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Canada and Mexico have won a trade case against the United States over the country-of-origin labeling (COOL) meat labeling law.
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With E. coli O157:H7, more tests are conducted each year. Thankfully, the vast majority of the results have been negative, but there are still positive findings.
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