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Meat and Poultry Employee Hygiene Practices Include Wearing Gloves

Food Safety

Employee hygiene is the key meat and poultry safety

High on hygiene: Employee buy-in on hygienic measures is critical for minimizing the spread of pathogens in meat and poultry plants.

Richard Mitchell

July 13, 2018

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Workers hold the key to meat and poultry safety. The inability of plant employees to follow such hygienic practices as proper hand washing and wearing sanitized personal protective equipment can lead to contamination, the spread of foodborne illness, reduction in product shelf life and product recalls.

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Building

Regulations & Legislation

FSIS moves on label claim sampling program, partially hydrogenated oils

John Dillard

July 9, 2018

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The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) recently issued two announcements that may be of interest to the meat and poultry industry.

Supplier's Perspective

Employee hygiene training: Rinse and repeat for best results

Laura Dunn Nelson

July 5, 2018

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Employee hygiene is a leading cause of food safety incidents, costing the industry billions, and damaging public health and brand image.

Food Safety

Can genomics advance pre-harvest intervention strategies?

Common-sense prevention still works for pre-harvest intervention, while new food safety tools continue to be researched.

Megan Pellegrini

June 18, 2018

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Researchers are harnessing a still-developing field of study, microgenomics, to limit pathogens in the pre-harvest stage of cattle, while common sense methods are still being used to protect poultry.

Regulations & Legislation

USDA releases proposal for bioengineered food labeling

John Dillard

June 15, 2018

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Under the standard, certain human food manufacturers, retailers and importers will be required to notify consumers that a food is either bioengineered (BE) or contains BE contents.

Meat Science Review

Continued pre-harvest efforts to address Salmonella in bovine lymph nodes

Ashley Arnold

June 13, 2018

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After a series of salmonellosis outbreaks linked to ground beef that occurred annually from 2011 to 2013, FSIS released a two-year Salmonella action plan that contained 10 objectives or activities, including: "Explore the contribution of lymph nodes to Salmonella contamination" and "Pre-harvest related activities."

Fortress Technology Phantom Metal Detector

Protein Problem Solver

Detecting metal while sidestepping in-pack oxygen scavengers

June 11, 2018

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To cope with heightened demand, Meatsnacks Group recently invested in three Phantom metal detectors from Fortress Technology, specifically to filter out the signal generated by iron filings from each packet's scavenger oxygen absorber.

Frozen breaded chicken products shipped to foodservice operators recalled for foreign material

June 11, 2018

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Tyson Foods Inc. is recalling approximately 3,120 pounds of frozen breaded chicken products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically blue and clear soft plastic.

Fully-cooked ground-beef products recalled due to possible foreign matter contamination

June 5, 2018

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Goodman Food Products, Texas, Inc., a Mansfield, Texas, establishment, is recalling approximately 34,400 pounds of fully cooked ground beef products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically hard, white plastic.

Food Safety Summit Q&A with Mark Duffy, Universal Pure (Part 1)

May 29, 2018

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In this video interview, Andy Hanacek, editor-in-chief of The National Provisioner, discusses food safety trends and HPP with Mark Duffy, CEO of Universal Pure, at the 2018 Food Safety Summit in Rosemont, Ill.