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Fight for Food Safety

Have you ever considered becoming a USDA or FDA inspector?

Food safety professionals’ years of specialized knowledge and skills position them to serve in this food safety role.
Shawn Stevens
Shawn K. Stevens
August 6, 2024
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Would you be a Checklist Charlie or a Collaborative Casey?


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Fight for Food Safety

USDA declaring open season on sesame

FSIS now mandates that USDA-regulated food products declare sesame as an allergen on packaging.
Shawn Stevens
Shawn K. Stevens
May 24, 2024
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Regulators will ensure compliance by performing “Big 9” Formulation Verification tasks in regulated establishments.


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Fight for Food Safety

2023 recalls: Year in Review

The past year saw 62 recalls of USDA-regulated meat and poultry products.
Shawn Stevens
Shawn K. Stevens
January 2, 2024
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USDA issues 23 more meat and poultry product recalls this year compared to 2022.


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COMMENTARY

Meat processors should be food safety influencers

Consumers commonly make four food handling mistakes when it comes to safety.
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Lacy Bates
November 3, 2023
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A Southwest Meat Association leader shares how processors can positively influence safe food handling practices for consumers.


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Independent Thoughts

New initiatives to help small processors could affect food safety

USDA efforts to address market consolidation and food security could hold food safety implications.
Shawn Stevens
Shawn K. Stevens
August 23, 2022
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USDA efforts to address market consolidation and food security could hold food safety implications.


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Food safety interventions must target origins as well as vectors

Sound interventions must target origins as well as vectors of contamination.
Shawn Stevens
Shawn K. Stevens
May 19, 2022
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The English language is weird. It is a hodge-podge mix of many languages that has evolved in transformative ways over the decades and centuries leading to today.


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Independent Thoughts

Customers behaving badly

Sam Gazdziak
February 17, 2022
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People are suffering from a lack of empathy, and you and your staff may bear the brunt of it someday.


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Podcast | MeatsPad

MeatsPad Podcast episode 29: Dr. Dale Woerner

June 10, 2021
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Hosts Drs. Francisco Najar & Phil Bass speak with Dr. Dale Woerner of Texas Tech University. Dr. Woerner and two of his graduate students join the podcast to discuss their work in beef research. The beef industry has been active in researching genetics, but the dairy cattle industry also has its share of issues that can hopefully be resolved by cross-breeding. Listen to hear more about the Texas Tech research can benefit both the beef and dairy industry.
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Podcast | MeatsPad

MeatsPad podcast Episode 27: Dr. Bucky Gwartney

May 24, 2021
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There is much more to the USDA than just inspection.
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Podcast | MeatsPad

MeatsPad Podcast Episode 26: Dr. Anna Dilger

May 6, 2021
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Dr. Dilger of the University of Illinois joins hosts Drs. Francisco Najar-Villarreal and Phil Bass in a wide-ranging discussion. In this episode, they cover everything from pork quality to cultivated meat to scholarly journals and local agriculture.


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