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

June 11, 2018

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.

Fight for Food Safety

Three areas of food recalls: Allergens, pathogens, objects, oh my!

Shawn K. Stevens

April 13, 2018

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As a food-safety lawyer, these three words send shivers down my spine. They are all exceptionally difficult to routinely control in products regulated by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Almost invariably, at least one of these three words is featured prominently in recalls.

BBQ beef products recalled due to possible foreign matter contamination

Industry News

April 9, 2018

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Approximately 14,525 pounds of fully cooked not shelf stable pulled barbequed beef products are affected by the recall.

Shredded beef products recalled due to possible foreign matter contamination

Industry News

October 16, 2017

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Approximately 12,816 pounds of fully cooked shredded beef products may be contaminated with plastic.

New metal detection platform improves foreign object detection

Industry News

September 6, 2017

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Thermo Scientific Sentinel multiscan metal detector finds previously undetectable metal contaminants.

Detection devices are strong preventative tools, but do not eliminate all incidents of foreign-object contamination

Foreign-object contamination: Under the radar

Despite the advances in X-ray and metal detection systems, keeping meat and poultry totally free of foreign objects remains an ongoing processor challenge.

Richard Mitchell

May 2, 2017

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Technology is not the end-all when it comes to safeguarding meat and poultry from foreign-object contamination.

The manufacture and distribution of food involves a lot of equipment, such as pallets, which must be managed to prevent foreign material from entering the product stream

2017 Food Safety Report

Fighting foreign material

Lee Johnson Ph.D.

March 15, 2017

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Several large-scale recalls have been issued recently for products containing foreign material, which creates headlines that draw a lot of attention to how the industry keeps foreign material from contaminating the food supply.

FSIS Notice 40-16 requires IPP at regulation facilities to complete a questionnaire on how an establishment responds to foreign-material complaints

Regulations & Legislation

FSIS targets foreign-material response

Agency begins scrutiny of industry’s handling of foreign-material complaints/findings.

Brett Schwemer

July 6, 2016

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On June 8, FSIS issued Notice 40-16, “Questionnaire on Consumer Complaints Involving Foreign Material.”

X-ray and metal detectors are used for preventing foreign materials from entering the product stream

Food Safety

Preventing foreign-material contamination of product

Elizabeth Fuhrman

May 9, 2016

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Many processors, such as OSI Group, in Aurora, Ill., have established multiple hurdles to prevent and detect foreign material within their product streams.