Updated MOU strengthens interagency collaboration coordinated through the National Residue Program to monitor and regulate meat, poultry and egg products.
As part of this effort, USDA-FSIS modernizes monitoring for heavy metals in foods by implementing a streamlined laboratory method to measure the quantity of 18 heavy metals at extremely low levels.
Retail store employee discovers the correct label was applied to the front of the product but the incorrect label, which contained the ingredients statement, was applied to the back of the product.
USDA-FSIS issues a final rule eliminating the requirement for mandibular lymph node incision and viscera palpation in all swine slaughter establishments.