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Restaurant Steak and Potatoes
Guest Column | Ag Advocacy

Why meat and poultry processors need to build relationships with restaurants, retailers

As the animal-rights movement becomes more aggressive, everyone in the supply chain needs to work together to remain focused on our goal: providing a safe and abundant food supply.
Casey Kinler
September 11, 2019
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This summer, the dairy industry was dealt a hard hand with animal rights groups releasing multiple videos taken by "undercover" animal-rights activists employed on farms in Indiana, Nebraska and Texas.
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Campylobacter
Regulations & Legislation

Targeting Campylobacter

FSIS proposes new Campylobacter performance standards for NRTE comminuted poultry
John Dillard
September 9, 2019
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On August 6, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing proposed revised Campylobacter performance standards for not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) comminuted chicken and turkey.


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Gavel
Regulations & Legislation

Summer regulatory roundup

John Dillard
August 21, 2019
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has been relatively quiet the past few months in terms of new regulatory initiatives. There are, however, a few recent noteworthy developments.
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