1.7 million lbs of Frozen Chicken May Be Contaminated with Salmonella
Barber Foods is recalling 1,707,494 pounds of raw frozen chicken products after the U.S. Department of Agriculture received reports of a cluster of people in Minnesota and Wisconsin becoming ill with salmonella poisoning. Read more
Beef Imports from FMD Infected Brazil & Argentina Approved
USDA Approval of Brazilian Beef Imports Coming Soon??
National Pork Producers Council on COOL Law: U.S. Must Avoid Retaliation
In congressional testimony Thursday, the National Pork Producers Council said the United States must address its mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) law to avoid trade retaliation from Canada and Mexico.
USDA Pork Inspectors Speak out: “People are going to eat sh*t”
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The agency’s new inspection model is a threat to food safety, federal whistleblowers allege. [p][/p]
If you preferred not to know what’s in your ham, bacon and Spam before, you’re really not going to want to know now.
The USDA is piloting a new pork inspection program that features sped-up lines and a reduction in government inspectors — and its own inspectors are now speaking out publicly in condemnation of it. Read more