- On July 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’ (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) denied a petition submitted by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a plant-based
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Amid Ongoing Trade Talks, U.S. and China Remove Import Restrictions on Poultry Products
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- On November 14, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that China plans to lift its ban on poultry imports from the United States. China originally instituted its ban
FSIS Proposes Changes to Net Weight/Net Contents for Some Meat and Poultry Packages
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- In a proposed rule published on April 17, 2019, FSIS proposes to amend its labeling regulations to remove provisions that require packages of meat or poultry products that contain at
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USDA Rejects NCC’s Petition to Lift Poultry Line Speed
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- On August 21, 2014, FSIS published a final rule called the “Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection” (79 FR 49566, Aug. 21, 2014) which amended the Agency’s poultry regulations to establish
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USDA Announces Comment Period on NCC Petition to Lift Poultry Line Speeds
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- USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) regulates the production of meat, poultry, and egg products. In 2014, FSIS published a final rule called the “Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection”
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National Chicken Council Petitions USDA to Lift Poultry Line Speed Limits
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- As our readership is well aware, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) regulates the production of meat, poultry, and egg products. To help achieve its enumerated food safety goals,
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Senators Press for Reopening of China to U.S. Poultry
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- As previously covered on this blog, as part of a deal to resume U.S. beef exports to China, the U.S. pledged that it would remove obstacles to importing cooked
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Pew Study Assesses Food Safety Efforts from Farm to Fork
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- A Pew Charitable Trusts study released this month examines “preharvest” food safety control measures currently used on farms and feedlots and concludes that efforts to reduce contamination of meat and
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USDA Releases Proposed Rule to Facilitate Cooked Chinese Chicken Imports
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- As part of a deal to resume U.S. Beef exports to China, the U.S. recently pledged that it would remove obstacles to importing cooked Chinese poultry meat. (See previous blog
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Consumer Group Denounces Plan to Import Cooked Poultry from China
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- As previously covered on this blog, late last week, the White House announced that China would resume beef imports no later than July 16, 2017 as part of a
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