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USDA Rejects NCC’s Petition to Lift Poultry Line Speed

Posted on January 31, 2018

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

Posted on October 16, 2017

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

Posted on September 14, 2017

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

Posted on July 27, 2017

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

Posted on July 24, 2017

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

Posted on June 16, 2017

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

Posted on May 17, 2017

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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USDA Seeks to Advance “Modernization of Pork Slaughter” Rule

Posted on April 20, 2017

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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CSPI Petitions USDA for Cancer-Risk Warning Labels on Meat

Posted on December 5, 2016

For years, researchers have debated the link between the consumption of red meat and cancer. On October 26, 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) took what is perhaps the most

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FSIS Issues New Directive Addressing HPAI and Agro-Terrorism

Posted on September 22, 2016

FSIS has issued a new Directive addressing steps it would take in the event of an HPAI or agro-terrorism incident.

As our readership is well aware, USDA’s Food Safety and

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