Food Safety
Retailers pledge to expand into food deserts
Supervalu, Walgreens, Wal-Mart and other retailers are teaming up with First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign, have pledged to open or expand more than 1,500 stores in communities that don’t have access to “healthy foods."
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FSIS identifies penicillin residues in culled sows
USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service reports that several penicillin G violative residues have surfaced in culled sows brought to market. The American Association of Swine Veterinarians provides insight and advice.
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Check out AHI’s new website
As a leading resource on animal health, AHI’s new site now features even more information and resources on the primary types of animal medicines, as well as an extensive section on the animal drug regulatory process and issues impacting the sector.
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Court to review rules on slaughter of downed pigs
The Supreme Court will decide whether the state of California can block the slaughter of non-ambulatory pigs. The high court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from the National Meat Association.
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Brumm Speaks Out: New food safety regulations will impact us on the farm
On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This legislation gives FDA new responsibilities and powers in the prevention of food safety risks to American consumers.
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Europe’s E. coli outbreak puts U.S. meat under greater scrutiny
E. coli illnesses linked to a strain of the bacteria often found in tainted ground beef have dropped “substantially” in recent years, U.S. food regulators said, but the country’s meat industry may face heighted government scrutiny as a deadly outbreak in Germany raises concern over other types of pathogens.
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AVMA committee to advise FDA on antimicrobial issues
The American Veterinary Medical Association has established a committee to collaborate with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on issues associated with veterinary oversight of antimicrobials. The pork industry will be represented, as Paul Ruen, DVM, past president of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, is one of five veterinarians selected to serve on the committee.
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Epidemiologist uncovers MSRA-study shortcomings
Dr. Guy Loneragan, an epidemiologist and Professor of Food Safety and Public Health and at Texas Tech University, speaks with AgriTalk radio to point out the inadequacies of a study by the Pew Charitable Trust on meat safety.
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New Jersey Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible Adulteration
One Great Burger, an Elizabeth, N.J., establishment, is recalling approximately 226,400 pounds of ground beef products that may have become spoiled, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
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AMI, Other Industry Associations, Call For Additional 'Safe Harbors' For Meat & Poultry Industry
AMI, in partnership with a number of industry associations, is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Agriculture Research Service to strongly support a preventive approach to assure food safety.
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Chicago Company Recalls Ground Beef
The Illinois Department of Agriculture says a Chicago company has recalled about 200 pounds of ground beef patties because of possible E. coli contamination.
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