Topic
Poultry Inspection
49 published works
Food Safety News
USDA reports inspection activity for third quarter
By Dan Flynn
After a half year of setting records with the quarterly slaughter of more than 40 million head of livestock, the pace slowed for USDA's meat inspectors, but not by much.The…
Food Safety News
Key achievements were only a phone call away during pandemic year 2
By Dan Flynn
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service named its key achievements for 2021 that the agency claims highlight progress in its mission to prevent foodborne illness and protect public health.…
Food Safety News
Oral arguments over motion to dismiss the challenge to the swine rule are set for Feb 11
By Dan Flynn
Tom Vilsack is expected to soon be confirmed to again serve as Secretary of Agriculture, but in the meantime, some important decisions are getting made involving swine production line speeds. Earlier…
Food Safety News
FSIS will handle avian leukosis as “trimmable condition”
By News Desk
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service in the future will handle Avian Leukosis as a “trimmable condition,” meaning the carcasses of poultry affected with one or more of the several…
The Daily Intake
USDA Rejects NCC’s Petition to Lift Poultry Line Speed
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 an inspection…
Food Safety News
Letter to the Editor: No obfuscation if you keep to the facts
Written in response to: Eschewing obfuscation on poultry slaughter line speeds Let’s be clear and stick to the facts when discussing line speeds in poultry plants. Parsing words and bending…
Food Safety News
Watchdog group sues USDA for names of poultry companies
By News Desk
Food & Water Watch has filed suit against the USDA because the agency will not release the names of companies that have applied to switch to a voluntary program that…
Food Safety News
Safer wings than yesterday’s for the big game next year?
By Dan Flynn
Standards to prevent 50,000 illnesses through reductions in Salmonella and Campylobacter set by USDA last week might just work. If they do, Americans who yesterday are said to have dined…
Food Safety News
Judge Dismisses Challenge to USDA Poultry Inspection Rule
By Dan Flynn
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed a lawsuit Food & Water Watch Inc. and two of its members filed last…
Food Safety News
What U.S. Can Learn From Other Countries About Meat, Poultry Inspection
By Lydia Zuraw
As the new Modernization of Poultry Inspection rule went into effect Monday, the Pew Charitable Trusts and Center for Science in the Public Interest released their review of global meat and poultry inspection…